An expert on Russian submarines "Starshiy" has kindly provided extra information on the Russian electric battery propelled torpedoes being ordered by the Russian Navy. Starshiy advises:
"The TE-2 [in SubMatts' April 2, 2019 article] has not been ordered by the Russian Navy."
Russia's TASS News Agency instead advised, September 8, 2018 https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5539446 that the Russian Navy instead chose 73 x UET-1s electric torpedoes to be delivered from 2019 to 2023. These are produced by Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation"
Starshiy has added extra information:
The UET-1 is a 533mm "universal" [multi-purpose] electric torpedo made by Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation's Dagdizel factory.
UET-1s will replace the obsolete, slower, lower detection range USET-80 [in German] from 2019. The order for 73 x UET-1s costs 7.2 billion rubles (about €103 million). The UET-1 was selected against competition from the TE-2.
UET-1 Specifications:
- Maximum range: 50km
- Max speed: 50 knots
- Range of the homing controller from submarine: 3.4km
- Surface ship wake indication time: 500 seconds.
- Torpedo can regulate its speed.
"The TE-2 [in SubMatts' April 2, 2019 article] has not been ordered by the Russian Navy."
Russia's TASS News Agency instead advised, September 8, 2018 https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5539446 that the Russian Navy instead chose 73 x UET-1s electric torpedoes to be delivered from 2019 to 2023. These are produced by Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation"
Starshiy has added extra information:
The UET-1 is a 533mm "universal" [multi-purpose] electric torpedo made by Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation's Dagdizel factory.
UET-1s will replace the obsolete, slower, lower detection range USET-80 [in German] from 2019. The order for 73 x UET-1s costs 7.2 billion rubles (about €103 million). The UET-1 was selected against competition from the TE-2.
UET-1 Specifications:
- Maximum range: 50km
- Max speed: 50 knots
- Range of the homing controller from submarine: 3.4km
- Surface ship wake indication time: 500 seconds.
- Torpedo can regulate its speed.
Russian officials (including Anatoly Galyaev in senior Colonel's uniform now in Armaments Branch?) admire UET-1 torpedo components at Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation Dagdizel torpedo factory (Photo courtesy Russian Ministry of Defence Media Release
https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12164690@egNews )
https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12164690@egNews )
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Starshiy and Pete
@Pete:
ReplyDeleteWouldn't the surface wake detection time varies with target speed and size?
Cheers,
Josh
Hi Josh
ReplyDeleteOn "Wouldn't the surface wake detection time varies with target speed and size?"
Maybe. I would imagine the Russian Navy would have a service standard that may assume an average sized target ship at average speed.
eg. a light 3,000 tonne destroyer moving at 16 knots?
Cheers
Pete