torpedo tube

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torpedo tube

A tube in the hull of a submarine or another naval vessel or mounted on the deck of a surface warship, through which torpedoes are launched.

torpedo tube

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the tube from which a torpedo is discharged from submarines or surface ships

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Noun

torpedo tube - a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired

tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Translations

torpedo tube

n → Torpedoausstoßrohr nt

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