Lets talk torpedoes (ie MK-48)

[novagator]

So I was watching the movie on what happened to the Kursk last night and they make some very good arguments on the american's torpedoeing the Kursk.

Anyways, one of their pictures for proof was a perfect circular hole in the starboard side of the hull right where the cut it, but the edges around the hole were bent in. They said this was from a Mark 48 torpedoe that eneted the sub and then detonated inside, because the MK48 has a depleted uranium nose that would pierce the hull.

Now to MK48 do this for subs? Because I thought they were programmed to go underneither their target and detonate creating a pressure wave to crack the hull or is that just for surface ships?

[mike byers]

Wha?
Depleted uranium? On a

Wha?
Depleted uranium? On a Mk 48.

Yes, Mk 48's are designed to break the keel of targets (skimmers and subs).

Unless things have really changed since I was pushing them around the Torpedo Room.

[novagator]

Wha?
Depleted uranium? On a

Wha?
Depleted uranium? On a Mk 48.

Yes, Mk 48's are designed to break the keel of targets (skimmers and subs).

Unless things have really changed since I was pushing them around the Torpedo Room.

I had the same reaction when they said that. Because the only thing I knew was they never are suppose to hit the hull but go underneath them.

[koeze]

Depleted uranium adds weight to

Depleted uranium adds weight to a round. Weight time velocity is momentum.
This means that a heavier round has the potential to create more damage. A torpedo is designed to detonate below a ship creating a gasbubble underneath the ship and throwing it upwards. Because the ship is no longer supported by water in the middle it will break under it's own weight when falling back down.
Look up the video shot of a test fire of an Australian Collins sub firing a MK48 at an old warship. You can see the actual process very clearly.
Depleted uranium helps very little in this process. In fact the added weight must be countered by extra bouyancy and this makes the available space for the warhead smaller.

(lowers voice and looks supiciously around)

They could however, ( conspiraqcy ) been hit by their own Shkval which they were supposedly testing.

Erik Jan

[stoene]

It seems a shot below

It seems a shot below a ship works but finding the depth below a sub is another matter. To me, a torp shot at a sub would try to hit the sub, not try (and maybe make a mistake) and figure how to below it at its varible depths. If the info is true about the chinese officer being on board, now that sounds very interesting. It would be hard to defend Tiawan if out fleets counldn't get in due to Skyval.