The G7e torpedo was the standard electric torpedo used by the German Kriegsmarine submarines in World War II. It came in 20 different versions, with the...
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electrical powered torpedo was introduced with the G7e(TII). It was replaced beginning in 1942 by the G7e(TIII). The G7a(TI) remained in service as the main...
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Acoustic Torpedo) by the British. The forerunner of the Zaunkönig was the G7e/T4 Falke, codename "Falcon," which was introduced in March 1943, but saw...
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Junkers Ju 52 (redirect from Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e)
The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company...
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The torpedoes used by the World War II Kriegsmarine included: G7a(TI) G7e(TII) G7e(TIII) G7s(TIV) "Falke" G7s(TV) "Zaunkönig The torpedoes used by the World...
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(disambiguation) Group of Seven (disambiguation) G7a torpedo, steam-powered G7e torpedo, electric-powered G7es torpedo, a series of torpedoes used by the...
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Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw) and a torpedo research program in Sweden where the G7e torpedo was developed. Even before the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January...
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surname in German also means "Moor" or "Negro". The Neger was based on the G7e torpedo and sported a spartan cockpit covered by a perspex dome, where the...
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WWI equivalent, but more important was the introduction of the electric G7e torpedo. This torpedo was slower and had less range but it left no telltale...
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General Electric and Electric Storage Battery Company. In 1942, several German G7e electric torpedoes ran ashore, leading CNO, Admiral Ernest J. King, to urge...
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other variants, it had a smaller bridge and could carry the German G7a, G7e torpedoes as well as TM-type torpedo mines. There were separated net cutters...
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had received reports from his men concerning problems with the defective G7e torpedoes that they were using and knew that the failures were caused by...
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heavy losses. The Molch was based on torpedo technology, and carried two G7e torpedoes attached externally on either side of the craft. It was fully electrical...
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Until mid-1940 there remained a chronic problem with the reliability of the G7e torpedo. As the battles of Norway and Western Europe raged, the Luftwaffe...
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Multiple German G7e torpedoes that use acoustic homing...
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German naval command was the fact that Prien had fired a total of seven G7e torpedoes at his target; only one from the first salvo hit the target and...
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8 km/h) submerged Range 100 nautical miles (surfaced) Test depth 20 m maximum Crew 1 Armament Two G7e (TIIIc) torpedoes or two Torpedomine Typ B (TMB)...
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tank that compensated for the weight of its armament of a pair of standard G7e torpedoes and prevented it from breaking the surface when the torpedoes were...
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Armored car T-4 Atomic Demolition Munition, a small tactical nuclear bomb G7e/T4, a Falke German torpedo The Italian name for the high explosive RDX Great...
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hexanite was used in underwater naval weapons e.g. warheads for the G7a and G7e series torpedoes and the 300-kilogram (660 lb) main explosive charge in aluminium-cased...
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States Navy and the Germans during World War II. The Germans developed the G7e/T4 Falke, which was first deployed by the submarines U-603, U-758 and U-221...
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developing electrically-driven acoustic torpedoes by 1933; the resulting G7e and G7es anti-ship torpedoes, running at a preset depth, entered service...
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The first was the Type XXVIIB, which had a greater range, could carry two G7e(TIIIc) torpedoes, and had diesel/electric propulsion. The design was completed...
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scuttled in May 1945. Neger (~200 built) 1-man 5-ton torpedo with underslung G7E torpedo. Top speed 20 knots and range of 30 miles at 3 knots. Seehund type...
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when he returned to Washington, D.C. King had been impressed by the German G7e electric torpedoes, some of which had been salvaged after running ashore...
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a group of warships north of Sollum and attacked two destroyers with one G7e torpedo each at 23:38 and 23:40 hours, but missed both. Only then did U-205...
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war. U-530 departed on patrol with 14 torpedoes, eight G7e T3a electric torpedoes and six G7e T5 homing torpedoes. Interrogation reports of the Captain...
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submerged Range 69 nmi (128 km; 79 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged Complement 2 Armament 1 G7e torpedo or 1 × mine explosive charge in nose...
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Kingdom, while the rest were picked for parts and blown up.[citation needed] G7e torpedo List of World War II torpedoes of Germany The Story of U-534. Merseytravel...
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Mark 18 electric torpedo was a hastily copied version of captured German G7e torpedoes and was rushed into service in the fall of 1943. Unfortunately...
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