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USN Mark14 torp query
rokket2001
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Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 04:50 PM UTC
Anyone know what the nose of a Mark 14 looked like?

All the pix I find are dummy warheads. They all have the tow ring welded to the nose.

My real question is: was the nose ring standard on all, or did the live-fire have a different nose (for contact exploder?) I've got one shot of what looks like a piece of pipe (with holes around) on the nose, which could be the contact exploder (and holes for venting water as it touches something?), but it's fuzzy and small and inconclusive.



Thanks
rokket2001
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Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 04:51 PM UTC
That pipe thing loks like an illusion - I ow think it's the guy's thumb in the bg, grrrr!
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 03:24 AM UTC
Wink

The image isn't showing and the url requests a login...
Can you manage to solve this, so that you could get some help?


Rui
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