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A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. There are two main types of torpedo tube: •Those designed to operate below water level, as fitted to submarines and some...
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Some people were convinced that a second torpedo had hit the ship farther aft, between the third and fourth funnels, with far more devastating results. ... ({{Information |Description= Some people were convinced that a second torpedo had hit the ship farther aft, between the third and fourth funnels, with far more...
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The WWII torpedo takes advantage of the gyroscope's resistance to a change in motion. It uses this property to allow a course to be "programmed" into the torpedo. The axis of this torpedo's gyroscope points down the length of the torpedo. ... Automobile torpedo cutaway diagram...
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PART 1 - The Torpedo Tube Is a Gun ... PART 2 - How a Torpedo Tube Works ... A submarine torpedo tube bears fairly close resemblance to a large naval gun. Its shape is somewhat similar. It has a barrel with breech and muzzle. As the gun fires a shell, the submerged torpedo tube fires a torpedo, using compressed air rather than...
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Since a torpedo cannot have an air-breathing engine like a boat, how is it propelled through the water? ... A torpedo is essentially a guided missile that happens to "fly" underwater (see How Cruise Missiles Work for details on missiles). A torpedo therefore has a propulsion system, a guidance system and some sort of...
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More specifically, the diagram in FIG. 5 shows the torpedo speed in knots on the abscissa and the acquisition ranges on the ordinate both of the torpedo and the target ship.
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Use torpedo tube in a Sentence ... See web results for torpedo tube ... torpedo tube n. A tube in the hull of a submarine or another naval vessel or mounted on the deck of a surface warship, through which torpedoes are launched.
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Torpedo history ... Submarine torpedo ... Torpedo design...
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