| Aerospatiale Alouette III |
| Origin: |
France |
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| Type: |
general-purpose helicopter |
| Max Speed: |
100 kt / 115 mph |
| Max Range: |
540 km / 336 miles |
| Dimensions: |
main rotor diam. 11.02 m /
36 ft 1.9 in
length 12.84 m / 42 ft 2.5 in
height 3.00 m / 9 ft 10.1 in |
| Weight: |
empty 1,143 kg / 2520 kg
max. take-off 2,200 kg / 4,850 lb |
| Powerplant: |
one 649-kW (870-shp) Turbomeca Artouste IIIB turboshaft |
| Armament: |
one 7.62-mm (0.3-in) AA52 machine-gun with 1,000 rounds and tripod-mounted in the cabin to fire to starboard (four crew), or one 20-mm MG151/20 or GIAT M621 cannon, or four AS.11 or two AS.12 air-to-surface missiles; itwo crewl, or two Mk 44 torpedoes, or one Mk 44 torpedo and MAD gear in the ASW role, or two AS.12 air-to-surface missiles in the ASV role |
| Operators: |
Albania (SA 319), Argentina (SA 316), Austria (SA 316), Austria (SA 319), Belgium (SA 319), Burundi (SA 316), Cameroon (SA 319), Chad (SA 316), Congo, Democratic Republic of the (SA 316), Congo, Republic of the (SA 316), Ecuador (SA 316), Ethiopia (SA 316), France (SA 316), France (SA 319), Ghana (SA 316), Greece (SA 319), Guinea-Bissau (SA 316), India (SA 319), Indonesia (SA 316), Ireland (SA 316), Jordan (SA 316), Lebanon (SA 316), Libya (SA 316), Malaysia (SA 316), Malta (SA 316), Mexico (SA 319), Pakistan (SA 316), Pakistan (SA 319), Peru (SA 319), Portugal, Romania (SA 319), Rwanda (SA 316), South Africa (SA 316), Suriname (SA 316), Switzerland (SA 316), Tunisia (SA 316), Venezuela (SA 316), Zimbabwe (SA 316) |
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