how much is a torpedo in WWII?

[shuniuhutu]

I wonder how much is a common torpedo in WWII??? anyone know about it?

[LWD]

There is a lot of info on WWII torpedoes here http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/index_weapons.htm
perhaps one of the references mentioned will have the info you are looking for.
Some of the reference here might also have it: http://www.hnsa.org/doc/jolie/part3.htm
Found something on hyperwar at: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Adm ... min-8.html

From January 1, 1939 to June 1, 1946, 57,653 torpedoes were produced by the Bureau of Ordnance for the U.S. Navy at a cost of almost $700 million, including the cost of expanding facilities.

[amcl]

I wonder how much is a common torpedo in WWII??? anyone know about it?

Not cost as such, but Campbell's Naval Weapons of World War II (p. 260) gives figures for the effort to produce German torpedoes. G7a T1 wet heater torpedoes "took 3730 man-hours per torpedo in 1939, which was reduced to 1707 by 1943". G7e T2 electric torpedoes took 1255 man-hours. At the same place Campbell notes that around 70,000 torpedoes, "mostly electric", were manufactured for the Kriegsmarine. Only around 10,000 torpedoes were fired in anger, of which 70% were T2 electric torpedoes, 6% T5 electric homing torpedoes and most of the remainder G7a T1s. "About 5%, mostly G7a, were pattern runners." Pattern-running gear and homing equipment would add to the cost and effort involved.

As for costs of German torpedoes, you can find various websites quoting c. 50,000 Reichsmarks for a G7a torpedo and half as much for a G7e. These may appear suspiciously round numbers, but the original source looks credible enough: Eberhard Roessler's article 'Die deutsche Torpedofertigung 1939-1945' (Marine Rundschau 83 (1986), part 1, pp. 31-3).

Around one hundred million man-hours and upwards of 2 billion Reichsmarks producing torpedoes is a significant effort by any measure. And this is without considering the maintenance and testing requirements for torpedoes in service.

Regards,

Angus McLellan