Sea Harrier FRS.1 (e) - Revision history

U81008133: /* Pros and cons */

2024-01-28T14:04:45Z

‎Pros and cons

U38088265: Edits

2024-01-07T21:28:10Z

Edits

U44629479: /* Media */ Added skins

2023-12-30T18:51:51Z

‎Media: Added skins

U120313908: Updated entire page, description, flight performance tables, survivability and armour, usage in battles, pros and cons, etc

2023-12-25T03:32:10Z

Updated entire page, description, flight performance tables, survivability and armour, usage in battles, pros and cons, etc

Show changes

U81436767: /* Description */ New Description Project

2023-12-23T20:52:27Z

‎Description: New Description Project

U22067555: /* External links */ Added manufacturer template

2023-09-22T23:58:01Z

‎External links: Added manufacturer template

U13682523: Added about template

2023-09-21T18:49:31Z

Added about template

U38088265: /* Suspended armament */

2023-09-21T13:17:27Z

‎Suspended armament

U38088265: Created page

2023-09-20T16:08:00Z

Created page

New page

{{Specs-Card
|code=harrier_frs1_early
|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg}}
}}

== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British strike aircraft {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Sons of Attila"]].

== General info ==
=== Flight performance ===
{{Specs-Avia-Flight}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
! colspan="2" | Max speed (km/h at _,___ m)
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude (metres)
! colspan="2" | Turn time (seconds)
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb (metres/second)
! rowspan="2" | Take-off run (metres)
|-
! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
|-
! Stock
| ___ || ___ || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || rowspan="2" | ___
|-
! Upgraded
| ___ || ___ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._
|-
|}

==== Details ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="6" | Features
|-
! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear !! Drogue chute
|-
| _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="7" | Limits
|-
! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
|-
! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
|-
| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || ___ || ___ || ___ || ~__ || ~__
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
|-
! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
|-
| < ___ || < ___ || < ___ || -
|-
|}

==== Engine performance ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" | Engine
! colspan="4" | Aircraft mass
|-
! colspan="2" | Engine name || Number
! colspan="2" | {{Annotation|Basic mass|Mass of the aircraft with pilot and engine oil, but no fuel or weapons load}} || colspan="2" | Wing loading (full fuel)
|-
| colspan="2" | _____ || _
| colspan="2" | _,___ kg || colspan="2" | ___ kg/m2
|-
! colspan="3" | Engine characteristics
! colspan="3" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | {{Annotation|Max Gross Weight|Mass of the fully equipped aircraft with heaviest weapons load}}
|-
! Weight (each) || colspan="2" | Type
! _m fuel || __m fuel || __m fuel
|-
| ___ kg || colspan="2" | ___
| _,___ kg || _,___ kg || _,___ kg || _,___ kg
|-
! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
! colspan="4" | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (___%/WEP)
|-
! Condition || 100% || ___%/WEP
! _m fuel || __m fuel || __m fuel || MGW
|-
| ''Stationary'' || ___ kgf || ___ kgf
| _.__ || _.__ || _.__ || _.__
|-
| ''Optimal'' || ___ kgf (_ km/h) || ___ kgf (_ km/h)
| _.__ || _.__ || _.__ || _.__
|-
|}

=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Avia-Armour}}

''Examine the survivability of the aircraft. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical aircraft systems.''

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armaments ==
{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
=== Offensive armament ===
{{Specs-Avia-Offensive}}

{{main|ADEN Mk.4 (30 mm)}}

The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is armed with:

* 2 x 30 mm ADEN Mk.4 cannons, belly-mounted (130 rpg = 260 total)
* 60 x countermeasures

=== Suspended armament ===
{{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}

''Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.''

== Usage in battles ==

''Describe the tactics of playing in the aircraft, the features of using aircraft in a team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but instead, give the reader food for thought. Examine the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).''

=== Pros and cons ===

''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== History ==

''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the aircraft in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).''

== Media ==

''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''

== See also ==

''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==

''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''other literature.''

