Won't the sideways pressure of the waterflow, should the sub be making it's top speed, atleast hypotheoretically, affect the torpedo exit?
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I can only remark about US boats, a quick torpedoman can do it in about 20 seconds. Also, US submarines have not one but two countermeasure (3") launchers. Both are loaded. 688I's (751 and above) also have two 6" countermeasure pods aft, non-reloadable at sea. SSN-21 class, and 774 class also have 6" launchers but not on pods.
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Won't the 6" pods have multiple noisemakers stored in them?
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And what is it like on subs that have bow tubes?
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It is sub to sub dependent, for example on Kilos the torpedoes are loaded via torpedo tubes:
Or via the torpedo loading hatch, commonly found on modern nuclear boats: