10 inch Mark 43 torpedo
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The 10" Mark 43 torpedo was the first and smallest of the United States Navy light-weight anti-submarine torpedoes.[1] This electrically propelled 10-inch (25-cm) torpedo was 92 inches (2.3 m) long and weighed 265 pounds (120 kg).[2] The torpedo was designed for air or surface launch.[3] The Mod 0 configuration was designed for launch from helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft, and the Mod 1 configuration was for helicopters only.[4] Both were electrically driven and deep-diving, but had relatively short range.[5] They were classified as obsolete in the 1960s.[6]
The Royal Navy purchased fifty examples of the Mark 43 in favour of an improved version of their 18 inch Mark 30 "Dealer B"
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- Kurak, Steve (September 1966). The U. S. Navy's Torpedo Inventory. United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
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