Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1946 |
Weight | 3,990 lbs. (1,810 kg) |
Overall Length | 293 in (7.450 m) |
Explosive Charge | 992 lbs. (450 kg) |
Range / Speed | 6,600 yards (6,000 m) / 31 knots |
Power | Lead-acid battery |
Non-homing torpedo. ET stands for elektricheskaia torpeda - electric-powered torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | SAET-50: 1950 SAET-50M: 1955 |
Weight | 3,638 lbs. (1,650 kg) |
Overall Length | 293 in (7.450 m) |
Explosive Charge | 827 lbs. (375 kg) |
Range / Speed | SAET-50: 4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 23 knots SAET-50M: 6,600 yards (6,000 m) / 29 knots |
Power | Lead-acid battery |
Passive acoustic homing anti-ship torpedo. The range of the homing system was 600 to 800 m.
SAET-50M was equipped with more powerful battery and gas-screening system, which lowered screw propellers noise.
SAET stands for samonavodiashaiasia akusticheskaia elektricheskaia torpeda - homing acoustic electric-powered torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1951 |
Weight | 4,134 lbs. (1,875 kg) |
Overall Length | 299 in (7.600 m) |
Explosive Charge | 661 lbs. (300 kg) |
Range / Speed | 4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 51 knots 8,750 yards (8,000 m) / 39 knots |
Power | Kerosene-air wet heater |
Non-homing torpedo, modification of 53-39 torpedo, equipped with maneuvering device and new active magnetic fuse.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1956 |
Weight | 4,409 lbs. (2,000 kg) |
Overall Length | 291 in (7.400 m) |
Explosive Charge | 661 lbs. (300 kg) |
Range / Speed | 6,600 yards (6,000 m) / 36 knots |
Power | Lead-acid battery |
Non-homing torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 53-56: 1956 53-56V: 1964 53-56VA: 1966 |
Weight | 4,409 lbs. (2,000 kg) |
Overall Length | 303 in (7.700 m) |
Explosive Charge | 882 lbs. (400 kg) |
Range / Speed | 53-56: 8,750 yards (8,000 m) / 50 knots 14,200 yards (13,000 m) / 40 knots 53-56V: 4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 50 knots 8,750 yards (8,000 m) / 40 knots 53-56VA: N/A / 29 knots |
Power | 53-56: Kerosene-Oxygen Wet-Heater 53-56V: Kerosene-Air Wet-Heater 53-56VA: Kerosene-Air Wet-Heater |
53-56 and 53-56V were non-homing torpedoes while the 53-56VA was an acoustic wake following homing torpedo.
53-56V was a simplified version of 53-56 and used air instead of oxygen - the V stood for vozdushnaia - air-using.
53-56V and 53-56VA were only produced for export.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1957 |
Weight | 4,409 lbs. (2,000 kg) |
Overall Length | 299 in (7.600 m) |
Explosive Charge | 672 lbs. (305 kg) |
Range / Speed | 19,700 yards (18,000 m) / 45 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Hydrogen Peroxide Turbine |
Non-homing torpedo. Engine was based upon the German Stein-Butt torpedo of 1944.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1968 |
Weight | N/A |
Overall Length | N/A, but probably 299 in (7.600 m) |
Explosive Charge | Nuclear warhead |
Range / Speed | N/A |
Power | N/A |
Non-homing torpedo. First Soviet nuclear-warhead torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | SET-53: 1958 SET-53M: 1964 |
Weight | 3,263 lbs. (1,480 kg) |
Overall Length | 307 in (7.800 m) |
Explosive Charge | 220 lbs. (100 kg) |
Range / Speed | SET-53: 8,750 yards (8,000 m) / 23 knots SET-53M: 15,300 yards (14,000 m) / 29 knots |
Power | SET-53: Lead-acid battery SET-53M: Silver-zinc battery |
ASW passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 660 yards (600 m).
