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France |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Dassault |
| Service:
1961 - 1991 |
| First
Flight: 17 November 1956 |
| Production:
1422 |
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The Dassault Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed in France by Dassault Aviation during the 1950s, and manufactured both in France and a number of other countries. It was a successful fighter aircraft, being sold to many air forces around the world and remaining in production for over a decade. Some air forces still fly Mirage IIIs or variants as front-line equipment today, including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan and Venezuela.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Mirage IIIE) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15 m (49 ft 3.5 in)
- Wingspan: 8.22 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 34.85 m (375 ft)
- Empty weight: 7,050 kg (15,600 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,350 km/h, 1,460 mph)
- Range: 2,400 km (1,300 NM, 1,500 mi)
- Service ceiling 17,000 m (56,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 83.3 m/s (16,400 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 387 kg/m (79 lb/ft)
Armament
- 2 x 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannon with 125 rounds each
- One centerline and four underwing pylons for 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of stores. Initial interceptor armament was one Matra R530 and two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles (later replaced by Matra Magic R550). Besides general-purpose bombs, a customary typical ground-attack store was the Matra JL-100 drop tank/rocket pack, each containing 19 SNEB 68 mm rockets and 250 liters (66 US gal) of fuel. Some models equipped to fire AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile; French AdA IIIEs (through 1991 equipped for AN-52 nuclear bomb).
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