SA 313B Alouette II

SA 313B Alouette II

SA 313B Alouette II

France

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
8.7	8.3	8.7

Class:

Utility helicopter

Research:150 000

Purchase:490 000

This page is about the French utility helicopter SA 313B Alouette II. For other uses, see Alouette (Family).

Description

The SA 313B Alouette II is a Rank V French utility helicopter with a battle rating of 8.7 (AB/SB) and 8.3 (RB).

General info

Flight Performance

Describe how the helicopter behaves in the air. Maximum speed, manoeuvrability, speed and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Survivability and armour

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Armaments

Offensive armament

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Suspended armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Compressor		Flak jacket
II			Helicopter frame
III	Engine	Replacing helicopter blades		New 7 mm MGs
IV			Cover

Pros and cons

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History

The Aérospatiale Alouette II (French pronunciation: ​[alwɛt], Lark; company designations SA 313 and SA 318) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale. It was the first production helicopter powered by a gas turbine engine instead of the heavier conventional piston powerplant. This version was developed after the success of the first version of this helicopter which needed to be modified to be more suitable for the market. This helicopter saw major usage all over the european and westen countries of NATO such as France, Germany Portugal, Israel, the Netherlans, the UK , South Africa and switzerland.

Further development of the Allouette grew into the larger and more powerful Alouette III

Media

The Shooting Range #142 - Pages of History section at 04:25 discusses the SUD Aviation Alouette.

See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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• topic on the official game forum;
• encyclopedia page on helicopter;
• other literature.