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Military

SA 341 Gazelle
SA 342 Gazelle

Specifications
Country of Origin France & UK
Builder AEROSPATIALE, WESTLAND
Date of Introduction 1973
Role
  • General utility
  • Gazelle Hot : close air support, destruction of all type of targets (armoured vehicules, command posts, infrastructure, etc.)
  • Gazelle Mistral : real time air to air defense, overall defense operations against enemy helicopters and slow-moving aircraft.
Similar AircraftAlouette II, Alouette III, Scout/Wasp, OH-13 Sioux, Dauphin 2
Blades Main rotor: 3
Tail rotor: 13 (fenestron enclosed in tail)
Rotor diameter Main Rotor Diameter: 10.5 meters
Tail Rotor Diameter: 0.7 meters
Length rotors turning: 11.9 meters
fuselage: 9.5 metres
Height 3.1 meters
Width 2.0 meters
Cargo Compartment Dimensions (m) Floor Length: 2.2 Width: 1.3 Height: 1.2
Standard Payload (kg) Internal load: 750
External on sling only: 700
Transports 3 troops or 1 litter, or cargo
Weight (kg) Maximum Gross: 1,800 (SA 341), 1,900 (SA 342K), 2,000 (SA 342L/M)
Normal Takeoff: 1,800
Empty: 998
Engines 1x 590-shp Turbomeca Astazou IIIB turboshaft
Fuel (liters) Internal: 445
Internal Aux Tank: 90
Additional Internal Aux Tank: 200
Range (km) Normal Load: 670 (SA 341), 735 (SA 342)
Speed (km/h) Maximum (level): 310
Cruise: 270
Ceiling (m) Service: 4,100 (SA 341), 5,000 (SA 342)
Hover (out of ground effect): 2,000 (SA 341), 2,370 (SA 342)
Hover (in ground effect): 2,850 (SA 341), 3,040 (SA 342)
Vertical Climb Rate (m/s) 12.2
Armament Weapon & Armament Types
  • 1 - 7.62-mm MG or
  • 1 - 20-mm GIAT M.621 cannon [100 rounds] or
  • 2 - 7.62-mm AA-52 FN MG pods [1,000 rounds]
  • 2 - 2.75-in rocket pods (7 ea.)
  • 2 - 68-mm SNEB rocket pods (12 ea)
  • 2 - 57-mm rockets (18 ea.)
  • 4-6 - HOT ATGM
  • 4 - AT-3 SAGGER ATGM
  • 2-4 - AS-11 ASM, or AS-12 ASM
  • 2 - SA-7 GRAIL AAM
  • 2 - MISTRAL AAM
Most Probable Armament:
  • SA 341F: A GIAT M.621 20-mm cannon is installed on starboard side of some aircraft. Rate of fire is selectable at 300 or 740 rpm.
  • SA 341H: Can carry 4x AT-3 ATGMs, and 2x SA-7, or 128-mm or 57-mm rockets, and 7.62-mm machinegun in cabin.
  • SA 342K: Armed antitank version with 4-6x HOT ATGMs.
  • SA 342L: Either rocket pods or machineguns.
  • SA 342M: Armed with 4-6x HOT antitank missiles, and possibly fitted with Mistral air to air missiles.
Survivability/Countermeasures IR signature suppressor on engine exhaust.
AVIONICS
  • The SA 342M has a roof-mounted stabilized direct view/infrared/laser sight to allow night firing of HOT ATGMs.
  • The aircraft is NVG compatible; and by its instruments, avionics, autopilot, and nav computer, is capable of flight in day, night, and instrument meteorological conditions.
Crew 1 or 2 (pilots)
Cost
User Countries At least 23 countries -- Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gabon, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, People's Republic of China, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Syria, UK, Yugoslavia







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