Sweden orders new Tp 47 torpedo from Saab

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The FMV has contracted Saab to develop a new lightweight torpedo, to be called Torpedo 47. Source: Saab
Sweden has ordered the development and production of a new lightweight torpedo from Saab, it was announced on 20 May.

According to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), the contract is worth SEK1.53 billion (USD184 million).

To be called the Torpedo 47 (Tp 47), the new torpedo will replace the Royal Swedish Navy's (RSwN's) current Torpedo 45 (Tp 45). "Torpedo 47 will, among other things, be more durable, have a longer range and better speed performance than today's Torpedo 45," said Mikael Ericsson, head of underwater combat at the FMV.

The Tp 47 "will be equipped with both a passive and an active homing device and use wire communication like today's Tp 45", according to the FMV. The agency notes that the torpedo will be suitable for use from both anti-submarine vessels and helicopters and will function in shallow water - an important consideration for Sweden given the often shallow depths of the Baltic Sea.

The new torpedo is expected to have the same 400 mm diameter as its predecessor. Deliveries of the Tp 47 will run between 2016 and 2024, according to Saab.

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