Mirage 4000

Mirage 4000

▄F-8E(FN)

Mirage 4000

▄F-8E(FN)

France

VIII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
12.3	12.7	12.7

Class:

Fighter

Jet fighter

Research:400 000

Purchase:1 080 000

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Description

During the 1970s, after the French evaluation of the F-15A fell through, Dassault took part in a private venture to build a "heavy fighter-interceptor" of similar magnitude as the F-15, primarily for the French Air Force and export to close French allies. By the end of the decade, they had completed the Mirage 4000, which at first glance appeared to be a scaled-up Mirage 2000 with canards and double the engines. The Mirage 4000 however was more than meets the eye, being armed with a large amount of air-to-air missiles for its interception role, and with powerful SNECMA M53 engines to give it unrivaled thrust for its time, the Mirage 4000 was better than the early F-15As in most ways. However, the French Air Force found the aircraft too expensive to field and decided to pursue further upgrades of the Mirage 2000 instead. As for the export customers, most either bought the F-15A instead due to political pressure, or in the case of Iran, had a revolution which severed the alliance with France and prevented them from buying the Mirage 4000. In the end, only one Mirage 4000 was built, which made 300+ test flights and airshow demonstrations, before being moved to its final resting place at the Musée de l'air et de l'espace (Paris Air and Space Museum) in November 1992. Much of the technology and experience gained from the Mirage 4000 would be used in the Dassault Rafale shortly after.

Introduced in Update "Air Superiority", the Mirage 4000 is a direct development of the older Mirage 2000, and the ultimate culmination of the Mirage family. The aircraft can serve a true multipurpose role, having incredible dogfighting performance and up to 8 x R.550 Magic 2 all-aspect missiles for close-in dogfighting, up to four Super 530D missiles and a powerful radar for BVR combat, and even the ATLIS targeting pod and a respectable amount of laser-guided bombs and AGMs for heavy CAS duty. All in all, the Mirage 4000 serves as a true reward at the end of the French ranks, building upon the playstyles learned from the previous Mirage 2000s and the F-8E (FN).

General info

Flight performance

Air brakes

Allows you to dramatically reduce the flight speed by releasing special flaps

Drogue parachute

Reduces braking distance when landing on any runway

Max speed

at 12 000 m2 318 km/h

Turn time23 s

Max altitude16 000 m

Engine2 х SNECMA M53-P2

TypeJet

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight63 t

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics	Max speed (km/h at _,___ m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	___	2510	16000	__._	__._	__._	__._	___
Upgraded	___	___		__._	__._	__._	__._

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
X	X	X	✓	X	✓

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
1,555	426	-	-	-	~__	~__

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 920	< 750	< 650	-

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Basic mass		Wing loading (full fuel)
SNECMA M53-P2		2	13,000 kg		303 kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)				Max Gross Weight
Weight (each)	Type		13m fuel	20m fuel	30m fuel	40m fuel
1,515 kg	Afterburning low-bypass turbofan		15,640 kg	17,343 kg	19,515 kg	21,800 kg	31,854 kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP)
Condition	100%	WEP	13m fuel	20m fuel	30m fuel	40m fuel	MGW
Stationary	6,250 kgf	9,745 kgf	1.25	1.12	1.00	0.89	0.61
Optimal	7,194 kgf (1,555 km/h)	13,713 kgf (1,555 km/h)	1.75	1.58	1.41	1.26	0.86

Survivability and armour

Flares/Chaff

Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear426 km/h

Just like most other top rank jets, it is very vulnerable to gunfire and missiles alike, meaning it is most important to avoid getting hit at all in the first place. An upside however is that it can stay in the air even with just one engine left and the large airframe makes hits to non-critical components more likely than with tight packed aircraft like the F-16 series for example. Keep in mind that even hits that don't outright destroy you will still make a very noticeable impact on maximum speed and flight performance, rendering a retreat to the airfield the best option in many cases.

