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Brazilian Air Force of the Brazilian Armed Forces |
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History and future |
Air and space command |
Aircraft |
List of modern weapons of the Brazilian Air Force is a list of in service and active weapon systems of the Brazilian Air Force.
Surface-to-air missile
SAM system | |||||||
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Russia | 9K38 Igla | SA-18 Igla S |
Operational range: 6 km |
Anti-tank missiles
Anti-tank missiles | |||||||
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Russia | 9M120 Ataka-V | used in AH-2 Sabre | Operational range: 6 km | ||||
Russia | 9K114 Shturm | used in AH-2 Sabre | Operational range: 5 km |
Anti-ship missiles
Anti-ship missiles | |||||||
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United States | AGM-84 Harpoon | used in P-3AM | Operational range: 130/140 km |
Anti-radiation missile
Anti-radiation missile | |||||||
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Brazil | MAR-1 | used in AMX A-1M | Operational range: ~100 km |
Targeting pod
Targeting | |||||||
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Israel | Litening III | used in AMX A-1M, F-5M and KC-390 |
Cruise missile
Cruise missile | |||||||
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Brazil | MICLA-BR | Operational range: +300 km | used in F-39E/F Gripen (in testing phase - in the future) | - |
Air to air missile
Air to air missile | |||||||
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Brazil | MAA-1A Piranha | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-5M Tiger II, AMX A-1M and A-29 Super Tucano | Operational range: 8 km | |||
Brazil | MAA-1B Piranha | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-5M Tiger II, AMX A-1M and A-29 Super Tucano | Operational range: ~10 km | |||
Brazil South Africa | A-Darter | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-5M Tiger II and F-39E/F Gripen | Operational range: 22 km | |||
Israel | Python-3 | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-5M Tiger II | Operational range: 15 km | |||
Israel | Python-4 | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-5M Tiger II | Operational range: 15 km | |||
Germany | IRIS-T | Infrared homing Short-range | used in F-39E/F Gripen | Operational range: 30 km | |||
Israel | Derby | Beyond-visual-range missile | used in F-5M Tiger II | Operational range: +50 km | |||
France | Meteor | Beyond-visual-range missile | used in F-39E/F Gripen | Operational range: 200 km |
Bombs
Rockets
Rockets | |||||||
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Russia | S-8 rocket | used in AH-2 Sabre | |||||
Brazil | SKYFIRE | used in AT-27 Tucano, A-29 Super Tucano, AMX A-1M and F-5M Tiger II | |||||
Brazil | SBAT-70 | used in AT-27 Tucano, A-29 Super Tucano, AMX A-1M, F-5M Tiger II, P-95A/B Bandeirulha, UH-1H and H-50 Squirrel | |||||
Brazil | SBAT-127 | used in AT-27 Tucano, A-29 Super Tucano, AMX A-1M, F-5M Tiger II, P-95A/B Bandeirulha, UH-1H and H-50 Squirrel |
Torpedoes
Torpedoes | |||||||
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United States | Mark 46 torpedo | used in P-3AM |
Automatic cannons
Automatic cannons | |||||||
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France | Bernardini Mk-164 | used in AMX A-1 | |||||
United States | M39 cannon | used in F-5 Tiger II | |||||
Russia | GSh-23L | used in AH-2 Sabre | |||||
Germany | Mauser BK-27 | used in JAS 39 Gripen |
Machine guns
Machine guns | |||||||
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United States | FN Herstal M3P | used in AT-27 Tucano and A-29 Super Tucano | |||||
United States | Minigun | used in H-60L Black Hawk | |||||
Belgium | FN MAG | used in UH-1H, H-50 Squirrel, H-34 Super Puma and H-36 Caracal |
See also
References
External links
- Brazilian Air Force website (in Portuguese)