Red Angel

Description

The Red Angel rocket (scale is approximate)

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Wyvern S4

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

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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

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Media

Images

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  Red Angel

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  Red Angel alongside Triplex R.P. and Uncle Tom

See also

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• reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Unguided Brits!
• [Wikipedia] Red Angel

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 · ROS-82 · RBS-82
122 mm	S-13OF
127 mm	S-3K
132 mm	M13 · M-13UK · ROFS-132 · ROS-132 · RBS-132
212 mm	S-1of · S-21
240 mm	S-24 · S-24B
300 mm	M-31
420 mm	S-25O · S-25OF · S-25OFM
425 mm	TT-250
Britain
51 mm	RP
70 mm	CRV7 M247
80 mm	Type R80 SURA T-80-P 3 · Type R80 SURA T-80-US 3
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	Type 57-1
70 mm	FS70
90 mm	Type 90-1
130 mm	Type 130-2
Italy
50 mm	ARF/8M3(AP-AT)
France
68 mm	SNEB type 23 · TDA
70 mm	FZ49
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/49B · Psrak m/49/56
150 mm	srak m/51
180 mm	hprak m/49
Israel
80 mm	Flz.-Rakete Oerlikon
127 mm	AR