Torped 62

Torped 62 (Torped 2000 in export) is the latest and most modern torpedo used in the Swedish Navy.

Torped 62
TypeHeavyweight torpedo
Place of originSweden
Service history
Used bySweden
Specifications
Mass1,400 kg (3,100 lb)
Length5,990 mm (236 in)
Diameter533 mm (21.0 in)
Maximum firing range+40 km (22 nmi)
Warheadhigh explosive
EnginePump jet
PropellantKerosene and Hydrogen peroxide
Maximum speed 40 kn (74 km/h)
Launch
platform

In the late 1980s, FFV (today Saab Dynamics AB), began to develop a replacement for the older Torped 613, the main heavy torpedo used by the Swedish navy. In 1991 the company was awarded a contract of 200 million SEK to complete developing of the torpedo.[1] Scheduled to enter service in the mid 1990s, different problems delayed the torpedo for several years. In 2001 the first torpedoes was delivered to the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for early testing.[2] The first batch was delivered to the Swedish armed forces in 2004 and was officially handed over to the Swedish Navy by early 2010.[3]

The torpedo has a pump jet propulsion system giving it a maximum speed of over 40 knots. It can also track several targets and classify them at the same time.

References
  1. Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Archived November 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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