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Translated by:  Maciej Florek

   
                                                                                                                          Copy No.   1670
 
Found under GT Nr.119 in the Catalogue of Regulations of  the Torpedo Trials Institute
 
                                                                                                                       
     
 
S E C R E T !
 
     
                                                                                                                        
 
 
 
T  o  r  p  e  d  o    G  7a
 
     
 
Drawings
 
     
 
 
     
     
     
 
Fly leafs 1 to 18 incorporated.
 
     
     
 
Published by the Torpedo Trials Institute
 
 
Eckernförde, September 1941.
 
     
     
     
     
  Navy Official Instruction Number  
     
     

 

   
C  o  n  t  e  n  t  s
     
 
                                                                                                                         Plate
Torpedo G7a 1
Exercise head (1210) 3
Blowing mechanism 3a
Starting and pressure regulating valve 4
Noise generator 5
Exercise head (1215) 6
Double blowing mechanism 6a
Schematic diagram 6c
Air flask 7
Fuel oil and water chamber with air flask shutoff valve, pressure equalizer and oil tank for the engine 8
After body    view from port 9
After body    cross-section 10
Filling and shut off valve with water check valve for gyroscope, regulating valve with oil tank, engine shutoff and over-pressure regulating valve 11
Starting gear with water impact flap 12
Combustion pot 13
Engine 14
Cooling water pump 15
Speed regulating valve and safety fuze 16
Stop and rudder locking gear with lubrication oil flow interrupter 17
Depth control mechanism 18
Regulating nozzle (service air input), steering engine, depth rudder linkage 19
Gyroscope VIII 20
Reducing valve for gyroscope 21
Gyroscope-assembly and gyroscope-steering linkage 22
Angle-setting gear 22a
Tail piece 23
Forward drive propeller from aft, forward and aft drive propellers seen from aft, relationship of the four-bladed drive propellers and crank to each other at "ready for shooting" position, relationship of the six-bladed drive propellers and crank to each other at "ready for shooting" position 24
Air, water, fuel, and oil paths 25
Schematic diagrams 26
 
     
     

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  Plate 1 - Torpedo G7a
     
  Plate 3 - Exercise head (1210)
     
  Plate 3a - Blowing mechanism
     
  Plate 4 - Starting and pressure regulating valve
   
  Plate 5 - Noise generator
     
  Plate 6 - Exercise head (1215)
   
  Plate 6a - Double blowing mechanism
   
  Plate 6c -Schematic diagram
   
  Plate 7 - Air flask
   
  Plate 8 - Fuel oil and water chamber with air flask shutoff valve, pressure equalizer and oil tank for the engine
   
  Plate 9 - After body    view from port
   
  Plate 10 - After body   cross-section
   
  Plate 11 - Filling and shut off valve with water check valve for GA, regulating valve with oil tank, engine shutoff and over-pressure regulating valve
   
  Plate 12 - Starting gear with water flap valve
   
  Plate 13 - Combustion pot
     
  Plate 14 - Engine
   
  Plate 15 - Cooling water pump
     
  Plate 16 - Speed setting gear and safety fuze
     
  Plate 17 - Stop and rudder locking gear with lubrication oil flow interrupter
   
  Plate 18 - Depth control mechanism
   
  Plate 19 - Regulating nozzle (service air input), steering engine, depth rudder linkage
     
  Plate 20 - Gyroscope VIII
   
  Plate 21 - Reducing valve for gyroscope
   
  Plate 22 - Gyroscope-assembly and gyroscope-steering linkage
   
  Plate 22a - Angle-setting device
   
  Plate 23 - Tail piece
   
  Plate 24 - Plate 24:  Forward drive propeller from aft, forward and aft drive propellers seen from aft, relationship of the four-bladed drive propellers and crank to each other at "ready for shooting" position, relationship of the six-bladed drive propellers and crank to each other at "ready for shooting" position
   
  Plate 25 - Air, water, fuel, and oil paths
     
  Plate 26 - Schematic Diagrams

 

   
Keywords
     
 
Blowing mechanism   3a
  Midship section shutoff valve Compressed air flask  1, 7
  Shutoff valve  8
  Compressed air flask  3
  Cooling water pump  15
  Cut-off valve  11
Combustion pot  13
Depth control mechanism   18, 26
  Depth rudder linkage  9, 19, 26
  Dimensions  1
  Double blowing mechanism   6a
  Propellers  24
Engine section  1, 9, 10
  Engine stop gear   11
  Engine  14
  Exercise head (1210)  1, 3
  Exercise head (1215)  6
Filling valve  11
  Fuel oil tank  8
  Fuel oil pathway  25
Gyroscope VIII  20, 26
  Gyroscope-assembly 22
  Gtroscope-steering linkage  9, 22, 26
Igniter 13
Lubrication oil flow interrupter   17
Lubricating oil tank for crosshead  23
  Lubricating oil tank for engine  8
  Oil container for pressure regulating valve  11
  Oil path  25
  Safety fuse  16
Over-pressure regulating valve  11
  After body  1, 9, 10
  Air path  25
  Angle setting gear   22, 22a
Pressure reducing valve  3, 4
  Pressure regulating valve  11, 26
  Pressure equalizer  8
Regulating nozzle  19
  Reducing valve for GA  21
  Rudder locking gear  17, 26
Schematic diagrams  26
  Speed setting gear  16, 26
  Starting valve  4
  Starting gear  12, 26
  Steering engine for GA  20, 26
  Steering engine  19, 26
  Engine stop gear  17
  Switch diagram  6c
Tail piece   1, 23
  Noise generator  3, 5
  Torpedo tube safety mechanism  12, 26
Water chamber  1, 8
  Water check valve for gyroscope   11
   
   
   
 
     
 

 


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