Talk:Mark 10 torpedo

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I don't have much of a background on torpedos (or anything naval for that matter) but the Mark 10 keeps getting named as the more reliable predecessor to the troublesome Mark 14, so I figured it should have a page. Please add to the article. There are some photographs on the internet, but not sure how to add them to the media files for inclusion here. (Presumably they are US government photos and are public domain).--MartinezMD (talk) 01:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I have the Mark 10 manual, along with references on its development. It had the same deep running problem as the Mk 14, but because it had the simple exploder (Mk 3-1 and 3-3) it did not have the other problems related to the Mk 6 Exploder. This is my first edit ever to Wikipedia, and am a complete novice. I suppose I will lean as I go. The Mk 10 was developed from the Aircraft Mk 9, which was a variant of the Mk 8. At this time in torpedo development the Rhode Island Torpedo Factory at Goat Island had taken over all research and development for torpedoes. The Mk 10 had the then new "Ulan Gear" for depth and steering, which was then passed down to the Mk 14, giving it the depth calibration (not control) problem. However, in the case of the Mk 14, because it was longer and heavier it was off by 10 - 12 feet. The Mk 10 would hold a depth about 4 - 6 feet lower than the setting because the testing on the calibration was not done with the WAR HEAD installed (not wanting to risk blowing up something that was worth more than a four bedroom family home at the time. So they never tested it with the war head, and as a result did not know until the war started that it was really was running deeper than set.

thanks 1969LT1 (talk) 23:02, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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