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Navaleye
I can shed some light on this. The SST-4 IS A German torpedo of the same generation as Tigerfish and just as unreliable. Electrically powered and for anti surface ship only. Normal load out is 18 fish.
Thank you. I started the engineering part of my life in torpedo R&D in the 1950s.
I know it's a bit off topic but I am astonished that, in this computerised age, so many torpedo designs fail to perform as well as wished.
Sidon and Kursk were sunk by HTP motor explosions. I'd guess, with modern electric battery technology, that unstable fuels would be passé.