McDonnell Douglas BAe AV-8B Harrier II

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 1.0 (585 knots, 673 mph, 1,083 km/h)

Range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km)

Combat radius: 300 nmi (350 mi, 556 km)

Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km)

Rate of climb: 14,700 ft/min (4,485 m/min)

Wing loading: 94.29 lb/ft² (460.4 kg/m²)

Armament

Guns: 1× General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled gatling cannon mounted under-fuselage in the left pod, with 300 rounds of ammunition in the right pod

Hardpoints: 6× under-wing pylon stations holding up to 13,200 lb (5,988 kg) of payload:

Rockets:

4× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets)

Missiles:

Air-to-air missiles:

4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles

6× AIM-120 AMRAAM (on radar equipped AV-8B Plus variants)

Air-to-surface missiles:

6× AGM-65 Maverick; or

2× AGM-84 Harpoon; or

2× AGM-88 HARM

Bombs:

CBU-100 cluster bombs (CBUs)

Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs)

Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs)

Joint Direct Attack Munitions (GBU-38, GBU-32, GBU-54)

Mark 77 napalm canisters

Others:

up to 4× 300/330/370 US Gallon drop tanks (pylon stations No. 2, 3, 4 & 5 are wet plumbed)

Intrepid Tiger II electronic jammer.

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