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The A244-s is an Italian lightweight, fire-and-forget torpedo employed for anti-submarine warfare. It can be launched from surface vessels or from aircraft, and locates the target by means of an acoustic seeker.
The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems, pag.728
/ref> * * - 50 (ET52 torpedo) The ET52 is the Chinese development of the Italian Alenia A244-S light ASW acoustic homing torpedo, and is considered by many domestic Chinese sources as equivalent of the A244-S Mod.2 version. ET52 is essentially the A244-S torpedo with technologies of US Mk 46 Mod.2 torpedo incorporated. * - 781 * - 72 * - 450 (NST58 torpedo, another derivative) * - 88 * - 12 * - 12 * - 75 * - 18 * - 12 * - 72 * - 6 (for familiarization before delivery of MU-90) * - 250 Mod.1; 100 Mod.3 * - 80 * - 120 * - 50 * - ordered in 2010 for Project-58250 frigates * - 50 Mod.1 ordered April 1997 for 29.5 million dollars; 24 + 25 ordered in 2005 for 12 million Euros * - 150
Jane's Air-Launched Weapons: A.244/S lightweight torpedoA244/S Mod. 3
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Torpedoes Aerial torpedoes Naval weapons of Italy Anti-submarine weapons Military equipment introduced in the 1980s
Description
The torpedo uses a CIACIO-S seeker, consisting of an acoustic homing head containing the transducer assembly, transmitter and related Beamforming circuits, and a frame housing all the remaining electronic components. The homing head is capable of active, passive or mixed modes for closing onto its target. It can also discriminate between decoys and real targets in the presence of heavy reverberations by specially emitted pulses and signal processing. The latest version is the A244-S mod.3 torpedo. The A244/s are developed and manufactured by the Italian WASS (Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei) firm.Operators
Current operators
* - 25 ordered in 2011 * - 540/ref> * * - 50 (ET52 torpedo) The ET52 is the Chinese development of the Italian Alenia A244-S light ASW acoustic homing torpedo, and is considered by many domestic Chinese sources as equivalent of the A244-S Mod.2 version. ET52 is essentially the A244-S torpedo with technologies of US Mk 46 Mod.2 torpedo incorporated. * - 781 * - 72 * - 450 (NST58 torpedo, another derivative) * - 88 * - 12 * - 12 * - 75 * - 18 * - 12 * - 72 * - 6 (for familiarization before delivery of MU-90) * - 250 Mod.1; 100 Mod.3 * - 80 * - 120 * - 50 * - ordered in 2010 for Project-58250 frigates * - 50 Mod.1 ordered April 1997 for 29.5 million dollars; 24 + 25 ordered in 2005 for 12 million Euros * - 150
Future operators
; * Bulgarian Navy: In october 2022 bulgarian government decided for the purchase of A244-S for the two future patrol ships of bulgarian navy. Bulgarian Navy will received 24 A244-S mod.3 torpedoes and supporting equipment for the price of 39.3 mln euro. The torpedoes also will be used from bulgarian navy Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopters. The first ship is under construction and will be commissioned in 2025.See also
* APR-3E torpedo - Russian equivalent *Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
The Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo (formerly known as Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo, or LHT) is a standard anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by the United States Navy.
Development
The Mark 54 was co-developed by Raytheon Integrated Defense ...
- US Navy's equivalent
* MU90 Impact - French/Italian equivalent
* Sting Ray (torpedo) - British equivalent
* TAL Shyena - Indian equivalent
* Yu-7 torpedo - Chinese equivalent
* K745 Chung Sang Eo - South Korean equivalent
* Type 97 light weight torpedo (G-RX4)
The Type 97 Torpedo (97式短魚雷, 97 Shiki Tan Gyorai) is a short-range torpedo developed and built by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. This type of torpedo, like many other modern Japanese wea ...
- Japanese equivalent
Bibliography
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References
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Jane's Air-Launched Weapons: A.244/S lightweight torpedo
Eurotorp
A244 Datasheet
specifications
Torpedoes Aerial torpedoes Naval weapons of Italy Anti-submarine weapons Military equipment introduced in the 1980s