{{Britain jet aircraft}}

@@ Line 203: / Line 203: @@
 * Access to 2 x AIM-9L all aspect missiles
 * Access to a radar, unlike most Harriers
 '''Cons:'''
@@ Line 220: / Line 221: @@
 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=harrier_frs1_early Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of and the creation and combat usage of the aircraft, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the aircraft in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The  '''British Aerospace Sea Harrier''' was VTOL fighter bomber that was designed by Britain based in the successful Harrier GR.3. It entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS.1. This aircraft was equipped with a single Rolls Royce Pegasus turbofan engine, as well as a Ferranti Blue Fox radar. The early service variant of the FRS.1 included a bubble canopy that would characterize later variants of the Sea Harrier, it also featured AIM-9L AAM for self defence, later variants of the Sea Harrier introduced modifications to the pylons, to be able to carry more AIM-9L sidewinders, as well as Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles after the Falklands War.
+The '''British Aerospace Sea Harrier''' was a VTOL fighter-bomber based on the successful [[Harrier GR.3]]. It entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS.1. This aircraft was equipped with a single Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan engine, as well as a Ferranti Blue Fox radar. The early service variant of the FRS.1 included a bubble canopy that would characterize later variants of the Sea Harrier, it also featured AIM-9L AAMs for self defence, later variants of the Sea Harrier introduced modifications to the pylons, to be able to carry more AIM-9L sidewinders, as well as Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles after the Falklands War.
-It was introduced in [[Update "Sons of Attila"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is not very different from many other Harriers in game in terms of gameplay. It has a very good speed acceleration, meaning that it is one of the first to take off from the runway, while also having access to a decent radar and 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinders. Like all Harriers, it features VTOL, however it can't do that while carrying a heavy payload, like bombs. It lacks any sort of guided ordinance for ground battles, but its 5 x 1000lb bombs are enough to destroy a base in air battles, or a couple of ground targets if used properly, however for this task more specialized attackers like the [[Jaguar GR.1A|Jaguar]] are more recommended
+It was introduced in [[Update "Sons of Attila"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is not very different from many other Harriers in-game in terms of gameplay. It has very good acceleration, meaning that it is one of the first to take off from the runway, while also having access to a decent radar and 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinders. Like all Harriers, it features VTOL. It lacks any sort of guided ordnance for ground battles, but its 5 x 1,000 lb bombs are enough to destroy a base in air battles, or a couple of ground targets if used properly, though for this task more specialized attackers like the [[Jaguar GR.1A|Jaguar]] are more recommended.
 == General info ==
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 {{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-The Sea Harrier has a very similar performance to other Harriers in game. It has an excellent low speed acceleration, and good agility at high speeds, at the cost of energy retention, which is very poor. This aircraft is also capable of vertical landings and take-off without heavy payloads.
+The Sea Harrier has a very similar performance to other Harriers in-game. It has an excellent low speed acceleration, and good agility at high speeds, at the cost of energy retention, which is very poor. This aircraft is also capable of vertical landings and take-off without heavy payloads.
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 |-
 ! Stock
-| 1150 || 1144 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 32.5 || 34.0 || 70.2 || 68.5 || rowspan="2" | 550
+| 1,150 || 1,144 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 32.5 || 34.0 || 70.2 || 68.5 || rowspan="2" | 550
 |-
 ! Upgraded
-| 1168 || 1159 || 31.5 || 32.0 || 105.2 || 87.0
+| 1,168 || 1,159 || 31.5 || 32.0 || 105.2 || 87.0
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear !! Drogue chute
 |-
-| X || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X
+| X || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X     <!-- ✓ -->
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 64: / Line 64: @@
 ! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
 |-
-| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 829 || 556 || ~14 || ~6
+| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || - || 829 || 556 || ~14 || ~6
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
 ! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
 |-
-| < 650 || < 950 || < 790 || N/A
+| < 650 || < 950 || < 790 || -
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 187: / Line 187: @@
 '''Fighter Role:'''
-The Sea Harrier sits at BR where supersonic fighters start to become very common, however the Sea Harrier does have access to a set of powerful missiles, the early AIM-9G Sidewinders are good but they lack all aspect seekers, the AIM-9L fixes this issue, while also having much better manoeuvrability, if the Sea Harrier wants to be played as a fighter, a good idea is climbing at high altitudes in downtiers, to then launch your IR missiles at enemies within range, since both the AIM-9G and AIM-9L have good range for a small IR missile, they can be launched at enemies within 3-4 KM of range, even more if the enemies are at a low energy state. In uptiers fighting close to the ground is more recommended, since radar missiles start to become deadlier and more common, however the idea stays the same, launching missiles at enemies without flares or at a low energy state from the distance. The Harrier has a good performance at high speeds but becomes more sluggish below 800KM/h, so it is highly recommended staying at those speeds.
+The Sea Harrier sits at a BR where supersonic fighters start to become very common, however the Sea Harrier does have access to a set of powerful missiles. The early AIM-9G Sidewinders are good but they lack all-aspect seekers, the AIM-9L fixes this issue, while also having much better manoeuvrability. When playing as a fighter, it can be a good idea to climb to high altitudes in downtiers, then launch your IR missiles at enemies within range, since both the AIM-9G and AIM-9L have good range for a small IR missile, they can be launched at enemies within 3-4 km, even more if the enemies are at a low energy state. In uptiers, fighting close to the ground is more recommended, since SARH missiles start to become deadlier and more common, however the idea stays the same, launching missiles at enemies without flares or at a low energy state from distance. The Harrier has good performance at high speeds but becomes more sluggish below 800 km/h, so it is highly recommended staying at those speeds.
 '''Bomber/Strike Aircraft Role:'''
-As a strike aircraft, the Sea Harrier can be used with some success, in downtiers or slight uptiers, it can be used to destroy a single base when carrying a custom loadout of 5 x 1000lb bombs, you can also carry 2 x AIM-9Ls alongside your bombs. When doing this, flying close to your team is very recommended, since the Harrier's already lacklustre flight performance is hampered by the addition of heavy payload, the Sea Harrier also loses the ability to take off vertically with a heavy loadout. Your good low speed acceleration means that even with the bombs attached to your aircraft, you will be one of the firsts to take off from the runway, however your team will quickly catch up, doing bomb runs in uptiers is not recommended, since much faster attack aircrafts will outrun you and destroy most valuable bases and ground targets before you do. In ground battles the Sea Harrier is not recommended taking, since it lacks access to guided ordinance or rockets with a HEAT warhead, the RP rockets use a HE warhead, that is extremely underpowered even against lightly armoured targets.
+As a strike aircraft, the Sea Harrier can be used with some success, in downtiers or slight uptiers, it can be used to destroy a single base when carrying a custom loadout of 5 x 1,000 lb bombs, you can also carry 2 x AIM-9Ls alongside your bombs. When doing this, flying close to the team is very recommended, since the Harrier's already lacklustre flight performance is hampered by the addition of heavy payload, the Sea Harrier also loses the ability to take off vertically with a heavy loadout. The good low speed acceleration means that even with the bombs attached, it will be one of the first to take off from the runway, however the rest of the team will quickly catch up. Doing bomb runs in uptiers is not recommended, since much faster strike aircraft will outrun you and destroy most valuable bases and ground targets before you do. For ground battles, the Sea Harrier lacks access to guided ordnance or rockets with a HEAT warhead, the RP rockets use a HE warhead that is extremely underpowered even against lightly armoured targets.
 === Pros and cons ===
-<!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".'' -->'''Pros:'''
+<!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".'' -->
 * Very good low speed acceleration
@@ Line 201: / Line 203: @@
 * Access to 2 x AIM-9L all aspect missiles
 * Access to a radar, unlike most Harriers
 '''Cons:'''
 * Can't use VTOL mode with heavy payload
-* Lacks any sort of guided ordinance against ground targets
+* Lacks any sort of guided ordnance against ground targets
-* Poor agility below 800KM/h
+* Poor agility below 800 km/h
 * Limited WEP
 * Relatively underpowered radar when compared to more advanced fighters around its BR
 == History ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:58, 22 September 2023
Line 218:		Line 218:
	* ''other literature.''		* ''other literature.''

