Boeing AV-8B Harrier II
STOVL close-support aircraft
Specifications
- Origin
- USA and UK
- Type
- STOVL close-support aircraft
- Maximum Speed
- 575 kt / 661 mph
- Maximum Range
- 277 km / 172 miles
- Dimensions
- span 9.25 m / 30 ft 4 in
length 14.12 m / 46 ft 4 in
height 3.55 m / 11 ft 7.75 in - Weight
- empty 5936 kg / 13,086 lb
max. take-off 14,061 kg /
31,000 lb - Powerplant
- one 10796-kg (23,800-lb) dry thrust Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 (Pegasus 11-61) vectored-thrust turbofan
Armament
one 25-mm GAU-12/U cannon based with 300 rounds, plus provision for a STO total of 7711 kg (17,000 lb) or VTO total of 3175 kg (7,000 lb) of disposable stores, including AAMs, ASMs, free-fall or guided bombs, cluster bombs, dispenser weapons, napalm tanks, rocket launchers and ECM pods, carried on six external hardpoints