DM2A4

DM2A4
TypeHeavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo[1]
Place of originGermany
Service history
In service2004
Used byGermany, Greece, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
Production history
DesignerAtlas Elektronik
Specifications
Mass1530 kg[2]
Length6.6 m (22 ft)
Diameter533mm

Muzzle velocity123 metres per second (400 ft/s)
Maximum firing range50 kilometres (27 nmi)
WarheadPBX
Warhead weight260 kg
Detonation
mechanism
Proximity or contact detonation
Blast yield460 kg

EngineElectric; silver-zinc oxide batteries or lithium ion batteries (for exercise)[2]
Maximum speed 50 knots (93 km/h)
Guidance
system
Wire-guided to autonomous (active and passive sonar, wake homing)[2]
Launch
platform
submarine

DM2A4 Seehecht (export designation "SeaHake mod 4" [3]) is the latest heavyweight torpedo developed by Atlas Elektronik for the German Navy, as a further update of DM2 (Deutsches Modell 2) torpedo which was released in 1976.

  1. ^ "SeaHake™ mod4" (PDF). Atlas Elektronik. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "SeaHake(TM) mod4" (PDF). atlas-elektronik.com.
  3. ^ "dmkn-beta.de" (PDF). www.dmkn-beta.de.[permanent dead link]