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Dassault Atlantic Maritime Patrol/ Anti-Submarine Plane |
DESCRIPTION:
The Atlantic, or Atlantique in French, is a patrol aircraft designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) similar to the American P-3 Orion and the British Nimrod. The aircraft is also suitable to a number of other missions, including anti-ship, reconnaissance, air-sea rescue, fleet escort, transport, and mine warfare. Production began in 1964 by the multinational consortium SECBAT involving Breguet (later Dassault) and Sud-Aviation (later Aerospatiale) in France; Fairey, FN, and SABCA in Belgium; Dornier in Germany; Fokker in the Netherlands; and later Aeritalia in Italy. In the late 1970s, the French Navy developed an improved Atlantique 2 with much improved radar and other avionics. The Atlantic had originally been intended for use throughout NATO and customers for the original model included France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Pakistan. The Dutch Atlantics were quickly phased out following several accidents and Germany has since retired its fleet except for a handful converted to electronics intelligence duties. Italy and Pakistan continue to operate the original Atlantic while France flies the Atlantique 2.
Data below for Atlantique ATL 2 |
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HISTORY: | |
First Flight |
(ATL 1) 21 October 1961 (ATL 2) 8 May 1981 |
Service Entry
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July 1965
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CREW: |
twelve: pilot, co-pilot, ten systems operators
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ESTIMATED COST:
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unknown
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AIRFOIL SECTIONS: | |
Wing Root | unknown |
Wing Tip |
unknown
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DIMENSIONS: | |
Length | 110.33 ft (33.63 m) |
Wingspan | 122.77 ft (37.42 m) |
Height | 35.70 ft (10.89 m) |
Wing Area | 1,289 ft² (120.0 m²) |
Canard Area
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not applicable
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WEIGHTS: | |
Empty | 56,659 lb (25,700 kg) |
Normal Takeoff | 92,200 lb (45,000 kg) |
Max Takeoff | 101,850 lb (46,200 kg) |
Fuel Capacity |
internal: unknown external: unknown |
Max Payload
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unknown
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PROPULSION: | |
Powerplant | two Rolls-Royce Tyne Mk 21 turboprops |
Thrust |
6,100 shp (4,549 kW)
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PERFORMANCE: | |
Max Level Speed |
at altitude: 410 mph (660 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,095 m) at sea level: 370 mph (590 km/h) |
Initial Climb Rate | 2,900 ft (884 m) / min |
Service Ceiling | 30,000 ft (9,145 m) |
Range |
typical: unknown ferry: 4,865 nm (9,000 km) |
g-Limits |
unknown
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ARMAMENT: | |
Gun | none |
Stations | 1 internal weapons bay, 4 external hardpoints, and 2 wingtip rails |
Air-to-Air Missile | up to four Matra Magic |
Air-to-Surface Missile | up to two AM39 Exocet or AS37 Martel, up to four Armat ARM |
Bomb | up to six conventional bombs |
Other |
up to eight depth charges, up to eight torpedoes, various equipment pods, sonobouys, rocket pods
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KNOWN VARIANTS: | |
Atlantic | First production model; 87 built between 1964 and 1974 |
Atlantic ANG | Atlantic Nouvelle Generation, original designation for ATL 2 |
Atlantique ATL 2 | Improved ASW platform with strengthened airframe, new radar, ESM receiver, and magnetic anomaly detector (MAD); France ordered 42 to be built between 1989 and 2001 |
Atlantique ATL 3
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Improved model, details unknown
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KNOWN COMBAT RECORD: |
none
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KNOWN OPERATORS: |
France, Aéronautique Navale (French Naval Air Arm) - 37 ATL 1, 42 ATL 2 Germany, Deutsche Marineflieger (German Naval Air Arm) - 20 Italy, Marina Militare (Italian Navy Aviation) - 18 Netherlands, Koninklijke Luchmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) - 9 Pakistan (Pakistani Navy Aviation Force) - 3 |
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