Red Angel
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Description
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Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
| Rocket characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 478 kg |
| Explosive mass | 11.97 kg |
| Explosive type | TNT |
| Armor Penetration | 65-86 mm |
Effective damage
The Red Angel (11.97kg) high explosive mass with a TNT warhead which travels at 548 mph (882 km/h). The rocket explodes immediately on impact. Damage is caused most by high explosives and following fragmentation.
Comparison with analogues
The Red Angel is statistically identical to the Uncle Tom.
Usage in battles
The Red Angle was designed as an Anti-Ship rocket and would be 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 Bluewaters will usually be fatal.
Cons:
- Extremely heavy
- Can only carry 2
- Low velocity
- Compared to the Tiny Tim or RP-3, it has a very bad weight-to-damage ratio
History
Around 1950 the new Sverdlov-class cruisers caused concern in the Royal Navy, over the fear that the Soviet Navy was expanding into a wide-ranging blue water navy. A new weapon, Red Angel, was developed to meet this threat. This was larger than Uncle Tom and had a warhead intended to attack the deck armour of Sverdlovs. A salvo of six hits was thought to be sufficient to disable a Sverdlov.
Red Angel was 10 feet 9 inches (3.28 m) long and 11.25 inches (286 mm) in diameter. Overall weight was 1,055 lb (479 kg) with an 88 lb (40 kg) warhead. Like the Uncle Tom it had flip-out rear fins, but Tom's four large fins were replaced by six smaller ones.
It was first deployed on the Westland Wyvern turboprop, but had always been earmarked for the new jet naval strike aircraft developed in response to the Sverdlov threat, the Blackburn Buccaneer. The high-speed Buccaneer was noted for its rotating bomb bay and internal weapons stowage. This could carry four of the Red Angels.
Media
Red Angel
Red Angel alongside Triplex R.P. and Uncle Tom
See also
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