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Dassault Mirage Ill and 5 Mirage III and 5 Origin: Avions Marcel Dassault/Breguet Aviation, France (actual manu- facture dispersed through European industry and certain madels assembled in Belgium, Switzerland and Australia) Single-seat or two-seat interceptor, tactical strike, trainer or recon. aireraft (depending on sub-type) Engine: (II|C) 13.225ib (6000kg) thrust (maximum afterburner) SNECMA, Atar 9B single-shaft turbojet; (most other Ill and some 8) 13,670Ib (6200kg) Atar 9C; (some Ill and 50) 15.873Ib (7200kg) Atar 9K-50; (Kfir see separate entry) Dimensions: Span 27ft (8:22m); length (IIIC) 5Of 104in (15-5m); (IIIB) 5Oft Gin (154m), (6) 51ft (15:55m), height 13f 114in (4-25m) Weights: Empty (IC) 13,570!b (6156kg): (IIE) 15,540!b (7050kq); (IIR) 14,550lb (6600kg), (111B) 13,820Ib (6270kg); (5) 14,550Ib (6600kq) loaded (IIIC) 19.700Ib (8936kq); (INE, IIR. 5) 29.760Ib (13.500kq), (HIB) 26,455lb (12,.000kg) Performance: Maximum speed (all models. clean) B63mph (1390km/h) (Mach 1-14) at sea level. 1.460mph (2350km/h) (Mach 2:2) at altitude: initial climb, over 16.400ft (5000m)/min (time to 36.090ft 11,000m, 3 min) service ceiling (Mach 1:8) 55.775ft (17,000m): range (clean) at altitude about 1,000 miles (1610km); combat radius in attack mission with bombs. and tanks (mix not specified) 745 miles (1200km); ferry range with three external tanks 2,485 miles (4000km) Armament: Two 30mm DEFA 6-52 cannon, each with 125 rounds (normally fitted to all versions except when IIIC carries rocket-boost pack) three 1,000lb (454kg) external pylons for bombs, missiles or tanks (Mirage 5. seven external pylons with maximum capacity of 9,260Ib. 4200kg) History: First flight (MD.&50 Mirage |) 26 June 1955; (prototype Mirage (1-001) 1% November 1956; (pre-production Mirage II|A) 12 May 1958; (production IC} 9 October 1960; (IIIE) 5 April 1961, (IIR) 31 October 1961; (1B) 19 July 1962; (Australian-assembled 1110) 16 November 1963; (Swiss-assembled IIIS} 28 October 1965: (prototype 5) 19 May 1967; (Belgian-assembled 5BA) May 1970 Users: (II) Abu Dhabi, Argentina. Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Israel Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, S Africa, Spain, Switzerland. Venezuela: (5) Abu Dhabi, Belgium, Colombia, Egypt, France, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Zaire. Right: Like the aircraft above this Mirage IIIEP, of No 5 Sqn Pakistan Air Force, saw actual combat (against India). Above: Three-view of Mirage 5, showing multi-sensor pods. Development: The Mirage. which has come to symbolise modern aerial cambat and to bring additional trade 10 France and incalculable prestige especially in defence hardware, began in a most uncertain fashion. It was conceived in parallel with the Etendard Il to meet the same Armee de |’Air ight interceptor specification of 1952 and was likewise to be powered by two small turbojets (but, in this case, boosted by a liquid-propellant racket engine in addition). As the small French engines were not ready. Dassault fitted the Mirage | with two British Viper turbajets and before the rocket was fitted this small delta was. dived to Mach 1-15. With the rocket it reached Mach 1:3 in level flight. But Dassault had no faith in the concept of such jow-power aircraft and after some work on the twin-Gabizo Mirage II took the plunge and produced a bigger and heavier Mirage III. powered by the 8.820lb thrust Atar 101G_ From this sternmed the pre-production IIIA, with larger but thinner wing and completely redesigned fuselage housing the new Atar 9 engine. On 24 October 1958 Mirage II|A-01 became the first West European aircraft to attain Mach 2 in level flight. This clinched the decision of the Armée de I’Air ta buy 100 of a slightly developed interceptor called Mirage IIIC, fitted either with guns or with a boast rocket for faster climb and better combat performance at heights up tom Left: The fame of the Mirage dated from the amazing air- combat performance of Heyl Ha’ Avir pilots in the 1967 war. 82.000ft. Normaily the SEP 844 rocket was fitted to the IIIC, the sole armament being aif-to-air missiles, such as Sidewinders and the big Matra R.530 used in cenjunction with the CSF Cyrano radar, fitted to permit the new fighter to operate in all weather. Altogether 244 C models were delivered, large batches also going to South Africa and Israel (a nation which did much to develop and promote beth the III and the 5}. From the IIIC emerged the dual-control II/B trainer, the longer and heavier IIIE for ground attack (with Marcani doppler radar for blind low-level navigation new fire-control and navigation computer, and increased internal fuel) and the IIIR family of camera-equipped reconnaissance aircraft. By 1977 about 1,200 of the M \I| family had been sold, including a fairly standard version made in Australia and an extremely non-standard version made in Switzerland after painful development problems which inflated the price and reduced the numbers hought In 1965 Israel suggested that Dassault should produce a special VFR (clear weather) version for ground attack in the Middle East. with the radar and fire control avionics removed and replaced by an extra 110 gallons of fuel and more bombs. The result was the Mirage 5 and Israel bought 50 of the first

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