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Friday, October 12, 2007

German and Italian Class 212 A Submarines successfully fired DM 2 A4 Torpedoes

Final system integration firings with the DM 2 A4 - SEAHAKE mod 4, ATLAS Elektronik's new heavy weight torpedo, were conducted when the Italian 212 A class SCIRE and her German sister boat U-33 proved their perfect interoperability in September off Taranto in Southern Italy.

At present, the two Italian 212 A's are armed with the A-184 heavy weight torpedo and will supposedly receive the still to be introduced "BLACK SHARK" from WASS.

Since both the German and Italian sister boats are equipped with Kongsberg's Basic Command and Weapons Control System MSI 90 U and ATLAS's sonar suites, problems with SCIRE's first time launching of the optically-guided German high performance torpedo were not expected - and did not occur.

For the Italian Navy, this was a convincing proof that the German partners and their technology can be relied upon to complete the task.

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