List of World War II torpedoes of Germany
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Designation | Nickname | Propulsion | Range/ Speed |
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T1 | G7a G7a torpedo The G7a or G7a/T1 was the standard issue Kriegsmarine torpedo during the early years of World War II.- Design :The torpedo was 53.3cm in diameter, 7.163 m in length, and with a warhead of 280 kg of Hexanite, and was standard issue for all U-boats of the war.The torpedo was of a straight-running... |
Ato | Wet heater | 12,5km @30kts 8 km @40 knots 6 km @44 knots |
standard torpedo prior World War II, used by surface combatant Surface combatant Surface combatants are a subset of Naval Warships which are designed to engage in combat on the surface of the water, with their own weapons. They are generally ships built to fight other ships, submarines or aircraft, and can carry out several other missions including counter-narcotics operations... s and U-boat U-boat U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II... s at night |
T2 | G7e G7e torpedo The G7e or more appropriately the G7e/T2, G7e/T3, and G7e/T4 Falke torpedoes were, with the exception of the T4 model, the standard torpedoes for Germany during World War II... |
Eto | Electric, lead-acid battery Lead-acid battery Lead–acid batteries, invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté, are the oldest type of rechargeable battery. Despite having a very low energy-to-weight ratio and a low energy-to-volume ratio, their ability to supply high surge currents means that the cells maintain a relatively large... |
3 km @30 knots | faulty pistols |
T3 | G7e G7e torpedo The G7e or more appropriately the G7e/T2, G7e/T3, and G7e/T4 Falke torpedoes were, with the exception of the T4 model, the standard torpedoes for Germany during World War II... |
Eto | electric, lead-acid | 5 km @30 knots | improved pistols, batteries |
T4 | G7e G7e torpedo The G7e or more appropriately the G7e/T2, G7e/T3, and G7e/T4 Falke torpedoes were, with the exception of the T4 model, the standard torpedoes for Germany during World War II... |
Falke | electric, lead-acid | 7.5 km @20 knots | simple acoustic homing |
T5 | G7es G7es torpedo The G7es or Zaunkönig T-5 was a torpedo employed by German U-boats during World War II. It was known as the GNAT to the British.- Description :... |
Zaunkönig (German) GNAT (Allies) |
electric, lead-acid | 5.7 km @ 24 knots | acoustic homing |
T6 | G7es G7es torpedo The G7es or Zaunkönig T-5 was a torpedo employed by German U-boats during World War II. It was known as the GNAT to the British.- Description :... |
electric, lead-acid | T3 with LUT | ||
T7 | G7ut | Steinbarsch | Walter turbine Hellmuth Walter Hellmuth Walter was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines... |
experimental | |
T8 | G7ut | Steinbutt | Walter turbine | experimental | |
T9 | G5ut | Goldbutt | Walter turbine | short torpedo for midget submarine Midget submarine A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to 6 or 8, with little or no on-board living accommodation... s, experimental |
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T10 | G7es | Spinne | electric, lead-acid | wire guided, experimental | |
T11 T11 torpedo The T11 was a torpedo developed for German U-boats during World War II. The torpedo was electric and had an effective range of 5,700 meters at a speed of 24 knots . This torpedo employed acoustic, passive homing to find its target after a straight run of 400 meters. This evolution of the G7es... |
G7es | Zaunkönig II | electric, lead-acid | improved acoustic homing, not fielded | |
T12 | G5e | electric, lead-acid | short torpedo for midget submarine Midget submarine A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to 6 or 8, with little or no on-board living accommodation... s |
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T13 | G7ut | K-Butt | Walter turbine | experimental | |
T14 | G7a | Wet heater | T1 with changed buoyancy Buoyancy In physics, buoyancy is a force exerted by a fluid that opposes an object's weight. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus a column of fluid, or an object submerged in the fluid, experiences greater pressure at the bottom of the... for midget submarines |
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. | G7as | Wet heater(?) | acoustic homing, not fielded | ||
. | G7es | Geier | electric | active sonar Sonar Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels... homing, experimental |
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. | G7ut | Schildbutt | Walter turbine with seawater injection | experimental | |
. | G7(e)p | electric, with primary battery Battery (electricity) An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power... |
experimental | ||
. | G7ur | Hecht | Walter rocket | experimental |
Modifications:
FAT : Federapparat or Flächenabsuchender Torpedo (spring device or area searching torpedo), a mechanical device changes the torpedo's course over time so that it runs up- and down on parallel lines of 800 or 1600 m length
LUT : Lageunabhängiger Torpedo (bearing
Bearing (navigation)
In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is from another object, usually, the direction of an object from one's own vessel. In aircraft navigation, a bearing is the actual compass direction of the forward course of the aircraft...
independent torpedo), changes the torpedo's course to a preset heading directly after launch, so the launching platform (only submarines) can fire such torpedoes at targets without changing its own course.