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[Burney Davis]

I have been told that the item in the pictures is something to do with a Torpedo, but I have no idea if this is true or if it is what country or period it is from. Item is just under 26cm tall and 9cm in diameter. Any suggestions welcome.

BD

 

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Torpedo Exploder;

Berny,
Yes it is an exploder from a WWII torpedo. Italian I think. It has been just tooo long from school. Similar to a SIC Activator.
Regards,
John aka Bart

 

[Natter]

I hope it's ok that I keep waking old topics in my search for torpedo-realted information...

This item reminds me of a depth/roll recorder used in an exersice-head (se attached photos). It should be very simple to determine the correct answer by removing the cover and take a look at the internal mechanism... (photos would be most appreciated).

 

[Natter]

This item reminds me of a depth/roll recorder used in an exersice-head (se attached photos)

Uh... I need to stop trusting my memory :tinysmile_angry2_t:

Something felt wrong about this so after a little digging, I realize that it was not the german recording instrument, but the original german canister for the carbide smoke-charge...
In my defence, it has been 27 years since I handled this item. In RNoN service it was replaced sometime in the 70's or 80's with a disposable canister which was opened manually by a "soda-can type" ring just before loading the torpedo into the tube (the carbide as an aid for locating the torpedo was finally replaced by a radio-transmitter in 1987).

I don't have a german illustration for the canister, but I found one in the 1946 Spanish Navy manual for the G7a torpedo (attached with a couple of photos showing the smoke generated by the carbide after the G7a torpedo has reached the end of it's run).

Again: I felt it was useful to post due to it's similarity to the object in question.