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB2 797 → 4 391

RB8 080 → 12 685

SB9 529 → 14 960

Total cost of modifications312 000

474 000

Talisman cost3 100

Crew training310 000

Experts1 080 000

Aces3 400

Research Aces1 280 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

90 / 320 / 490 %

250 / 250 / 250 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Compressor Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 New boosters Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Engine Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650	Fuselage repair Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Airframe Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Wings repair Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 Cover Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650	Flares/Chaff Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 aden_belt_pack Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Matra JL-100R Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 G-suit Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Type 25C Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 ATLIS II Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 Matra R550 Magic 2 Research: 12 000 Cost: 18 000 460 NVD Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 aden_new_gun Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 Mk83 Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 AS30L Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 Matra 530F Research: 13 000 Cost: 20 000 500 EFS Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650 Mk84 Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650 BGL-1000 Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650 Matra 530D Research: 17 000 Cost: 26 000 650

Armaments

Ballistic Computer
CCIP (Guns)	CCIP (Rockets)	CCIP (Bombs)	CCRP (Bombs)	Lead indicator

Offensive armament

The Mirage 4000 is armed with:

• 2 x 30 mm DEFA 554 cannons, wing root-mounted (125 rpg = 250 total)

Suspended armament

The Mirage 4000 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
250 kg SAMP Type 25 bombs		1	1	1	1	9	1	1	1	1
250 kg SAMP Type 25 200 bombs		1	1	1	1	9	1	1	1	1
1,000 lb SAMP Mk 83 bombs		1	1			2			1	1
2,000 lb SAMP Mk 84 bombs		1	1			2			1	1
970 kg BGL-1000 bombs						2†
SNEB type 23 rockets		18	18						18	18
AS-30L Nord missiles		1†	1†						1†	1†
Matra R550 Magic 2 missiles	1	1	1, 2*						1, 2*	1	1
Matra Super 530D missiles		1	1						1	1
Matra Super 530F missiles		1	1						1	1
Large calibre countermeasures				56				56
ATLIS II targeting pod							1†
500 l drop tanks			1*						1*
2,500 l drop tanks			1						1
Maximum permissible weight imbalance: 1,500 kg
* 500 litre drop tanks can only be equipped with dual Magic 2 missiles on the same hardpoint † ATLIS II pod must be equipped when equipping guided air-to-ground ordnance

Default weapon presets

2 x 2,500 l drop tanks 2 x Matra R550 Magic 2 missiles 6 x Matra R550 Magic 2 missiles 8 x Matra R550 Magic 2 missiles 8 x Matra R550 Magic 2 missiles + 2 x 500 l drop tanks 72 x SNEB type 23 rockets 4 x AS-30L Nord missiles 4 x Matra Super 530F missiles 4 x Matra Super 530D missiles 17 x 250 kg SAMP Type 25 bombs (4,250 kg total) 17 x 250 kg SAMP Type 25 200 bombs (4,250 kg total) 6 x 1,000 lb SAMP Mk 83 bombs (6,000 lb total) 6 x 2,000 lb SAMP Mk 84 bombs (12,000 lb total) 2 x 970 kg BGL-1000 bombs (1,940 kg total) 112 x large calibre countermeasures

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Excellent flight performance in all situations
• Magic 2 missiles are very effective and it carries up to 8 of them
• Has access to R530D radar missiles
• Wide variety of air-to-ground weapons, like various (guided) bombs, guided missiles and rockets

Cons:

• R530D missiles lag behind contemporaries like R-27ER and AIM-7M at short range
• Easy to bleed speed in extended turns, at which point it becomes vulnerable to faster foes

History

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See also

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Dassault Aviation
WW2*
Fighters	M.B.152C1 · M.B.157
Bombers	M.B.162 · M.B.174A-3 · M.B.175T
Jet Aircraft
M.D 450	M.D.450B Barougan · M.D.450B Ouragan
Mystère	M.D.452 IIA · M.D.452 IIC · Mystere IVA
Super Mystère	Super Mystere B2
Étendard	Etendard IVM
Super Étendard	Super Etendard
Alpha Jet	Alpha Jet E**
Mirage
Mirage III	Mirage IIIC · Mirage IIIE · Milan
Mirage V	Mirage 5F
Mirage F1	Mirage F1C · Mirage F1C-200 · Mirage F1CT
Mirage 2000	Mirage 2000-5F · Mirage 2000C-S4 · Mirage 2000C-S5 · Mirage 2000D-R1
Mirage 4000	Mirage 4000
Export
M.D 450	M.D.450B Ouragan
Mystere	Mystere IVA
Super Mystère	Sambad · Sa'ar***
Mirage	Shahak
	*The company was named "Société des Avions Marcel Bloch" before being renamed in 1947
	**Jointly manufactured with Dornier Flugzeugwerke
	***Israeli Super Mystère refitted with new avionics and an American engine