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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | + | The AS.34 Kormoran is a German-designed and -produced anti-ship missile, which was primarily designed to target and destroy enemy ships and other water-borne targets, though it also comes with limited ground-attack capability. It was designed to be carried by the F-104G Starfighter and Tornado IDS Marineflieger aircraft, but in-game currently only the Marineflieger has access to the missile. | |
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| + | The missile is designed as a fire-and-forget missile, which relies on an inertial navigation system (INS) in the initial phase directly after launch and active radar-homing (ARH) in the terminal phase. This means that in a real-world scenario, the pilot would select an acquired target on radar or visually point the missile at the intended target, after which the missile is launched and then autonomously guides itself onto the target. | ||
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| + | The missile has a complex 165 kg semi-armor piercing high-explosive warhead with a main charge and 16 additional shaped charges. The missile is designed to penetrate several bulkheads of a ship just above the waterline and then explode deep inside the ship for maximum damage in all directions. At the time of writing only the explosive force of the 56kg main charge is modeled in the game. | ||
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | === Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | ||
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== General info == | == General info == | ||
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| + | ! colspan="2" | Missile characteristics | ||
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| + | | '''Mass''' || 600 kg | ||
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| + | | '''Guidance''' || ARH+IOG | ||
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| + | | '''Signal''' || Pulse | ||
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| + | | '''Lock range''' || 50 km | ||
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| + | | '''Launch range''' || 32 km | ||
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| + | | '''Maximum speed''' || 0.9 M | ||
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| + | | '''Missile guidance time''' || 101.0 secs | ||
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| + | | '''Explosive type''' || Composition B | ||
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| + | | '''Explosive mass''' || 56 kg | ||
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| + | | '''TNT equivalent''' || 73.36 kg | ||
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| + | | '''Warhead type''' || SAP-HE | ||
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| + | | '''Armor penetration''' || 75mm | ||
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=== Effective damage === | === Effective damage === | ||
| − | + | While possessing armor-piercing capabilities the missile truly does its damage through pure high explosive power. With 73.36 kg of TNTeq explosive force, the missile is more than capable of taking out lightly armored vehicles even with a hit to the ground close to the vehicle, as well as taking out more well-armored vehicles with a direct hit. | |
=== Comparison with analogues === | === Comparison with analogues === | ||
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'''Pros:''' | '''Pros:''' | ||
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'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:'' | ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:'' | ||
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | * ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | ||
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:'' | ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:'' | ||
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* ''topic on the official game forum;'' | * ''topic on the official game forum;'' | ||
* ''other literature.'' | * ''other literature.'' | ||
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Contents
Description
The AS.34 Kormoran is a German-designed and -produced anti-ship missile, which was primarily designed to target and destroy enemy ships and other water-borne targets, though it also comes with limited ground-attack capability. It was designed to be carried by the F-104G Starfighter and Tornado IDS Marineflieger aircraft, but in-game currently only the Marineflieger has access to the missile.
The missile is designed as a fire-and-forget missile, which relies on an inertial navigation system (INS) in the initial phase directly after launch and active radar-homing (ARH) in the terminal phase. This means that in a real-world scenario, the pilot would select an acquired target on radar or visually point the missile at the intended target, after which the missile is launched and then autonomously guides itself onto the target.
The missile has a complex 165 kg semi-armor piercing high-explosive warhead with a main charge and 16 additional shaped charges. The missile is designed to penetrate several bulkheads of a ship just above the waterline and then explode deep inside the ship for maximum damage in all directions. At the time of writing only the explosive force of the 56kg main charge is modeled in the game.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
| Missile characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 600 kg |
| Guidance | ARH+IOG |
| Signal | Pulse |
| Lock range | 50 km |
| Launch range | 32 km |
| Maximum speed | 0.9 M |
| Missile guidance time | 101.0 secs |
| Explosive type | Composition B |
| Explosive mass | 56 kg |
| TNT equivalent | 73.36 kg |
| Warhead type | SAP-HE |
| Armor penetration | 75mm |
Effective damage
While possessing armor-piercing capabilities the missile truly does its damage through pure high explosive power. With 73.36 kg of TNTeq explosive force, the missile is more than capable of taking out lightly armored vehicles even with a hit to the ground close to the vehicle, as well as taking out more well-armored vehicles with a direct hit.
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.
Pros:
Cons:
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
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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
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- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
