A244-S

A244-S

A244/s is a lightweight, fire-and-forget torpedo employed for anti-submarine warfare. They can be deployed from the surface or by aircraft, and locate the target by means of an acoustic seeker. The torpedo uses a CIACIO-S seeker consists of an acoustic homing head containing the transducer assembly, transmitter and related beam forming circuits, and a frame housing all the remaining electronic components. The homing head is capable of active, passive or mixed modes for closing onto its target. It can also discriminate between decoys and real targets in the presence of heavy reverberations by specially emitted pulses and signal processing. The latest version is the A244/s mod.3 torpedo. The A244/s are manufactured by the French/Italian EuroTorp consortium.

General characteristics

* Length: 2.8 m
* Diameter: 0.324 m
* Maximum Mass: 244 kg
* Cruise/Top speed: 30/39 kts [16/20 m/s]
* Depth: 600 m
* Maximum Range: 6 km for Mod. 1, 13.5 km for Mod. 3

External links

* [http://www.eurotorp.com/html/ps072.htm A244-S] , Eurotorp
* [http://www.deagel.com/Torpedoes/A244_a000969001.aspx Deagel.com] , specifications


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