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 53-61: 1961 53-61M: 1969 |
Weight | N/A |
Overall Length | N/A |
Explosive Charge | 672 lbs. (305 kg) |
Range / Speed | 16,400 yards (15,000 m) / 55 knots 24,000 yards (22,000 m) / 35 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Hydrogen Peroxide Turbine |
Acoustic wake following homing torpedo based upon the 53-57 torpedo. The 53-61M torpedo has an improved homing system.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | SAET-60: 1961 SAET-60M: 1969 |
Weight | 4,409 lbs. (2,000 kg) |
Overall Length | 307 in (7.800 m) |
Explosive Charge | 661 lbs. (300 kg) |
Range / Speed | SAET-60: 14,200 yards (13,000 m) / 42 knots SAET-60M: about 16,400 yards (15,000 m) / 40 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Passive acoustical homing.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 53-65: 1965 53-65K: 1969 53-65M: 1969 |
Weight | 4,563 to 4,630 lbs. (2,070 to 2,100 kg) |
Overall Length | 283 in (7.200 m) |
Explosive Charge | 661 lbs. (300 kg) |
Range / Speed | 53-65: 19,700 yards (18,000 m) / 45 knots 53-65K: 20,800 yards (19,000 m) / 45 knots 53-65M: 24,000 yards (22,000 m) / 44 knots |
Power | 53-65 and 53-65M: Kerosene-Hydrogen Peroxide Turbine 53-65K: Kerosene-Oxygen Turbine |
Acoustic wake following homing torpedo. Based upon 53-61 torpedo. Engines for 53-65K were also used on self-moving sea mine SMDM.
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1965 |
Weight | 3,836 lbs. (1,740 kg) |
Overall Length | 307 in (7.800 m) |
Explosive Charge | 452 lbs. (205 kg) |
Range / Speed | 17,500 yards (16,000 m) / 40 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Guided Electrical Torpedo with active acoustic guidance. The range of the homing system was about 880 yards (800 m).
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1969 |
Weight | 3,307 lbs. (1,500 kg) |
Overall Length | 311 in (7.900 m) |
Explosive Charge | 220 lbs. (100 kg) |
Range / Speed | 15,300 yards (14,000 m) / 29 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
This was the first Russian wire-guided torpedo and was based upon the SET-53M. ASW wire-guided torpedo with active/passive acoustic homing. The range of the homing system was 880 yards (800 m). Could be used to depths of 650 feet (200 m).
Ship Class Used On | TEST-71: Submarines TEST-3: Pr.1124 Small ASW ships |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | TEST-71: 1971 TEST-3: 1977 |
Weight | TEST-71: 3,858 lbs. (1,750 kg) TEST-71MKE: 4,012 lbs. (1,820 kg) |
Overall Length | 311 in (7.900 m) |
Explosive Charge | 452 lbs. (205 kg) |
Range / Speed | 16,400 yards (15,000 m) / 40 knots 27,300 yards (25,000 m) /35 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
ASW wire-guided torpedo with active/passive acoustic homing. The range of the homing system was 880 yards (800 m). Could be used to depths of about 1,300 feet (400 m).
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1961 |
Weight | 1,124 lbs. (510 kg) |
Overall Length | 177 in (4.500 m) |
Explosive Charge | 176 lbs. (80 kg) |
Range / Speed | 6,600 yards (6,000 m) / 28 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Passive acoustic homing torpedo.
This was the first Russian light-weight torpedo and was designed to provide submarines with cheap weapon for self-defense against ASW surface ships. Several years later, the Soviet Navy decided that this was a bad idea, and so MGT-1 was not further developed.
MGT stands for malogabaritnaia torpeda - small-sized torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Surface ships and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | SET-40: 1962 SET-40U: 1968 |
Weight | about 1,212 lbs. (550 kg) |
Overall Length | 177 in (4.500 m) |
Explosive Charge | 176 lbs. (80 kg) |
Range / Speed | 8,700 yards (8,000 m) / 29 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 660 - 880 yards (600 - 800 m).
