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gulf war 1 raf bombs
Posted by eatthis on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 2:31 PM

what kind of weapons were the raf using in the 1st gulf war to bomb the iraqis?

i need to find some in 1/72 scale and dont mind buying a kit to get them

 

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Posted by deafpanzer on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6:28 PM

Wish I can help but I don't follow modern military... why don't you post it in Aircraft forum as I am sure somebody answers your question. 

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 4:49 AM

500 & 1000lb dumb,

Mk13/18 LGB (TI Paveway II kit on UK 1000lb)

CPU-123/B 1000lb LGB

BL755 Cluster

JP233 runway attack

Amongst others

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Posted by bigvern1977 on Thursday, January 6, 2011 3:11 PM

Sorry,the above post is not 100% correct.

 

We used;

 

1000lb Iron bombs with Mk960 MFBF (Multi Function Bomb Fuses) & Mk 901 retarded tail units.Loaded in 8s on the Tornado,carried on Twin Store Carriers.

The is no such weapon in the RAF weapons inventory as a 500lb bomb,we do however have 540lb Iron bombs,these were not used.

JP233

ALARM missiles

1000lb LGB's,(Mk 13/18)

The CPU-123 refers to the guidance unit & NOT the bomb.The LGB's we used are not the same as used by the USA.They are a standard 1000lb bomb,Mk960 Fuze & CPU-123 guidance unit.Because the bombs we ise are different that those used by the US ect,a mating collar is fitted to allow the tail unit to fit.

BL755 CBU's

CBU-87 (Used on Jaguar & also trialed but never flown on Tornado

AIM 9L

Harpoon missiles & Stingray Torpedo's were carried on Nimrod

 bigvern (RAF Armourer 1984-1996)

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, January 6, 2011 3:32 PM

hasegawa do a number of 1/72nd weapon sets. They are meant for US aircraft, but i think alot of the items will work on Crab Air aircraft.

bigvern1977

 bigvern (RAF Armourer 1984-1996)

Don't worry bigvern, we won't hold that against you.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, January 6, 2011 3:42 PM

Click on the aircraft and you will get various warloads carried by that type of plane in that war.

http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/loadout/loadout.html

 

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Posted by bigvern1977 on Friday, January 7, 2011 5:02 AM

stikpusher

Click on the aircraft and you will get various warloads carried by that type of plane in that war.

http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/loadout/loadout.html

 

I wouldn't rely on that list too much as the are a lot of innacuracies there.

For example,we (The RAF) don't use Mk 84 bombs,nor 114/117 tail units nor did we load BL755's on Tornado.

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