Type 65 torpedo
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Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. It was developed to counter the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups as well as to be used against large merchant targets such as supertankers and very large crude carriers (VLCC).
Specifications
- Class: Type 65
- Country of origin: Russia
- Variants: Minimal - not a very popular format
- Exports: Limited (China)
- Size: 650 mm
- Range: 50 000 m
- Velocity: 50 knots (93 km/h)
- Homing: active/passive and wake homing
- Warhead: high explosive, or nuclear (Russia only)
- Fitted to: Newer Russian vessels, but often the 650 mm torpedo bay is fitted with a 533 mm converter to enable firing of SS-N-15 missiles or Type 53 torpedoes.