A torpedo is a self-propelled explosive projectile that operates underwater.
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Torpedo may also refer to:
- Formerly a naval mine, a stationary explosive device placed in water, to destroy vessels
- Spar torpedo, an explosive device affixed to a spar extending from a boat, used to attack other vessels
- land torpedo, an obsolete term for land mine
- "Aerial torpedo", a naval term for early flying bombs and pilotless aircraft weapons
- Aerial torpedo, a self-propelled torpedo dropped into the water from aircraft
- Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device for land use
- Human torpedo, also called "Chariot", a variety of swimmer delivery vehicle of World War II
- Torpedo wagon, also known as a bottle wagon, a tank car design to carry molten steel
- Torpedo (car), an early form of usually large touring coachwork with smooth shape from front to rear
- Railroad torpedo, a device to warn approaching trains upon entering protected trackage
- Narco torpedo, a type of clandestine towed underwater barge used for illicit cargos
- Pontiac Torpedo, a full-sized car produced by Pontiac from the 1940 through the 1948 model years
- FC Torpedo Kharkiv, a former Ukrainian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi, a Georgian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Minsk, a Belarusian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Moscow, a Russian Football Club
- FC Torpedo-RG, a Russian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian Football Club
- FC Torpedo-ZIL, a defunct Russian Football Club, now FC Moscow
- FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, a Belarusian Football Club
- HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, a Russian Ice Hockey Club
- Torpedo punt, a specialised kick used in Australian Rules Football
- Torpedo system, a strategy in ice hockey
- "The Torpedo", a nickname of the Russian auto racing driver Daniil Kvyat
- "Torpedo" Tom Blower (1914–1955), British long-distance swimmer
- "Thorpedo", a nickname of the Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe
- Torpedo! (wargame), a 1979 board wargame about submarine warfare during World War II
- Torpedo (petroleum), explosive used in an oil well to start or increase the flow of oil
- Torpedo, Pennsylvania
- "Torpedo", 1920s slang for a hit man or "hired gun"
- "Torpedo", in American cigar slang, a cigar with a pointed tip, also called a pyramid or belicoso
- A type of drinking game (see shotgunning)
- A US beer keg with a capacity of 5.23 US gallons