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The MU90 is an
advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo developed
and built by EuroTorp, a consortium of French and
Italian companies. The MU90 measures 12.75 inches
(324mm) in diameter. The operators of the MU90 are the
navies of Australia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany,
Italy, Morocco and Poland.
The torpedo launching system for the MU90 is the
B515/ILAS-3 (international designation) trainable
surface vessel torpedo tubes (SVTT). It is very
similar to the US Navy Mk.32 SVTT. The Mk-32 SVTT can
be modified to use other 12.75-inch torpedoes, such as
EuroTorp MU90.
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The
Hellenic Ship Model MU90 Triple Torpedo Launchers come
printed on two print rafts stored in a zip lock bag
inside a plastic clam shell box. You get a total of
eight launchers. Each launcher is one complete piece,
so no assembly is required, and come on the print raft
with a few thin attachment points. You must need to
remove the launcher from the print raft, clean up any
remnants of the attachment points, paint it and attach
it to your model.
However, looking at the CAD image on the box label, it
is clear to me that it is a US Navy Mk.32 SVTT and not
quite the similar European B515/ILAS-3 SVTT. Look at
the images of the two launchers just below to compare.
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