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To: Pyro7480

I thought they used a wire-guided Mk48, pre-ADCAP?


24 posted on 08/31/2007 11:54:42 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

Britain doesn’t have the MK-48.The Conqueror fired British MK-8 torpedoes,though she also had the MK-24 Tigerfish.


30 posted on 08/31/2007 12:01:16 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: SJSAMPLE; Zerodown
From: General Belgrano

At 15:57 on May 2, Conqueror fired three conventional Mk 8 mod 4 torpedoes, each with an 800 lb (363 kg) Torpex warhead, two of which hit the General Belgrano. The Conqueror was also equipped with the newer Mark 24 Tigerfish homing torpedo, but there were doubts about its reliability. The Mk 8 dated back to the 1930s and was not a homing design.

31 posted on 08/31/2007 12:02:54 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
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To: SJSAMPLE

The Mk 48 can operate with or without wire guidance


32 posted on 08/31/2007 12:05:21 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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