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1973 |
Weight | 8,820+ lbs. (4,000+ kg) |
Overall Length | 433 in (11.000 m) |
Explosive Charge | Nuclear |
Range / Speed | 54,700 yards (50,000 m) / 50 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Hydrogen Peroxide Turbine |
Non-homing torpedo. Designed for killing aircraft carriers or coastal targets with a single torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1976 |
Weight | 8,820+ lbs. (4,000+ kg) |
Overall Length | 433 in (11.000 m) |
Explosive Charge | 992 lbs. (450+ kg) |
Range / Speed | 54,700 yards (50,000 m) / 50 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Hydrogen Peroxide Turbine |
Long range anti-ship submarine wake following torpedo. The conventional warhead version of the 65-73. It is believed that the submarine Kursk was destroyed by the explosion of hydrogen peroxide in a 65-76 torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Surface combatants, MTBs and submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1990s |
Weight | 4,850 lbs. (2,200 kg) |
Overall Length | 283 in (7.200 m) |
Explosive Charge | 440.9 lbs. (200 kg) |
Range / Speed | Max range: 43,800 yards (40,000 m) Max speed: 50 knots |
Power | Mono-propellant fueled axial piston engine with pump-jet |
Acoustic wake-follower universal torpedo with active/passive homing. Could be used to depths of 1,650 feet (500 m)
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | Began in 1960 |
Date In Service | 1977 (service prototypes) 1998 (terminal search version) |
Weight | 5,952 lbs. (2,700 kg) |
Overall Length | 323 in (8.200 m) |
Explosive Charge | 1,543 lbs. (700 kg) |
Range / Speed | 12,000 - 16,400 yards (11,000 - 15,000 m) / 200 knots Earlier versions may have had a maximum range of 7,700 yards (7,000 m) |
Power | Solid-fuel Rocket |
Rocket-propelled torpedo meant to be used as a last ditch weapon. Generates a gas-cavity which gives it great speed but also prevents it from having any sort of homing guidance system. For this reason, a newer version was developed which runs out at high speed but then slows to search for a target. The first tests of the modernized Shkval torpedo were held by the Russian Pacific Fleet in the spring of 1998. An export version, denoted as "E" version, was shown at the IDEX 99 exhibition in Abu Dhabi in early 1999. This export version reportedly does not have the terminal guidance system.
This was not the kind of torpedo that sank the Russian submarine Kursk. She was sunk by an explosion of a 65-76 "Kit" torpedo (see above).
Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1980 |
Weight | 4,410+ lbs. (2,000+ kg) |
Overall Length | 311 in (7.900 m) |
Explosive Charge | 440 - 661 lbs. (200 - 300 kg) |
Range / Speed | about 22,000 yards (20,000 m) / 40 - 50 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Acoustic wake following torpedo with active/passive homing. Can be used to depths of over 1,300 feet (400 m).
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1952 |
Weight | 1,382 lbs. (627 kg) |
Overall Length | 153 in (3.897 m) |
Explosive Charge | 529 lbs. (240 kg) |
Range / Speed | 570 yards (520 m) / 58 - 68 knots |
Power | Solid rocket fuel |
Non-homing anti-ship airborne rocket-powered torpedo. The rocket engine ignited in air, providing a maximum speed of 300 - 400 knots (150 - 200 mps) and range of up to 11,000 yards (10,000 m).
RAT stands for reaktivnaia aviacionnaia torpeda - rocket airborne torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1954 |
Weight | about 2,100 lbs. (950 kg) |
Overall Length | 177 in (4.500 m) |
Explosive Charge | 441 lbs. (200 kg) |
Range / Speed | 4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 39 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Air Wet-Heater |
Non-homing anti-ship torpedo. Could be dropped from as high as 33,000 feet (10,000 m) through the use of a parachute system.
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1956 |
Weight | about 2,100 lbs. (950 kg) |
Overall Length | 177 in (4.500 m) - 224 in (5.700 m) with parachute |
Explosive Charge | 441 lbs. (200 kg) |
Range / Speed | 4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 39 knots |
Power | Kerosene-Air Wet-Heater |
Non-homing anti-ship torpedo. Similar to 45-54VT, but designed to be launched from lower altitudes.
Ship Class Used On | Helicopters |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1962 |
Weight | 1,235 lbs. (560 kg) |
Overall Length | N/A |
Explosive Charge | Estimated 154 to 353 lbs. (70 kg to 160 kg) |
Range / Speed | 5,500 yards (5,000 m) / 27 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo based on elements of the SET-40 torpedo. The range of the homing system was 550 to 1,100 yards (500 to 1,000 m). This design had too fragile a battery and homing system to be dropped from fixed-wing aircraft, so it was used only by helicopters.
Ship Class Used On | AT-2: Aircraft, launched from IL-38, BE-12 and TU-142 AT-2U: Payload of 85R Metel ASW missile |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | AT-2: 1965 AT-2U: 1973 |
Weight | 2,315 lbs. (1,050 kg) |
Overall Length | 189 in (4.800 m) |
Explosive Charge | Estimated 176 to 331 lbs. (80 to 150 kg) |
Range / Speed | 7,700 yards (7,000 m) / 40 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 1,100 yards (1,000 m).
