The Effects of a Torpedo on Small Vessel

【3億台幣一顆的MK-48潛艦用魚雷 究竟有什麼本事？！】 美國國務院（United States Department of State）新聞稿指出，國務院已經批准對台「對外軍事銷售」（Foreign Military Sales），出售18枚MK-48 Mod.6 AT重型魚雷（MK-48 Mod.6 AT HWT），預計金額為1.8億美元，也就是一枚約1000萬美元。 Mk-48型魚雷（Mark 48 torpedo）也是美國海軍與其盟國潛艦的主力重型魚雷，並且為反艦 / 反潛 雙用魚雷，這比很多飛彈還貴的魚雷，究竟有什麼樣的本領呢？ #MK48實戰擊沈靶艦 影片前段是Mk-48型魚雷於實彈演習中，由澳洲柯林斯級（Australian Collins class submarine）潛艇發射，命中靶艦的畫面。 畫面中，靶艦先被魚雷於龍骨下爆炸，產生的氣泡噴流（bubble jet）向上抬起，鋼板向內凹陷，上層建築薄弱處更被衝擊波炸飛，接著由於爆炸瞬間在艦底部位造成一個低壓區域， 使得艦體被吸向下，該處鋼板遂向下（向外）凹陷，兩次劇烈變形使鋼板斷裂，將艦體劈開為兩段。通常軍艦會迅速

This is what it looks like when a MK-48 torpedo breaks your keel

The Mk48 can be guided by a wire that reels out behind it, or it can find the target by itself. Once it gets close enough to the target, it first uses sonar to aim for the centre of the ship. When it's really close, it uses the magnetic signature of the target as a trigger to explode, when it's about 15 metres directly under its hull. The 267 kg of high explosive almost instantaneously all turn into a huge volume of gas. Second, the shock wave crushes the underside of the hull, and also lifts it

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