АR-8 aircraft rocket
- Details
- Category: Air weapons
PURPOSE
AR-8 aircraft rocket is intended for destruction of different kinds of ground targets (tanks, APC, self-propelled artillery launchers, missile launchers, radar stations, parked aircrafts, ammunition depots, special trains, manpower). The rocket is launched from the B8М and B8V20 launching units that form a part of an aircraft rocket armament of the following types of aircrafts: SU-17, SU-24, SU-25, SU-27, MiG-23, МіG-27, МіG-29 as well as helicopters: Мi-24, Мi-28 and Мi-8.
SPECIFICATIONS
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Firing range, m |
1200 – 4000 |
| Calibre, mm | 80 |
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Missile length, mm |
1590 |
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Missile weight, kg |
12,9 |
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Warhead weight, kg |
4,3 |
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Warhead type |
HEAT-fragmentation |
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Damage effect: - armour penetration, mm - amount of fragments, pcs |
not less than 400 not less than 500 |