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 ;Other anti-ship missiles
 * [[AJ.168]]
 == External links ==

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 * [[Nettuno]] (Italian AShM)
-* AJ.168 (Anglo-French AShM)
+* [[AJ.168]] (Anglo-French AShM)
 == External links ==

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-The AS.34 Kormoran was the first major post-war missile project in West Germany.<ref name=":0">An Illustrated Guide to Modern Airborne Missiles, Bill Gunston, 1983.</ref> It was designed to meet the needs of the West German navy for a large anti-ship missile for use in coastal waters.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070813022441/http://www.missilethreat.com/cruise/id.12/cruise_detail.asp</ref> Development began in 1962 and was handed over to West German aerospace manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in 1967. It wouldn't be until 1973 before the West German government decided to actually produce  the missile and, after completing its trials in 1974, it finally entered into service with the West German Navy in 1977.<ref name=":1">http://www.military-today.com/missiles/kormoran.htm</ref>
+The AS.34 Kormoran was the first major post-war missile project in West Germany.<ref name=":0">An Illustrated Guide to Modern Airborne Missiles, Bill Gunston, 1983.</ref> It was designed to meet the needs of the West German navy for a large anti-ship missile for use in coastal waters.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070813022441/http://www.missilethreat.com/cruise/id.12/cruise_detail.asp</ref> Development began in 1962 and was handed over to West German aerospace manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in 1967. It wouldn't be until 1973 before the West German government decided to actually procure the missile and, after completing its trials in 1974, it finally entered into service with the West German Navy in 1977.<ref name=":1">http://www.military-today.com/missiles/kormoran.htm</ref>
 The missile was originally based on a design by French Nord-Aviation, the makers of the [[AS-20 Nord]], [[AS-30 Nord]] and [[AS-30L Nord]] missiles, using the inertial guidance system from their cancelled AS.33 missile project.<ref>Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems, September 1997, JSWS-Issue 25</ref> After taking over the project, MBB replaced the inertial guidance system with a new and more advanced missile guidance package. The missile body is very similar to the aforementioned missiles made by Nord-Aviation, with a 4.40 m long fuselage, a narrow cross-section of 0.34 m, and a sharp-pointed conical nose. On the sides of the fuselage sit four swept delta fins, just behind of the centre of the missile body, and a set of four smaller trapezoidal stabilizer fins between the delta fins and the tail.<ref name=":1" />

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-The AS.34 Kormoran was the first major post-war missile project in West Germany.<ref name=":0">An Illustrated Guide to Modern Airborne Missiles, Bill Gunston, 1983.</ref> It was designed to meet the needs of the West German navy for a large anti-ship missile for use in coastal waters.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070813022441/http://www.missilethreat.com/cruise/id.12/cruise_detail.asp</ref> Development began in 1962 and was handed over to West German aerospace manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in 1967. It wouldn't be until 1973 before the West German government decided to actually procure the missile and, after completing its trials in 1974, it finally entered into service with the West German Navy in 1977.<ref name=":1">http://www.military-today.com/missiles/kormoran.htm</ref>
+The AS.34 Kormoran was the first major post-war missile project in West Germany.<ref name=":0">An Illustrated Guide to Modern Airborne Missiles, Bill Gunston, 1983.</ref> It was designed to meet the needs of the West German navy for a large anti-ship missile for use in coastal waters.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070813022441/http://www.missilethreat.com/cruise/id.12/cruise_detail.asp</ref> Development began in 1962 and was handed over to West German aerospace manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in 1967. It wouldn't be until 1973 before the West German government decided to actually produce  the missile and, after completing its trials in 1974, it finally entered into service with the West German Navy in 1977.<ref name=":1">http://www.military-today.com/missiles/kormoran.htm</ref>
 The missile was originally based on a design by French Nord-Aviation, the makers of the [[AS-20 Nord]], [[AS-30 Nord]] and [[AS-30L Nord]] missiles, using the inertial guidance system from their cancelled AS.33 missile project.<ref>Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems, September 1997, JSWS-Issue 25</ref> After taking over the project, MBB replaced the inertial guidance system with a new and more advanced missile guidance package. The missile body is very similar to the aforementioned missiles made by Nord-Aviation, with a 4.40 m long fuselage, a narrow cross-section of 0.34 m, and a sharp-pointed conical nose. On the sides of the fuselage sit four swept delta fins, just behind of the centre of the missile body, and a set of four smaller trapezoidal stabilizer fins between the delta fins and the tail.<ref name=":1" />

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 == Media ==
-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+<!-- ''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.'' -->
 ;Videos
+{{Youtube-gallery|6B243xARtAM|'''Tornado IDS Marineflieger: AS.34 Kormoran Anti-Ship Missile - History & Tactics''' - ''Cmdr. Tyrael''}}
 == See also ==

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 == General info ==
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-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 (Germany)|F-104G Starfighter]] and [[Tornado IDS (Germany)|Tornado IDS Marineflieger]] aircraft.
+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 (Germany)|F-104G Starfighter]] and [[Tornado IDS (Germany)|Tornado IDS Marineflieger]] aircraft (though in-game currently only on the Tornado).
 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 selects an acquired target on radar or visually points the missile at the intended target, after which the missile is launched and then autonomously guides itself onto the target.

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 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
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 '''Pros:'''
+* Stand-off anti-ship missile provides capability to attack without risk of accurate return fire
 '''Cons:'''
-- The missile aims for the top of the funnels of the targeted ship, making essentially all side-on attacks ineffective.
+* Multiple missile attacks may be required to sink targeted ship
+* Missile is rather slow, allowing targeted ship to perform maneuvers to dodge the missile
+* During a side-on attack, the missile's top-down attack trajectory means it can hit the top of the targeted ship's funnels first, minimizing the amount of damage it can inflict and potentially spoiling a shot
 == History ==

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 === Effective damage ===
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-While possessing armour-piercing capabilities the missile truly does its damage through pure high explosive power. With 73.36 kg of TNT explosive force, the missile is more than capable of taking out lightly-armoured vehicles even with a hit to the ground close to the vehicle, as well as taking out better-armoured vehicles with a direct hit.
+While possessing armour-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-armoured vehicles even with a hit to the ground close to the vehicle, as well as taking out better-armoured vehicles with a direct hit.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
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 '''Cons:'''
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