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Jane's Weapon Systems 1977 gives a speed of 340 km/h, a range of 500-2300 metres and wire guidance. Also a launch weight of 22.25 kg. Remember though that a missile does not have a constant velocity during its flight path and that its range (like most phenomena :o) has a standard deviation of about 15%. For this one real life performance might well have varied wildly, due to poor production standards and the fact that with its enormous fins it's basically a rocket plane, very susceptible to wind conditions. I hope you haven't been deluded by "authoritative" Jane's's carefully cultivated image into believing its experts are particularly expert. They are not. Zaloga tends to be quite accurate on missiles — they're his everyday job, after all :o) — and the text in the book is correct, while the different numbers in the table seem to refer to a radio guided project for use from helicopters.
:) It must be the price tags on the books that make them so convincing. Zaloga's book is excellent - especially considering the chapter on ATGM's is just thrown in for completeness. I'll take another look at the article, maybe this weekend. I'm currently working on a huge rewrite of the
MIM-23 Hawk article, which is going to take a couple of days.
Megapixie07:45, 2 August 2005 (UTC)reply
One unfortunate effect of them being so heavy is that I am too lazy to drag one to the keyboard; so I tried to memorize the data and failed: it should be 320 km/h... :oS.--
MWAK08:57, 3 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Thanks. I've adjusted the article now. Sigh - all I need now is a PD or copyleft picture of one of these beasts. Don't suppose you have a copy of a DoD report circa 1970 and a scanner lying around ? The HAWK rewrite is taking forever...
Megapixie02:41, 8 August 2005 (UTC)reply
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