Magnetic pistol is the term for the device on a torpedo or naval mine that detects its target by its magnetic field, and triggers the fuse for detonation...

exploding. The contact pistol appeared to be malfunctioning, though the conclusion was anything but clear until running depth and magnetic exploder problems...

Film used to view the magnetic field of an area Magnetic pistol – a device on torpedoes or naval mines that detect the magnetic field of their target...

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galaxy, often abbreviated as "Pistol" Magnetic pistol, on a naval mine or torpedo, fuze for detonation by a nearby magnetic mass Aerial bomb fuze Pistil...

from the "Pi1" pistol combined with the magnetic mechanism from "Pi2" became the "TZ2". The main booster charge used in German pistols was Pentrite, typically...

was advances in torpedo design. In particular, deployment of magnetic pistol and magnetic proximity fuze in the early 1940s allowed torpedoes to run beneath...

was primarily fitted with a contact pistol, which detonated the torpedo upon impact. A non-contact magnetic pistol known as the CCR (Compensated Coil Rod)...

exploding. The contact pistol appeared to be malfunctioning, though the conclusion was anything but clear until running depth and magnetic exploder problems...

flaws in the German U-boat torpedoes: both the impact pistol and the magnetic influence pistol (detonation mechanism) were defective, and the torpedoes...

shadowing cruiser Sheffield, but some of their torpedoes had defective magnetic pistols which caused them to explode on impact with the sea, and the remaining...

rapidly outclassed even the best bulge protection systems and the magnetic pistol, when finally perfected, allowed the torpedo to completely bypass the...

experimented with magnetic pistols and these were further developed now as the standard pistol for torpedoes. The classic contact pistol required a torpedo...

encounter with Kano Maru. Her first torpedo ran low, but despite its magnetic pistol it failed to detonate. Two more bounced harmlessly off Kano Maru without...

Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The Beretta 92 was designed...

Oak in 1939), was described as having a magnetic pistol designed to detect the deviations in the Earth's magnetic field caused by a ship's metal hull and...

aircraft-launched anti-submarine weapons at the time were torpedoes with magnetic pistol detonators that sometimes exploded prematurely or not at all. Only...

steel to avoid magnetic signatures. These ships may use special propulsion systems, with low magnetic electric motors, to reduce magnetic signature, and...

ever had to rely on such a useless weapon." He ordered the removal of magnetic pistols in favour of contact fuses and their faulty depth control systems....

coupled with faults in magnetic pistols shared by all designs. Inadequate testing had failed to reveal the effect of the Earth's magnetic field on ships and...

criticized as a waste of manpower and materiel for this reason. The use of magnetic pistols and operations in cold weather rendered the G7e torpedo less effective...

rapidly outclassed even the best bulge protection systems and the magnetic pistol, when finally perfected, allowed the torpedo to completely bypass the...

causing the projectile to be accelerated quickly along the barrel via magnetic forces. Coilguns are distinct from railguns, as the direction of acceleration...

British to conclude that the torpedo that sank her had employed a magnetic pistol. Harrison, Chapter 4 Gardiner & Gray, p. 87 NavalHistory.net Admiralty...

Paintball pistols are a type of paintball marker used in paintball, which loosely resemble pistols. There are two main types of pistols: pump and semi-automatic...

modified DL-44 blaster pistol owned by Han Solo was based on the 7.63-caliber Mauser C96, an early and successful automatic pistol that was used in World...

were armed with torpedoes equipped with magnetic pistols, accidentally attacked Sheffield. Some of the magnetic detonators failed to work properly and...

which refused to function in northern waters either with contact or magnetic pistols. To all intents and purposes, the, U-boats were without a weapon."...

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Russian Ground Forces List of Russian weaponry makers "Udav Pistol". 28 January 2019. "Poloz Pistol". 26 August 2020. "Пистолеты НИИ Точмаш". Archived from...