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ORIGINAL: Apocal #96 - SKR Riga [Pr.50 Gornostay] uses #2187 - 53-65K WH torpedoes, which is strange because these are only used against surface ships, being wake homing torpedoes. Ship's torpedo tubes (533mm Triple TT) also have no other default ordnance option. I'm not expert enough to know which torpedo should be used in their place, but it seems like there are other options for ASW fish: the SET-53 and SET-53M, SET-65 "Enot-2", etc. So I spent a while looking at Russian sources, it took a while but once I found sources that included later modifications the ship class adopted use of 53-65K anti-ship torpedoes in 1969 - the export ships were provided the export version of the torpedo. It was an either/or thing 2 53-65s or 3 SET-65s quote:
Торпедное: 1 Х 2 или 1 Х 3 • 533-мм ТА ДТА-53-50 или ТТА-53-50 – 1 х 3- 533 мм (ТТА-53-50) 3 торпеды СЭТ-65 или 1 х 2- 533 мм (ДТА-53-50)-2 торпеды 53-65 Парогазовая самонаводящаяся торпеда : основные характеристики Калибр, мм 533 Длина, м 7,2 Масса, кг 2100 Масса ВВ, кг 300 Скорость хода, уз 45 Дальность хода, км 18 Everywhere I read when they carried TTA (triple torpedo apparatus) they carried ASW torps and DTA (Double) they carried ASuW torps. But looking closer, the CWDB has the 1954 version of the class having 2x 533 Triple Torpedo tubes. Here is a line drawing of the class as it was in 1954: Note only the one apparatus. It was driving me crazy trying to find a clear picture with the DTA but found plenty of documentation on the upgrade. It appears in practice though, what DB3K has (for the Soviets) is correct other than the triple TT. The ships carried ASuW torpedoes as a rule. It was either/or and they sailed with the ASuW fish, probably says a lot abut the role they were used in by 1969. Again this only refers to the Soviet ships. Both DBs have Pegasus-2 on the class it was upgraded to Pegasus-3M in 1959-1960. http://vmf.hutt.ru/viewtopic.php?id=43
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