1. Weapon
  2. Type 97

Basic Information

Type： Torpedo Cruise Altitude： 0 m Air Range： 0 - 0 nm Air Hit Rate： 0 %
Length： 2.8 m Climb Rate： 30 m/s Surface Range： 0 - 0 nm Surface Hit Rate： 0 %
Span： 0.324 m Launch Altitude： 0 - 0 m Land Range： 0 - 0 nm Land Hit Rate： 0 %
Diameter： 0.324 m Launch Speed： 0 - 0 kt Subsurface Range： 0 - 4 nm Subsurface Hit Rate： 80 %
Weight： 350 kg Target Altitude (AGL)： 0 - 0 m Target Speed： - - - kt CEP, Surface： 0 m
Waypoint Number： 0 Target Altitude (ASL)： -600 - -10 m CEP, Land 0 m

Sensor Parameters

Model Purpose Range Scan Interval Generation
Torpedo Seeker Torpedo Seeker, Active/Passive 0 - 1.00 nm 1 sec Early 2000s

Weapon Capabilities

Search Pattern Bearing-Only Launch (BOL) Re-Attack Capability

Targets

Submarine

Signatures

Type Front Side Rear
Passive Sonar, VLF (0-1000 Hz, 200 Hz Center Frequency) 115 dB 116 dB 117 dB
Passive Sonar, LF (1-5 KHz, 3 KHz Center Frequency) 85.5 dB 86 dB 87 dB
Passive Sonar, MF (5-10 KHz, 7.5 KHz Center Frequency) 77.5 dB 78 dB 79 dB
Passive Sonar, HF (10-500 KHz, 20 KHz Center Frequency) 69 dB 70 dB 71 dB
Active Sonar, VLF-HF (0-500 KHz) 8 dB 40 dB 8 dB
Visual Detection Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Visual Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Infrared Detection Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Infrared Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Radar, A-D Band (30-2000 MHz) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²)
Radar, E-M Band (2-100 GHz) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²) 0 dBsm (1.00 m²)

Datalink

Type Model Range Channels
Not recorded in database

Warhead

Sequence Model Type Damage Points Explosive Type
1 Type 97 Torpedo Torpedo 45 HE [kg], TNT (Trinitrotoluene)

Fuel

Fuel Type Fuel Capacity
Torpedo Fuel 328

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