SNEB type 23
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Description
This article is about SNEB type 23 missle, which is quite and quirky secondary load option becouse of its large quantity, and low amount of post penetration effect.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | F4U-7 |
| Jet fighters | |
| Britain | Hunter F.6 · Hunter FGA.9 · Phantom FG.1 · Phantom FGR.2 |
| Italy | ◄G.91 R/3 |
| France | M.D.450B Barougan · M.D.452 IIC · Super Mystere B2 · Etendard IVM · Mirage IIIC |
| Jet bombers | S.O.4050 Vautour IIA · Vautour IIA IDF/AF |
| Attack helicopters | EC-665 Tiger HAD · EC-665 Tiger HAP |
General info
One projectile has weight of 5kg (11 lbs). Projectile is filled with 69 grams of Composition B mixture of explosives, that is equal to 903g of TNT. It travels with speed of 600 meters per second, making it one of the fastest missles.
Effective damage
Small caliber of those rockets means that user may struggle with using HEAT becouse of its tiny post penetration effect , which may result being not able to destroy any not hullbreakable tanks, and may require you to take multiple passes to kill heavier opponent. Becouse of small amount of explosives inside there is almost no splash damage, and thats why you need to get direct hit into crew compartment.
Comparison with analogues
This missle has no direct competition with any other projectile, becouse it marks a place, where it sits between rocket powered, and fired shell. It has fairly low damage for a missle, but it does more damage than solid shell fired from aircraft cannon, but at the same time most of unguided missles are slower, which makes it difficult to compare it directly to any other secondary weaponry.
Usage in battles
SNEB type 23 is quite an efficient way to deal with enemy ground targets in Ground Realistic Battles, becouse of large amount being stored inside pods. If those rockets are used carefully you can most surely destroy a lot of enemy tanks if not intercepted.
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.
Pros:
-Large amount of projectiles in every single pod (18 pcs each)
-Fast moving missle means that drop is smaller, and you don't have to give as much lead as you would have to with other rockets. (600m/s)
-HEAT warhead means that you won't lose any penetration over distance.
Cons:
-One of the smallest postpenetration effect
-Rarely oneshoots enemy tanks
-Does not have significant amount of explosives inside, which means that there is almost no splash damage.
-Big amount of parasite drag, making planes feel a lot more sluggish.
History
The 68 mm calibre air-launched unguided rocket that became known all over the world as the SNEB rocket, was developed by Thomson Brandt Armements (now TDA), to provide the French armed forces with their own rocket system, that could be employed by both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Development took place in the early 1950s and the design was similar to that of the early US 2.75 in (70 mm) rockets that had evolved from the original Mickey Mouse air-to-air rockets of 1948. These early rockets employed eight flick-out tailfins for in-flight stability, and became known as FFAR (Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket). In order to cover a wide range of operational requirements several different types of warhead were developed and two basic types of motor. The Type 25 F1B motor was designed for use from fixed-wing aircraft and the Type 25 H1 for helicopter deployment. Full-scale production of the 68 mm SNEB rockets began in 1955 and has continued to date. Various launchers of different shapes and sizes were developed by TDA and Matra (now MBDA) for use with the SNEB 68 mm rockets. These include the following: for fixed-wing aircraft, Matra F-1 (36 rockets), Matra F-2 (6 rockets) and Matra F-4 (18 rockets); for helicopters, TDA 68-12C (12 rockets) and TDA 68-22C (22 rockets).In 1968, TDA began development of a 100 mm calibre range of rockets, with explosive warheads for use in the air-to-surface role against armour and fortified bunkers.In 1977 TDA began development of a second generation 68
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