Talk:Mark 21 Mod 0 torpedo

Proposed merger of Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo

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The result of this discussion was to not merge. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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The Mark 21 Mod 2 Torpedo is a variant of the Mark 13 torpedo, and not (confusingly) a variant of the Mark 21 torpedo. https://maritime.org/doc/jolie/part2.htm The source] itself states that adaptation of "Torpedo Mk 13 for acoustic control" (into Mark 21 Mod 2) occurred at the same time as the development of Mark 21. Merger into Mark 13 torpedo is probably more appropriate. Alcherin (talk) 22:33, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

• Strong Oppose Why merge? Because they have "21" in the name? That's their only connection.

The "Mark 21" torpedo was (in British terms) an "Operational Requirement" for an air-dropped homing torpedo, not a production weapon. Various quite separate projects, from each potential developer, were produced. But they were not the same fish. The Mark 21 Mod 2 was a Mark 13 torpedo (with homing), not a Mark 21 Mod 0. They were even steam turbine vs. electric powered!

There is (as noted) more sense to merging this into the Mark 13 article than the Mark 21, but even that is inappropriate, if our torpedo articles are to be structured at this granularity.

• Mark 21 torpedo is just wrong, it should be renamed to Mark 21 Mod 0 torpedo
• Mark 21 torpedo should be an overall article on the air-dropped homing torpedo program, and as we're unlikely to achieve that, it should at minimum be a WP:set index article for the Mod 0 / Mod 2 articles.
• An article on US homing torpedo development would be a nice thing. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:14, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

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