		+	{{AirManufacturer BAe}}
	{{Britain jet aircraft}}		{{Britain jet aircraft}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:49, 21 September 2023
Line 1:		Line 1:
		+	{{About
		+	\| about = British strike aircraft '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
		+	\| other
		+	\| usage-1 = the squadron version
		+	\| link-1 = Sea Harrier FRS.1
		+	\| usage-2 = other versions
		+	\| link-2 = Harrier (Family)
		+	}}
	{{Specs-Card		{{Specs-Card
	\|code=harrier_frs1_early		\|code=harrier_frs1_early

@@ Line 220: / Line 220: @@
 == 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.''
 == See also ==

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of and the creation and combat usage of the aircraft, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the aircraft in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British strike aircraft {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Sons of Attila"]].
+In the late 1970s, the Royal Navy sought a seafaring version of the famous Harrier jump jet. As a result, Hawker-Siddley developed the '''Sea Harrier FRS.1''' as a specialised version of the Harrier designed for naval operations. It entered service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom in 1978 and gained fame for its role in the Falklands War in 1982, where it defended the fleet from enemy aircraft attacks with great success. Despite being vastly outnumbered, the Sea Harriers shot down 21 Argentinean planes without losing any of their own, a remarkable accomplishment that demonstrated the superiority of the aircraft and the all-aspect "Lima" sidewinder that they were equipped with.
 == General info ==
@@ Line 170: / Line 172: @@
 {{Navigation-Start|Default weapon presets}}
 {{Navigation-First-Simple-Line}}
 * Without load
 * 2 x AIM-9G Sidewinder missiles
@@ Line 189: / Line 192: @@
 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
@@ Line 207: / Line 212: @@
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
@@ Line 215: / Line 221: @@
 * ''other literature.'' -->
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

@@ Line 113: / Line 113: @@
 == Armaments ==
 {{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
 === Offensive armament ===
 {{Specs-Avia-Offensive}}
@@ Line 126: / Line 135: @@
 {{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}
 <!-- ''Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.'' -->
-''Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.''
 == Usage in battles ==