AS-20 Nord

Description

The AS-20 missile (scale is approximate)

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

• Etendard IVM
• ◄F-104G
• G.91 R/1
• ◄G.91 R/3
• G.91 R/4
• ◄G.91 R/4
• S.O.4050 Vautour IIN
• Super Mystere B2
• G.91 Y

General info

Missile characteristics
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
	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.

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See also

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