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[[File:WeaponImage Red Angel.png|thumb|left|420px|The Red Angel rocket (scale is approximate)]]
 
[[File:WeaponImage Red Angel.png|thumb|left|420px|The Red Angel rocket (scale is approximate)]]
 
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The Red Angel rocket is an unguided rocket with 40 kilograms of TNT designed as an anti-shipping rocket to counter soviet ships in the 1960s.
 
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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|'''Mass''' || 478 kg
 
|'''Mass''' || 478 kg
 
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| '''Maximum speed''' || 390 m/s
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|'''Explosive mass''' || 11.97 kg
 
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|'''Explosive mass''' || 39.91 kg TNTeq
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|'''Explosive type''' || TNT
 
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| '''Warhead type''' || SAP-HE
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|'''Armour Penetration''' || up to 86 mm
 
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The Red Angel is very similar to other large rockets, such as the [[Tiny Tim]] or [[Uncle Tom]]. It's a large, slow rocket, with a devastating payload, that usually doesn't even need a direct hit to destroy even heavily-armoured targets.
 
  
 
=== Effective damage ===
 
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The Red Angel's high explosive TNT warhead explodes immediately on impact. Damage is caused mostly by blast overpressure and fragmentation.
 
The Red Angel's high explosive TNT warhead explodes immediately on impact. Damage is caused mostly by blast overpressure and fragmentation.
  
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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The Red Angel is statistically identical to the [[Uncle Tom]].
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
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The Red Angel was designed as an anti-ship rocket and is best used as such.
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The Red Angel was designed as an anti-ship rocket and is best used as such.  
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''  
 
'''Pros:'''  
  
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* High explosive payload
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* Higher explosive payload than a single RP-3.
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* Large damage radius, near-misses are very forgiving against lightly armoured targets
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* Near-misses are a little more forgiving than with an RP-3
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* Deals overpressure damage
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* Higher penetration than the RP-3
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* Good flight characteristics
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* Direct hits against most Coastal boats or small Bluewater ships will usually be fatal.
  
 
'''Cons:'''  
 
'''Cons:'''  
  
 
* Extremely heavy
 
* Extremely heavy
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* Low velocity
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* Low velocity
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* Heavy payload that will affect flight performance
 
 
* Planes can only carry 2 rockets
 
* Planes can only carry 2 rockets
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* Compared to the Tiny Tim or RP-3, it has a very bad weight-to-damage ratio
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==

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Description

The Red Angel rocket (scale is approximate)


Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Rocket characteristics
Mass 478 kg
Explosive mass 11.97 kg
Explosive type TNT
Armour Penetration up to 86 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

The Red Angel is statistically identical to the Uncle Tom.

Usage in battles

The Red Angel was designed as an anti-ship rocket and is best used as such.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Higher explosive payload than a single RP-3.
  • Near-misses are a little more forgiving than with an RP-3
  • Higher penetration than the RP-3
  • Direct hits against most Coastal boats or small Bluewater ships will usually be fatal.

Cons:

  • Extremely heavy
  • Low velocity
  • Planes can only carry 2 rockets
  • Compared to the Tiny Tim or RP-3, it has a very bad weight-to-damage ratio

History

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon 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 weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

Images

  • Red Angel

  • Red Angel alongside Triplex R.P. and Uncle Tom

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

External links


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
408 mm  Yasser
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)
70 mm  Skyfire-70 AC/AP
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

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