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Mirage III 

Mirage III

The Mirage III is a French attack jet. It was first tested in November of 1956. Testing lasted until December of 1959. It can travel at speeds over mach two. It can be armed with three types of tanks, three types of normal bombs, two types of anti-runway bombs, three types of ASM rocket pods, one type of AAMs, or two types of auto-cannons.

Type: attack jet
Dimensions: wingspan 27ft; length 50ft10in; height 14ft9in
Speed: mach 2.2
Payload: 30200lbs
Range: 745 miles
Weapons: two 1700L tanks, two 500L tanks, a 1300L tank, four 250kg bombs, six 400kg bombs, two RPK bombs, ten Durandal anti-runway bombs, eighteen BAT100 anti-runway bombs, two C4 rocket pods, two JL100 rocket pods, two F2 rocket pods, two MATRA R.550 Magic AAMs, two DEFA 552 30mm cannons with 125 rounds each, or two CC420 30mm gun pods with 250 rounds each.
The Mirage III is a French jet fighter.
Mirage III by Rot April 7, 2005
P-166S Albatross

The P-166S Albatross is an Italian transport plane. It was introduced in 1957. The Albatross version was specifically built for South Africa, twenty were sold to the South Africans as search and rescue planes.

Type: transport plane
Dimensions: span 14.25m; length 11.61m; height 5m
Payload: 1950kg
Speed: 357km/h
Range: 1930km
Ceiling: 7620m
P-166 by Rot April 7, 2005
NC-4 Flying-Boat

The NC-4 Flying-Boat is a US naval World War II biplane. It was introduced in 1914 as a contestant in the transatlantic race from America to England. It was the first American plane to complete a transatlantic flight, so obviously, it beat the other competitors, the NC-1 sunk and the NC-3 was badly damaged. It has floats to allow it to sail and wings to allow it to fly; this is why it is called the “Flying-Boat”. Navy Curtiss built the NC-4.

Type: naval World War II biplane
Dimensions: span 38.4m; length 20.8m; height 7.4m
Payload: 5165kg
Speed: 146km/h
Range: 2366km
Ceiling: 1372m
The NC-4 won the Trans-Atlantic Race.
NC-4 by Rot April 7, 2005
Mi-17 HIP H

The Mi-8 HIP is a multipurpose helicopter that can be used as a troop carrier, cargo, or attack helicopter. The first Mi-8 flew in January of 1960. The Mi-8 HIP was made by Mil Moscow. The Mi-8 HIP comes in eight variations: HIP C the standard assault / carrier, HIP D the communications, HIP E the modified assault, HIP H (mi-17) the carrier, HIP J the jammer, HIP K the modified jammer, HIP G (Mi-9) the airborne command, and the Mi-14 the naval version. The Mi-17 HIP H is a transport helicopter. The HIP H is characterized by 5 main rotor-blades, a starboard triple-bladed tail rotor, twin turboshaft engines, and tricycle landing gears. The HIP H’s engines are special because one engine can die and the other will automatically increase output. At least 22 countries still fly the Mi-17 HIP H.

Type: transport helicopter
Arament: two 7.62mm machineguns, 12.7mm machinegun pod, twin 23mm gun pod, 250kg bombs, 500 kg bombs, AT-2C SWATTER
Payload: 4,000kg
Dimensions: length 25.4m; rotor diameter 21.3m
Sensors: none
Speed: 250km/h
Ceiling: 5700m
Range: (with aux fuel) 1065km
Vertical Climb: 9m/s
The Mi-17 flew in Vietnam.
Mi-17 by Rot April 7, 2005
SA-3 Goa

The SA-3 Goa is a Soviet medium altitude mobile SAM system. It consists of an SA-3 missile carried on a ZIL-157 tractor.

Type: mobile SAM system
Dimensions: length 6700mm; width 460mm; height 1220mm
Effective Range: 29km
Launch Weight:400kg
THe SA-3 fired at an enemy plane.
SA-3 by Rot April 7, 2005

Ratel-90 

Ratel-90

The Ratel-90 is a South African IFV. It was introduced in the mid 1970s. It had large doors on each side to allow passengers in. It is armed with a 90mm autocannon and two MG-4s. The first MG-4 is part of the turret-mounted 90mm autocannon and the second is mounted on the back and manned by a soldier. The windows support small firing ports, four on each side.

Type: IFV
Armament: 90mm autocannon, coaxial MG-4, anti-air MG-4
Dimensions: length 7.21m; width 2.7m; height 2.395m
Payload: 1200kg
Speed: 105km/h (on-road); 30km/h (off-road)
Range: 1000km
The Ratel-90 is part of the South African armor division.
Ratel-90 by Rot April 7, 2005
Mi-24 Hind

The Mi-24 Hind put the Soviets in the competition with the US for best helicopter. The Hind could very easily outclass the UH-60 Black Hawk. More than 1000 were produced. The Hind was first introduced a bit before 1972. It was a lethal anti-tank helicopter. It came in six varieties: A, B, C, D, E, and F. A was a heavy duty tank killer armed with Spiral pod AT ASMs, B was a lighter version of A, C had a flex MG turret on the nose, D had a redesigned fuselage, E is still unknown, and F carried six AT ASMs and was used primarily in East Germany.

Type: attack helicopter
Armament: 12.7mm gun, Spiral pod AT ASMs, TOW missiles, and random bombs and missiles on the other four rails for each wing.
Dimensions: span 17m; length 17m; height 4.25m
Payload: around 5000kg
Speed: 275 km/h
Range: unknown
Ceiling: higher than Mi-8
Note: a lot of statistics are estimated as the Mi-24 is still in use and details have not been released
The Mi-24 flies for the Russian Air Force.
Mi-24 by Rot April 7, 2005