Breguet Atlantique

Infobox Aircraft
name= Br.1150 Atlantique


caption=Breguet Atlantique of the German Navy.
type=Patrol aircraft
manufacturer=Breguet
designer=
first flight=21 October 1961
introduced=
retired=
status=Active service
primary user=France
more users=Germany Netherlands Italy
produced=
number built=87 Atlantique 1 28 Atlantique 2
unit cost=>$35 Million [ [http://www.defencejournal.com/nov99/naval.htm Defence Journal of Pakistan referring to the cost of the airplane] with reference to its downing in the Atlantique Incident]
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The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantique is a long-range reconnaissance aircraft, primarily designed for use over the sea. It is used in several NATO countries as a reconnaissance and patrol aircraft as well as anti-submarine aircraft. This French built plane is also capable of carrying air to ground missiles.

Design and development

The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantique has been designed for its purpose, instead of refitting or modifying existing designs. Though the primary mission of the Atlantique is anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, its secondary role includes search and rescue, mine laying and detection and long-range maritime surveillance. [ [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/atlantique/index.html Naval Technology] ]

The Atlantic/Atlantique can carry either nine guided ASW torpedoes such as Mk 46 Torpedo or 12 depth charges or four AM.39 Exocet Anti-Ship missiles in its internal bomb bay. German Atlantiques usually carried Mk 46s only and flew unarmed during the last years of their service.

Operational history

The Royal Netherlands Navy lost 3 out of 9 aircraft in a series of engine failures over the North Sea, resulting in the grounding of the type and its eventual replacement by the P-3 Orion. The German Marineflieger never lost a single plane from 1963 to 2005. Ironically, the German Atlantics were replaced by the same P-3 Orion airframes the Netherlands had bought in the 1980s to replace the Atlantique, however meanwhile these aircraft were significantly modernized and upgraded. In 1999 a Pakistan Navy Atlantique was downed by the Indian Air Force in the Atlantique Incident. Several German Atlantics have been donated to museums, including the Luftwaffenmuseum and the Dutch Air Force Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands [http://www.militaireluchtvaartmuseum.nl/index.html Airforce Museum] .

Operators

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*Aviation Navale;GER
*German Navy - Replaced all ASW aircraft by ex-Dutch P-3 Orion in 2005, while the remaining SIGINT version will be replaced by the EuroHawks.;ITA
*Italian Navy - Flown by pilots from the Italian Air Force but commanded and crewed by Italian Navy.;NLD
*Royal Netherlands Navy - Replaced by the P-3 Orion.;PAK
*Pakistan Navy

pecifications

aircraft specifications
jet or prop?=prop
plane or copter?=plane
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crew=13
capacity=
length main=31.75 m
length alt=104 ft 2 in
span main=36.3 m
span alt= 119 ft 1 in
height main=11.33 m
height alt=37 ft 2 in
area main=
area alt=
empty weight main=18,500 kg
empty weight alt=40,800 lb
loaded weight main=24,000 kg
loaded weight alt=40,785 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=43,500 kg
max takeoff weight alt=95,900 lb
engine (prop)=Rolls-Royce Tyne
type of prop=2-shaft turboprops
number of props=2
power main=5,730 shp
power alt=4,270 kW
max speed main=650 km/h
max speed alt=350 knots, 405 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
range main=8,000 km
range alt=4,300 nm, 5,000 mi
ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
loading alt=
power/mass main=360 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.22 hp/lb
armament=
* Up to 3,500 kg (5,500 lb), including torpedoes, depth charges, mines, bombs and/or buoys

References

* http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/atlantique/index.html

ee also

aircontent
similar aircraft=
* Avro Shackleton
* Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod
* P-3 Orion
related=
sequence=
Br.960 -
Br.965 -
Br.1050 - Br.1150
lists=
* List of military reconnaissance aircraft
* List of military aircraft of France
* List of military aircraft of Germany
see also=