DM2A4 | |
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Type | Heavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo[1] |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 2004 |
Used by | Germany, Greece, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela |
Production history | |
Designer | Atlas Elektronik |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1530 kg[2] |
Length | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
Diameter | 533mm |
Muzzle velocity | 123 metres per second (400 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 50 kilometres (27 nmi) |
Warhead | PBX |
Warhead weight | 260 kg |
Detonation mechanism | Proximity or contact detonation |
Blast yield | 460 kg |
Engine | Electric; 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.