Mk 24 Tigerfish
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Table of contents
description
The Mk 24 Tigerfish is a heavyweight, submarine-launched torpedo originally developed for the Royal Navy. It is a wire-guided, electrically driven weapon that is stabilized and steered by the unusual combination of retractable, mid-body "wings" with ailerons and a hydraulically-activated cruciform tailplane group. This configuration allows for high-speed lateral motion and maneuvering. Power to the tailplanes is derived from an auxiliary rotary pump slaved to the outer prop...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days