Wire guided weapons, where is the wire ?

Hartmann · 10-11-10, 03:09 PM

I know how works in thery but i never realise how it works in reality, For example were is the wire stored in a torpedo ? inside the tube in a canister ? or is carried by the torpedo itself and is deployed in the run to the target ?

gimpy117 · 10-11-10, 03:13 PM

depends on the munition, but usually inside the device

Platapus · 10-11-10, 03:57 PM

We have found out that there is less drag when the wire is carried by the missile/torpedo

Modern day wire guided munitions actually have a powered roller so that no longer is the wire pulled from the munition (what a drag) but is fed outside as the munition moves. The intent is do keep the wire just slack through the run.

TLAM Strike · 10-11-10, 05:41 PM

On the Mk 48 torpedo half the wire is half stored in the weapon the other half is in a canister attached to the back of the torpedo that is jettisoned after launch. The canister acts as an anchor point allowing both the sub and the torpedo to move from that point.

ETR3(SS) · 10-11-10, 06:06 PM

What TLAM said. That's a nice pic of a warshot Mk 48 too.

10-11-10, 03:09 PM	#1
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Wire guided weapons, where is the wire ? I know how works in thery but i never realise how it works in reality, For example were is the wire stored in a torpedo ? inside the tube in a canister ? or is carried by the torpedo itself and is deployed in the run to the target ? __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

10-11-10, 03:13 PM	#2
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	depends on the munition, but usually inside the device __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

10-11-10, 03:57 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We have found out that there is less drag when the wire is carried by the missile/torpedo Modern day wire guided munitions actually have a powered roller so that no longer is the wire pulled from the munition (what a drag) but is fed outside as the munition moves. The intent is do keep the wire just slack through the run. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-11-10, 05:41 PM	#4
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	On the Mk 48 torpedo half the wire is half stored in the weapon the other half is in a canister attached to the back of the torpedo that is jettisoned after launch. The canister acts as an anchor point allowing both the sub and the torpedo to move from that point. __________________

10-11-10, 06:06 PM	#5
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	What TLAM said. That's a nice pic of a warshot Mk 48 too. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.