Saw this on /gif/... wtf is this thing? Is this a torpedo? A missile? What purpose does it serve? Why do they launch it into the water only so it can come out of the water again?
Torpedo or a missile?
Cooper Harris
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Landon Cox
Its a rocket you can use out of your torpedo tubes instead of having to retrofit the ship.
Eli Hernandez
interesting. how do you guide this thing? same way as a missile... GPS etc?
Samuel Roberts
Is this from the Russian battle cruiser?
Dominic Gray
You'd guide it in the same way you'd guide a missile lmfao, whatever that would entail for the missile variant
Parker Scott
Rocket propelled ASW SS-N-16 Stallion
Andrew Morris
>ASW SS-N-16 Stallion
thanks!
>It cold-launches from the ship’s torpedo tube via compressed air, then it disappears under the water’s surface before blasting off in spectacular fashion on the way to its target, which can be almost 60 miles away. It can be armed with a 400mm torpedo, a unitary warhead (for attacking surface targets), or a nuclear depth charge. This makes the missile very versatile, especially for smaller surface combatants that can only accommodate a single missile system.
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Jacob Edwards
It's an anti submarine torpedo that's rocket assisted.
It was intended for use by submarines which is why the surface version enters the water - saves modifications.
After firing the solid rocket it will fly a few miles and then drop a torpedo on top of something.
Xavier Reed
AFAIK this thing was designed for submarines originally, so that a sub could launch missiles from torpedo tubes without a vertical launcher, saving space and complexity.
Something like this has a longer range and can reach the target quickly, making it a good weapon for a sub to use against other subs. Just drop some torpedos in the area around where you think he's at.
Why use it on surface ships? I dunno, guess if you have them laying around and want more missiles just trade torps for these things.
Wyatt Reyes
For very powerful rocket motors it's actually much simpler to have them sit in water during launch rather than building a platform on a hard surface.
Christian Peterson
Awesome info user! One thing I don't understand.. why does an anti-sub weapon go into air? How is it suppose to attack subs like that?
Austin Ward
with a nuclear depth charge (which that thing can carry), you just fly it to the general area and blow it up. Flying through the air is easier and faster than swimming through the water
Nolan Martin
>or a nuclear depth charge
Levi Lewis
makes sense! thanks!
Jack Scott
Looks like a malfunctioning shkval
Joshua Williams
Lightweight torpedo. It launches into the air then comes back down in designated area, boosted sets he's and torpedo goes hunting.
Neat idea, Soviets had them and the U.S. was building one in the 80s until it became obvious to everyone that it's kill probability was pretty low.due to the noise it made on launch and heavyweight torpedo performance quickly ramped up in range and speed all over the world.
Nolan Brown
Why you'd put what's basically an ASROC in a surface ships torpedo tube is beyond me though as it just gives another point of failure
John Perry
this. I basically just turns your tubes into a dual purpose launcher instead of having to fit VLS. It's the same thing a lot of submarines do to launch missiles since only boomers have VLS tubes, all the other subs have to launch missiles through their torpedoe tubes just like this.
Noah Hill
Meh I've seen more impressive ASROCs with more superior capabilities.
The Chinese Yu-8 super ASROC is considered by internet experts as the best in the world and can carry suicide drones that can be controlled via 5G communications. And can also carry very fast bubbling torpedoes.
Lucas Thomas
>nuclear depth charge
It's like we want to get rekt by the underwater ayys.
Bentley Jenkins
>Meh I've seen more impressive ASROCs with more superior capabilities
Vodopad/Stallion has been in service for almost 40 years. Try to find a comparable chink shit that old.