A two-ton, 533 mm caliber torpedo, designed and manufactured in the USSR for use on surface ships and submarines. It is equipped with a gas-steam engine powered by kerosene as fuel and air as an oxidizer. The original version used oxygen, but due to unreliability, it was replaced with air (Version V). The warhead contained a 400 kilogram explosive charge. The 53-56V torpedo had no guidance system; the acoustic guidance version was designated VA. The torpedo, which is currently in service at the GRYF Museum of Military Technology, is a training model, hence the “motley” colors, which facilitate the tracking of practice shots.
| Technical data | |
| Length | 7700 mm |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 533.4 mm |
| Weight | 2000 kg |
| Propulsion | steam-gas |
| Range | 8 km at 40 knots and 4 km at 50 knots |
| Speed | 50/40 knots |
| Guidance | none |
| Head Weight | 400 kg |
