Red Angel
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Description
Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
| Rocket characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 478 kg |
| Explosive mass | 39 kg |
| Explosive type | TNT |
| Armour Penetration | up to 89 mm |
Effective damage
The Red Angel's high explosive TNT warhead explodes immediately on impact. Damage is caused mostly by blast overpressure and fragmentation.
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of rockets that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
The Red Angel was designed as an anti-ship rocket and is best used as such.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- High explosive payload
- Large damage radius, near-misses are very forgiving against lightly armoured targets
- Deals overpressure damage
- Good flight characteristics
Cons:
- Extremely heavy
- Low velocity
- Heavy payload that will affect flight performance
- Planes can only carry 2 rockets
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.
Media
- Images
Red Angel
Red Angel alongside Triplex R.P. and Uncle Tom
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
| Rockets | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 70 mm | FFAR Mighty Mouse · Hydra-70 M247 |
| 110 mm | M8 |
| 127 mm | HVAR · Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP |
| 298 mm | Tiny Tim |
| Germany | |
| 55 mm | R4M |
| 73 mm | RZ.65 |
| 88 mm | Pb2 |
| 150 mm | Wgr.41 Spr |
| 210 mm | Wfr.Gr.21 |
| USSR | |
| 55 mm | S-5K · S-5KP · S-5M |
| 80 mm | S-8KO · S-8M |
| 82 mm | M-8 · RS-82 · RBS-82 |
| 122 mm | S-13OF |
| 127 mm | S-3K |
| 132 mm | M13 · RS-132 · RBS-132 |
| 212 mm | S-1of · S-21 |
| 240 mm | S-24 · S-24B |
| 425 mm | TT-250 |
| Britain | |
| 51 mm | RN |
| 70 mm | CRV7 M247 |
| 87 mm | AP Mk I · AP Mk II |
| 152 mm | RP-3 |
| 183 mm | Triplex R.P. |
| 292 mm | Uncle Tom · Red Angel |
| Japan | |
| 100 mm | Type 5 No.1 Mod.9 |
| 120 mm | Type 3 No.1 Mod.28 Mk.1 |
| 130 mm | Type 75 |
| 210 mm | Type 3 No.6 Mod.27 Mk.1 · Type 5 No.6 Mod.9 |
| China | |
| 55 mm | HF-5 |
| 90 mm | Type 90-1 |
| 130 mm | Type 130-2 |
| France | |
| 68 mm | SNEB type 23 · TDA |
| 100 mm | TBA ECC · TBA Multi-Dart 100 AB |
| 120 mm | T10 140 · T10 151 |
| Sweden | |
| 75 mm | srak m/55 Frida · srak m/57B |
| 81 mm | Oerlikon Typ 3Z 8Dla |
| 135 mm | m/56D · psrak m/70 |
| 145 mm | psrak m/49A |
| 150 mm | srak m/51 |
| 180 mm | hprak m/49 |
