The Torpedoes

The Torpedoes The pre-war issue torpedo had the disadvantage of leaving a visible trail of bubbles on the surface on its way to the target. The standard torpedo of the war suffered from early problems with its internal depth-keeping equipment, and its firing pistol, but these were solved after the Norwegian Campaign. In mid 1942 an improved version was introduced with an increased battery capacity. The increased battery capacity increased the range 50%. Falke, the first homing …showed first 75 words of 358 total…

…showed last 75 words of 358 total…to various torpedo types. These were FAT and LUT. The FAT (Federapparat Torpedo) ran a wandering course with regular 180-degree turns, was useful against convoys, and was fitted to both G7a and G7e T3s. From the end of 1942 it was manufactured at the rate of roughly 100 per month. LUT was a more sophisticated version of the FAT, with more variable patterns, but was only used operationally towards the end of the war.