A244-S

A244-S Torpedo
Type Lightweight torpedo
Place of origin  Italy
Service history
In service 1982
Production history
Manufacturer WASS
Specifications
Weight 254 kg
Length 2.75 m (9.0 ft)
Diameter 324 mm (12.8 in)

Effective firing range 13.5 km (7.3 nmi)
Maximum firing range 6 km for Mod. 1, 13.5 km for Mod. 3
Filling high explosive STANAG 4439 and MURAT-2 compliant
Filling weight Classified
Detonation
mechanism
various

The A244-s is a 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.

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

Map with A244-S operators in blue

Current operators

Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. 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.

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