AS-20 Nord
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Description
The AS-20 Nord is a French manually-guided air-to-surface missile, it was introduced in Update 1.87 "Locked On". Holding a heavy explosive payload, the air-launched nature of the missile allows player to fire the explosive power right onto the roof of ground vehicle.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
Missile characteristics | ||||||||||
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Missile | Mass (kg) | Guidance | Maximum speed (M) | Firing range (km) | Missile guidance time (s) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) | ||||
AS-20 Nord | 143 | Manual (MCLOS) | 1.7 | 8 | 30 | 15.85 |
Effective damage
The AS-20 Nord has the capability of penetrating 64 mm of armour from any distance and angle of attack.
Distance | Angle of attack | ||
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0° | 30° | 60° | |
10 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
100 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
500 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
1,000 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
1,500 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
2,000 m | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Decent penetration of 64mm
Cons:
- Slow compared to other AGMs such as the Bullpup (AGM-12)
- Extremely low explosive mass of only 15kg TNT equivalent, needs a direct hit even on light tanks and can struggle to destroy well armoured vehicles at all
- Manual guidance makes it difficult to hit targets precisely from a distance, especially from within an aircraft.
History
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Media
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See also
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