Aerospatiale Alouette III
general-purpose helicopter
Specifications
- Origin
- France
- Type
- general-purpose helicopter
- Maximum Speed
- 100 kt / 115 mph
- Maximum Range
- 540 km / 336 miles
- Dimensions
- main rotor diam. 11.02 m /
36 ft 1.9 in
length 12.84 m / 42 ft 2.5 in
height 3.00 m / 9 ft 10.1 in - Weight
- empty 1,143 kg / 2520 kg
max. take-off 2,200 kg / 4,850 lb - Powerplant
- one 649-kW (870-shp) Turbomeca Artouste IIIB turboshaft
Armament
one 7.62-mm (0.3-in) AA52 machine-gun with 1,000 rounds and tripod-mounted in the cabin to fire to starboard (four crew), or one 20-mm MG151/20 or GIAT M621 cannon, or four AS.11 or two AS.12 air-to-surface missiles; itwo crewl, or two Mk 44 torpedoes, or one Mk 44 torpedo and MAD gear in the ASW role, or two AS.12 air-to-surface missiles in the ASV role