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1972 |
Weight | about 1,543 lbs. (700 kg) |
Overall Length | 177 in (4.500 m) |
Explosive Charge | Estimated 132 to 220 lbs. (60 - 100 kg) |
Range / Speed | 8,700 yards (8,000 m) / +40 knots |
Power | Silver magnesium seawater battery |
Universal active/passive homing torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | N/A |
Weight | N/A |
Overall Length | N/A |
Explosive Charge | N/A |
Range / Speed | N/A |
Power | Battery (type not identified) |
Electrical anti-submarine torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1960s |
Weight | 1,433 lbs. (650 kg) |
Overall Length | 146 in (3.700 m) |
Explosive Charge | 176 lbs. (80 kg) |
Range / Speed | 870 yards (800 m) / N/A |
Power | Solid-fuel Rocket |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 1,400 yards (1,300 m). Could be used to depths of 1,400 feet (420 m). APR stands for Aviacionnaia Podvodnaia Raketa - airborne underwater rocket.
Ship Class Used On | Helicopters |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1976 |
Weight | 1,190 lbs. (540 kg) |
Overall Length | N/A |
Explosive Charge | 154 lbs. (70 kg) |
Range / Speed | 5,500 yards (5,000 m) / 28 knots |
Power | Silver-zinc battery |
Airborne ASW wire-guided torpedo with active/passive acoustic homing. Wire-guided version of AT-1. The range of the homing system was 550 to 1,100 yards (500 to 1,000 m). Could be used to depths of 650 feet (200 m). VTT stands for Vertoletnaia Teleupravliaemaia Torpeda - helicopter launched wire-guided torpedo.
Ship Class Used On | AT-3: Aircraft and helicopters UMGT-1: Payload of 85RU Rastrub and RPK-6 Vodopad ASW Missiles |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1981 |
Weight | 1,538 lbs. (698 kg) |
Overall Length | 150 in (3.800 m) |
Explosive Charge | 132 lbs. (60 kg) |
Range / Speed | 8,700 yards (8,000 m) / 41 knots |
Power | Silver-magnesium seawater battery |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 1,650 yards (1,500 m). Can be used to depths of 1,650 feet (500 m).
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft and helicopters |
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Date Of Design | 1978 (?) |
Date In Service | N/A |
Weight | 542 lbs. (246 kg) |
Overall Length | 106 in (2.700 m) |
Explosive Charge | 97 lbs. (44 kg) |
Range / Speed | 5,500 - 8,700 yards (5,000 to 8,000 m) / 45 knots |
Power | Mono-propellant (Otto II) Turbine |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 1,100 yards (1,000 m). Could be used to depths of 1,500 feet (450 m). This was reportedly a copy of the US Mark 46 Mod 0 torpedo delivered to the USSR from Vietnam or Cuba in the middle 1970s.
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft and helicopters |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1980s |
Weight | 1,268 lbs. (575 kg) |
Overall Length | 146 in (3.700 m) |
Explosive Charge | 220 lbs. (100 kg) |
Range / Speed | 1,600 - 2,200 yards (1,500 to 2,000 m) / 62 knots |
Power | Solid-fuel Rocket |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 1,650 yards (1,500 m). Could be used to depths of over 2,000 feet (600 m).
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft and helicopters |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1990s |
Weight | 992 lbs. (450 kg) |
Overall Length | 126 in (3.200 m) |
Explosive Charge | 168 lbs. (76 kg) |
Range / Speed | N/A |
Power | Solid-fuel pump-jet propulser |
Airborne ASW active/passive acoustic homing torpedo. The range of the homing system was 2,200 yards (2,000 m). Could be used to depths of 2,600 feet (800 m).
Ship Class Used On | Aircraft |
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Date Of Design | N/A |
Date In Service | 1995 (?) |
Weight | 1,587 lbs. (720 kg) |
Overall Length | 151 in (3.845 m) |
Explosive Charge | 132 lbs. (60 kg) |
Range / Speed | Max range - 33,000 yards (30,000 m) Max speed - 50.0 knots |
Power | Battery (type not identified) |
Aircraft anti-submarine torpedo.
Data from:
- "Voenno-morskoy flot SSSR 1945-1991 (The USSR Navy)" by V. Kouzin and V. Nikolsky
- "Voennye Korabli Rossii 1997-1998" (Combat Ships of Russia 1997-1998) by A.S. Pavlov
- "Janes Underwater Warfare Systems Yearbook 1997-98" edited by Anthony J. Watts
Typhoon Magazine
"Voenni Parad" (Military Parade Magazine) 1996-2000 issues
Special help from Vladimir Yakubov and Grigoriy Chernov.
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