Roketsan Akya

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Akya
AKYA Heavyweight Torpedo.jpg
TypeHeavyweight torpedo
Place of originTurkey
Service history
Used by Turkish Navy
Production history
Designer Turkish Navy ArMerKom ("Research Center Command")
Manufacturer Roketsan
Specifications
Mass1,200 kg (2,600 lb) [1]
Length7 m (23 ft) [2]
Diameter533 mm (21.0 in) [3]
Warhead weight350–380 kg (770–840 lb) [4]
Engineelectric motor
Maximum speed 45 kn (83 km/h; 52 mph) [5]
Guidance
system
 Wire-guided with fiber-optic cable
Launch
platform
 Submarine

Akya is a new-generation heavyweight torpedo developed by Roketsan for the Turkish Navy. As of 2021, its tests completed, and it went in serial production. [6] "Akya" is the Turkish name of Leerfish. [7]

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History

The heavyweight torpedo project was initiated by the ArMerKom ("Research Center Command") of the Turkish Navy in 2009. Roketsan was signed for the realization. [8] The serial production of Akya started in 2021 after the test firings successfully completed in 2020, which began by July 2013. It is planned that the Reis-class, Preveze-class and Gür-class submarines will be eqipped with Akya. [9] It will replace the torpedoes of type Mk 14, Mk 23, Mk 24 (Tigerfish) Mod.2, Mk 37 Mod.2 & Mod.3 and SST-4 Mod.0. [10]

AKYA successfully completed its' first live firing trial on 27 December 2023, when it was fired from submarine TCG Preveze and destroyed target ship ex-TCG Gazal. [11]

Features

Powered by a brushless DC electric motor and counter-rotating propellers using high-energy electrochemical batteries, Akya is able to achieve a speed exceeding 45 kn (83 km/h; 52 mph) and a range of more than 50 km (27 nmi). It has a proximity fuze and an underwater shock-insensitive warhead 350–380 kg (770–840 lb) in weight. [10] Externally wire-guided with a fiber-optic cable, the heavyweight torpedo has active/passive sonar head and is capable of acoustic countermeasure, wake homing. [6] The 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) heavy torpedo is 7 m (23 ft) long and has a diameter of 533 mm (21.0 in). [9] [12] [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "ROKETSAN & TÜBİTAK-SAGE & ARMERKOM Akya 533 mm Yeni Nesil Ağır Torpido". 24 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "ROKETSAN & TÜBİTAK-SAGE & ARMERKOM Akya 533 mm Yeni Nesil Ağır Torpido". 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "ROKETSAN & TÜBİTAK-SAGE & ARMERKOM Akya 533 mm Yeni Nesil Ağır Torpido". 24 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "ROKETSAN & TÜBİTAK-SAGE & ARMERKOM Akya 533 mm Yeni Nesil Ağır Torpido". 24 November 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Akya" (in Turkish). Roketsan. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Akya Balığı – Lichia Amia" (in Turkish). Balık Net. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Alemdar, Ahmet (25 January 2021). "TCG GÜR denizaltımızdan AKYA Ağır Torpido atışı yapıldı" (in Turkish). defence Turk. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Roketsan'dan AKYA ve ORKA torpidolarının menzil bilgisine revize" (in Turkish). SavunmaSanayiST.com. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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  11. ↑ Ozberk, Tayfun (2023-12-27). "SINKEX: Turkiye's [sic] first indigenous heavyweight torpedo AKYA sinks target at live test" . Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  12. ↑ Mehmet, Fatih (7 May 2021). "Milli ağır torpido AKYA'nın menzil bilgisi iki katına güncellendi: 30+km" (in Turkish). Defence Turk. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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