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|RBS.52 solid rocket booster<br>ATG-15R turbo-ramjet
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Revision as of 03:09, 19 June 2007

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Mako
Design details (GWS.64-2)
Function Torpedo
Manufacturer Lyme and Martens Industries
Design No. LMT-2
DPA No. GWS.64
Unit cost $2.85 million
Service dates 2004-present
Dimensions
Length 6.20 m
Diameter 533 mm
Mass 1848.34 kg
Characteristics
Propulsion HAP-Otto gas turbine
Speed 80+ kts.
Range 67 km
Depth >25-1500 m
Guidance and payload
Guidance
Initial:
Midcourse:
Terminal:
Warhead APHE (310 kg)
Fuzes Hydrostatic pressure, impact
Launch platforms
Ship 21" (533mm) torpedo tube
Operators
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The GWS.64 Mako is the primary heavyweight torpedo (HWT) in service with the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy for general purpose anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare. The torpedo has a body diameter of 21 inches so may be fired by most submarines.

GWS.64-1

Function: heavyweight general-purpose torpedo
Dimensions: length: 6.05m; diameter: 533mm
Mass: 1737.42 kg; warhead: 305.6 kg (U2: 310 kg) shape-charged directional APHE
Propulsion: hydrogen ammonium perchlorate and Otto II (HAP-Otto) fueled open-cycle gas turbine driving a pump-jet propulsor
Guidance: primary: fibre-optic wire-guided, active/passive sonar with laser INS and AOSAM; reacquisition and terminal: wake homing
Fuzing: hydrostatic proximity or impact
Range: ~30 km (68 kts.), 54 km (50 kts.)
Depth: minimum standard operating depth: >25m; maximum operating depth: 1,500m
Speed: 70 kts. maximum
Cost: $2.5 million

GWS.64-2

Function: heavyweight general-purpose torpedo
Dimensions: length: 6.2m; diameter: 533mm
Mass: 1848.34 kg; warhead: 310 kg shape-charged directional APHE
Propulsion: hydrogen ammonium perchlorate and Otto II (HAP-Otto) fueled open-cycle gas turbine driving a pump-jet propulsor
Guidance: primary: fibre-optic wire-guided, active/passive sonar with laser INS and AOSAM; reacquisition and terminal: wake homing
Fuzing: hydrostatic proximity or impact
Range: 40 km (80 kts.), 67 km (50 kts.)
Depth: minimum standard operating depth: >25m; maximum operating depth: 1,500m
Speed: 80+ kts. maximum
Cost: $2.85 million


Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries
DAS | IMW | LMI | RINO | RSIN

Aircraft:
Angrboda | Cormorant | Gargantua | Garuda | Pantagruel | Scimitar | Sea Fury | Sparrow | Spectre | Swordfish | Tiger
Countermeasures and Decoys:
Flamingo
Ground Vehicles:
L15 LAV series | L21 HAV series | L25 Boar SPH | Lion | Mammoth OCV
Launchers:
GWLS.35 | GWLS.58 | GWLS.60
Missiles and Torpedoes:
Ahab | Barracuda | Erne | Hurricane | Loon | Mako | Pelican | Sailfish | Triton | Vidofnir
Small Arms and Crew-Served Weapons:
L117 | L118 | L119 | L120
Uncrewed Vehicles:
Albatross | Auk/Puffin | Canary | Clownfish | Cuttlefish | Dodo | Dolphin | Ferret | Horus | Hyena | Iguana | Jackal
Marmot | Mule | Parrot | Penguin | Pike | Porpoise | Rook | Seahorse | Squid | Tern | Thrush | Wyvern | Urchin
Vessels:
Bullfinch | City (2003) | City (2007) | County (2003) | Crocodile | Europa | Flower (2005) | Furtive | Grand Duchy | King Henry V | King Robert VI
Kingdom (2005) | Lethe | Lord | Marquess | Province (2003) | River (2003) | Royal Edmund | Síanach | Town (2007) | Union | Wallace
Other Equipment:
AOSAM | ISOMS | KERI foam | MITRE | MUSE | NAIADS | ODIN | SELKIE | SPINTOP


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Subjects: Capital | Coat of arms | Currency | Economy | Education | Football | History | Lethean Islands | Religion
Monarchy: History | Royal Family
Government: Council of State | DPA | Lords Commissioners | The King | Parliament | Prime Minister | Storting of Nieland
Firms: Detmerian Aerospace | Isselmere Motor Works | Lyme and Martens | Royal Ordnance | Royal Shipyards | Turing-Babbage | UPGO
Products: Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries

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