GWS.63 Barracuda
Profile (n/a) | |
Barracuda | |
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Design details (GWS.63M) | |
Function | Torpedo |
Manufacturer | Lyme and Martens Industries |
Design No. | LMT-1 |
GSI No. | GWS.63 |
Unit cost | $2.25 million |
Service dates | 2004-present |
Dimensions | |
Length | 2.87 m |
Diameter | 324 mm |
Mass | 321 kg |
Performance | |
Propulsion | AlAgO battery |
Speed | 52.5 kts. |
Range | 25+ km |
Depth | 3-1000+ m |
Guidance and payload | |
Guidance Initial: Midcourse: Terminal: |
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Warhead | APHE (50 kg) |
Fuzes | Hydrostatic pressure, impact |
Launch platforms | |
Ship Aircraft |
12.75" (324mm) torpedo tube ASW aircraft |
Operators | |
UKIN |
The GWS.63 Barracuda is the standard lightweight torpedo (LWT) of the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy. The Barracuda has been in service since 2004. The GWS.63 serves as the warhead for the GWS.41 Loon, as well.
Lyme and Martens Industries designed the torpedo as a replacement for the MU90 Impact torpedo.
GWS.63-1
Type: Lightweight general-purpose torpedo
Service designation: Air: AUT.63; Surface: MUT.63
Dimensions
AUT.63A: Length: 3.22 m; diameter: 324 mm
MUT.63A: Length: 2.87 m; diameter: 324 mm
Mass
AUT.63A: 325 kg
MUT.63A: 310 kg
Warhead: 45 kg shaped-charge directional APHE
Propulsion: Aluminium-silver oxide battery closed-cycle variable speed motor driving a pump-jet propulsor
Guidance: Active/passive sonar, possibility of wire guidance and limited AOSAM
Fuzing: Hydrostatic proximity or impact
Range: 12 km (maximum speed) to 25 km+ (minimum speed)
Depth: Minimum navigation depth: 3 m; minimum standard operating depth: 20 m; maximum operating depth: 1,000+ m
Speed: 29 kts. to 52.5 kts. (maximum)
Cost
AUT.63A: $2.255 million
MUT.63A: $2.25 million
GWS.63-2
Type: Lightweight general-purpose torpedo
Service designation
Air: AUT.63
Surface: MUT.63
Dimensions
AUT.63B: length: 3.22 m; diameter: 324 mm
MUT.63B: length: 2.87 m; diameter: 324 mm
Mass
AUT.63B: 336.53 kg
MUT.63B: 321 kg
Warhead: 50 kg shaped-charge directional APHE
Propulsion: Aluminium-silver oxide battery closed-cycle variable speed motor driving a pump-jet propulsor
Guidance: Active/passive sonar, possibility of wire guidance and limited AOSAM
Fuzing: Hydrostatic proximity or impact
Range: 12 km (maximum speed) to 25 km+ (minimum speed)
Depth: Minimum navigation depth: 3 m; minimum standard operating depth: 20 m; maximum operating depth: 1,000+ m
Speed: 29 kts. to 52.5 kts. (maximum)
Cost
AUT.63B: $2.27 million
MUT.63B: $2.265 million
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