Aerospatiale Alouette III
Aerospatiale
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
Operators
Argentina Austria Burundi Chad Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Ecuador Ethiopia France Ghana Indonesia Ireland Jordan Lebanon Libya Malaysia Malta Pakistan Rwanda South Africa Suriname Switzerland Tunisia Venezuela Zimbabwe Albania Belgium Cameroon Greece India Mexico Peru Romania Portugal