APR-3E
The APR-3E airborne light ASW acoustic homing torpedo is designed by Russian Tactical Missiles Corporation JSC to engage current and future submarines at depth from the surface down to 800 metres at speed of up to 43+ knots. It is a replacement for earlier APR-2 light antisubmarine acoustic homing torpedo. APR-3E airborne light antisubmarine acoustic homing torpedo is designed to be carried by various fixed-wing and rotary wing platforms including Tu-142, Il-38, Ka-28 and other aircraft.
APR-3E
- Name
- APR-3E
- Field
- aerial torpedo
- Region
- Russia
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for APR-3E. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4653391
In this article
Overview
Overview
The torpedo requires at least 100 metres depth of water for the initial air-drop and can be deployed in conditions up to sea state 6. Once entering water, the control surfaces of the torpedo enable it to travel in a spiral path with the help of gravity without starting the engine. During this stage, the acoustic seeker of the torpedo searches for targets. Once a target is identified, the engine starts and solid propellant rocket engine ensures the target has very little or virtually no time to react, thus increasing the kill probability. The newest version of this torpedo is the APR-3M, with modified characteristics. Trials of the APR-3M missile have been completed, the process of its serial production has been organized and its deliveries to the Ministry of Defence of Russia are underway as of May 2019. Russia purchased a small number of APR-3 for its navy, while China was reported to be the first export customer when APR-3E was part of the Chinese Be-200 ASW aircraft purchase package.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — APR-3E • Type — Lightweight ASW homing torpedo • Length — 3.685 m • Diameter — 350 mm • Origin — Russia • Is Ranged — yes • Is Explosive — yes • Is Missile — yes • Used By — Russian Navy People's Liberation Army Navy • Manufacturer — Tactical Missiles Corporation • Weight — 525 kg (another 25 kg for accessory for aircraft deployment) • Filling Weight — 74 kg • Detonation — Impact and proximity fuze • Propellant — Solid fuel • Engine — Rocket-powered turbo-waterjet • Vehicle Range — >3 km • Speed — >56 kn • Guidance — Acoustic homing • Depth — 540 m • Launch Platform — * Beriev Be-200 • Ilyushin Il-38 • Kamov Ka-27 • Tupolev Tu-142
Specifications
Specifications
• Designation: APR-3E light ASW torpedo (Manufacturer calls the weapon as a missile instead) • Manufacturer: Region Scientific and Production Enterprise JSC division of the Tactical Missiles Corporation Joint Stock Co. • Speed: > 56 kn • Range: > 3 km • Diameter: 350 mm • Length: 3.685 m • Weight: 525 kg (another 25 kg for accessory for aircraft deployment) • Propulsion: solid-propellant rocket-powered turbo-waterjet • Fuze: impact and proximity • Warhead: 74 kg • Seeker: acoustic • Seeker range: 1.5 km – 2 km • Maximum target speed: > 43 kn
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Russia
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article APR-3 torpedo, revision 1374068581 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Apache AH1Terminology
- Apache revolverTerminology
- APILASTerminology
- Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knifeTerminology
- APS underwater rifleTerminology
- APS-95Terminology
- AR-15 style pistolTerminology
- AR-15–style rifleTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with APR-3E?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.