Home›Naval Vessels And Torpedoes›Wars Used InBrowse ByWars Used InThis dimension names the wars in which a specific weapon system was actually used. Wikipedia notes that weapons are used to "deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill," uses that in most cases can be traced to one or more specific wars. Browsing this way collects every weapon system used in the same war.FactsWars Used InSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1866 1Wars Used InFilter Results21 entriesWeapon ClassAllBow / Crossbow (3)Guided Missile (3)Howitzer / Artillery (5)Shield / Armor (2)Submarine / Naval Vessel (11)Tank / Armored Vehicle (6)Torpedo (1)Warship / Naval Vessel (6)Weapon FamilyAllAircraft Carriers (6)Battleships and Ironclads (5)Cruisers and Destroyers (2)Depth Charges and Mine Countermeasures (2)Naval Guns (7)Submarines (3)Torpedoes (7)Introduced EraAll1859 (4)1866 (4)1885 (3)1894 (2)1899 (1)1909 (2)1914 (3)1916 (2)1918 (1)1920 (2)1925 (3)1928 (2)1931 (1)1933 (2)1936 (1)1938 (3)1939 (1)1940 (1)1941 (1)1942 (4)1943 (1)1955 (2)1972 (1)1975 (1)1976 (1)1978 (1)1979 (1)1983 (1)1986 (3)1995 (1)ManufacturerAllAlliant Techsystems (1)Armstrong Whitworth (1)Honeywell (1)Hotchkiss et Cie (3)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (1)Martin Marietta (3)Naval Undersea Warfare Center (1)Newport News Shipbuilding (1)Royal Arsenal (2)Vickers (1)William Beardmore and Company (1)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (3)Bundeswehr (3)Canadian Armed Forces (3)Finnish Defence Forces (3)Imperial Japanese Navy (4)Royal Navy (7)Russian Navy (1)Soviet Armed Forces (1)Spanish Armed Forces (3)Turkish Armed Forces (3)United States Armed Forces (3)United States Navy (10)Wehrmacht (1)CaliberAll120mm (2)127mm (2)203mm (3)280mm (2)30mm (1)356mm (1)380mm (1)4.5-inch (2)406mm (1)533 mm (1)57mm (3)610mm (1)9.2-inch (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (7)Retired (16)Country of OriginAllAustria-Hungary (2)Empire of Japan (1)France (3)German Reich (1)Russia (2)Soviet Union (1)United Kingdom (3)United States (9)Duration BandAll1 to 5 Years (5)5 to 30 Years (4)Under 1 Year (4)OutcomeAllNegotiated Settlement (2)Stalemate (2)Victory (13)Show ResultsBrowseCompare2026 Iran WarWars Used In1 entryAmerican Civil WarWars Used In1 entryCold WarWars Used In1 entryCrimean WarWars Used In1 entryFalklands WarWars Used In3 entriesFirst Balkan WarWars Used In1 entryFirst Indochina WarWars Used In1 entryGulf WarWars Used In3 entriesIran-Iraq WarWars Used In1 entryKorean WarWars Used In5 entriesKosovo WarWars Used In1 entryRusso-Japanese WarWars Used In1 entryRusso-Turkish War of 1877-1878Wars Used In1 entryRusso-Ukrainian WarWars Used In1 entrySpanish Civil WarWars Used In1 entrySyrian Civil WarWars Used In1 entryVietnam WarWars Used In3 entriesWar of the PacificWars Used In1 entryWinter WarWars Used In1 entryWorld War IWars Used In7 entriesWorld War IIWars Used In25 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Torpedotier 2WikipediaTorpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionQuote, Torpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionIn 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo, the first modern torpedo.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.