Tornado IDS (1995) (Italy)
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Description
The ▄Tornado IDS (1995) is a rank VIII Italian strike aircraft with a battle rating of 11.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Apex Predators".
General info
Flight performance
| Characteristics | Max speed (km/h at 10,972 m) |
Max altitude (metres) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (metres/second) |
Take-off run (metres) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | |||
| Stock | 1,993 | 1,989 | 12800 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 154.1 | 151.8 | 800 |
| Upgraded | ___ | ___ | __._ | __._ | __._ | __._ | ||
Details
| Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear | Drogue chute |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X |
| Limits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings (km/h) | Gear (km/h) | Flaps (km/h) | Max Static G | |||
| Combat | Take-off | Landing | + | - | ||
| 0 | 0 | ___ | ___ | ___ | ~__ | ~__ |
| Optimal velocities (km/h) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons | Rudder | Elevators | Radiator |
| < 670 | < 650 | < 700 | N/A |
Engine performance
| Engine | Aircraft mass | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine name | Number | Basic mass | Wing loading (full fuel) | |||||
| Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk.103 | 2 | 14,299 kg | ___ kg/m2 | |||||
| Engine characteristics | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) | Max Gross Weight | ||||||
| Weight (each) | Type | 16m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 45m fuel | 56m fuel | ||
| 968 kg | Afterburning low-bypass turbofan | 15,826 kg | 16,113 kg | 17,019 kg | 18,379 kg | 19,389 kg | 25,900 kg | |
| Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB) | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP) | |||||||
| Condition | 100% | WEP | 16m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 45m fuel | 56m fuel | MGW |
| Stationary | 3,777 kgf | 7,293 kgf | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.56 |
| Optimal | 4,192 kgf (1,400 km/h) |
8,155 kgf (1,400 km/h) |
1.03 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.63 |
Survivability and armour
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Modifications and economy
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Armaments
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Offensive armament
The Tornado IDS (1995) (Italy) is armed with:
- 2 x 27 mm Mauser BK27 cannons, chin-mounted (180 rpg = 360 total)#
Suspended armament
The Tornado IDS (1995) (Italy) can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
- 2 x 1,500 l drop tanks
- 56 x large calibre countermeasures
- 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
- 7 x 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs (7,000 lb total)
- 12 x 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs (12,000 lb total)
- 4 x 1,092 lb GBU-16 Paveway II bombs (4,368 lb total)
- 1 x 2,000 lb GBU-24 Paveway III bomb (2,000 lb total)
Custom loadout options
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |  | |
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| 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs | 1, 2 | 1, 2‡ | 1, 2‡ * | 1*‡ | 1, 2‡ | 1, 2‡ | 1, 2 | |||||
| 1,092 lb GBU-16 Paveway II bombs | 1† | 1*† | 1†‡ | 1† | ||||||||
| 2,000 lb GBU-24 Paveway III bombs | 1*†‡ | |||||||||||
| AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Large calibre countermeasures | 28 | 28 | ||||||||||
| CLDP | 1† | |||||||||||
| 1,500 l drop tanks | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| * Guided bombs on hardpoint 4 cannot be equipped with 1,000 lb bombs on hardpoints 5-6 † CLDP targeting pod must be equipped when using guided bombs ‡ Bombs on hardpoint 6 cannot be equipped with dual bomb mounts on hardpoints 4-8 or GBU-24 on hardpoint 4 | ||||||||||||
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Variable sweep wing
- Large payload
- Advanced weapons
- Supersonic
Cons:
- Can struggle in air-to-air combat
- High fuel consumption
- Bombs severely limit its maximum speed to about Mach 1.05
- No search radar
History
Its first combat missions were in the second Gulf War by the British, Italian and Saudi Arabian air forces. This was later followed by missions in the Yugoslavian and Kosovo wars. Italian Tornados would be the first aircraft that Italy used in a full scale combat since the end of WW2. Italian Tornados are still in service after extensive upgrade programs from the Italian air force.
Media
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See also
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Panavia Aircraft GmbH | |
|---|---|
| Strike Aircraft | Tornado (Family) |
| Germany | ◄Tornado IDS WTD61 · ◄Tornado IDS ASSTA1 · ◄Tornado IDS MFG |
| UK | Tornado GR.1 · Tornado F.3 |
| Italy | Tornado ADV · ▄Tornado IDS (1995) |
| Italy jet aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Aerfer | Sagittario 2 · Ariete |
| Fiat | G.91 pre-serie · G.91 R/1 · G.91 R/4 (Portugal) · G.91 Y · G.91 YS |
| AMX International | AMX |
| Panavia | Tornado ADV · ▄Tornado IDS (1995) |
| Foreign: | |
| Vampire | Vampire FB 52A |
| F-84 | ▄F-84F · ▄F-84G-21-RE |
| F-86 | CL-13 Mk.4 · ▄F-86K |
| F-104 | ▄F-104G · F-104S · ▄F-104S TAF (Turkey) · F-104S.ASA |
| F-16 | ▄F-16A ADF |
| AV-8 | ▄AV-8B Plus |
| Hungary | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich | ◔MiG-15bis · ◔MiG-17PF · ◔MiG-21MF · ◔MiG-21bis-SAU · ◔MiG-23MF · ◔MiG-29 |
| Ilyushin | ◔IL-28 |
| Sukhoi | ◔Su-22M3 |
| Saab | ◔JAS39EBS HU C |
