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I think the correct designation is G7es. - Alureiter 09:32, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a definitive source for this? Uboat.net says G7s. However I note that googling around that G7es is used in some places (notably http://u-boot-greywolf.de/utorpedo.htm). I'm guessing that one history says G7s and one says G7es. The more definitive net sources tend to point to G7es - but I'd rather see a print reference. Megapixie 12:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very simple: The German torpedo designation system: The first letter defines the tube diameter, G ~535mm. The number is the rounded length, and the next letters are for the propulsion: a: compressed air (heated or not) ("atmosphärisch), e: electric, ut: walter with turbine, ur: walter rocket, uk: walter with piston engine ("Kolben"). d: ??? p: electric with a 'primary' batterie (i.e. no accumulator). The link you provided points to page with an extensive list of fielded and experimental U-Boat torpedos (but I think there are some errors in it at as well) and also lists a print source.

es may mean a "special" or "silenced" ("still"?) electric drive, since it does have a lower performance than the standard G7e torpedo and there is also prototype acoustic homing torpedo called Möwe listed as G7as, which propably has a conventional wet-heater drive like the G7a, since it's diameter is 533.4mm and Geräte-Nr. is 12 like the G7a and all non wet-heaters have a diameter of 534.6mm and Geräte-Nr. >=20.

To sum it up: G7s just doesn't make as much sense to me as G7es. - Alureiter 13:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC), changed Alureiter 14:53, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. Please make the changes :) Megapixie 00:55, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. - Alureiter 08:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category missing for "German Torpedoes"...[edit]

Hi, does anybody knows why the existing Category:World War II German torpedoes (which aimed to group all torpedoes designed / built / used by Germany) is now missing?
Thanks & regards, DPdH (talk) 05:16, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Room for improvement...[edit]

I've glanced the german version of this article, and seems to have much more info than this one. Unfortunately, I do not read/write/speak german... can anyone help translating it?
Thanks, DPdH (talk) 05:28, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]