Mustang381 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Hello friends,  Can Mirage IIIRD,carry any weapons?  I have new 1/48 30422 Heller/Kinetic kit, and RD variant looks very interesting, but I like when my kits have some weapons on them 🙂 Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mustang381 Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 6 hours ago, Niels said: Yes. Bombs? Mk.82...etc?? 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 4 hours ago, Mustang381 said: Bombs? Mk.82...etc?? 🙂 Zilch. I've looked at this book (https://modelingmadness.com/others/books/poi/poim3v2.htm) and there's no photo of a Mirage IIIRD carrying weapons. In the Mirage IIIR payload diagram the JL-100R hybrid rocket+fuel tank could be used but the rest are fuel tank and recce pod. I assume the IIIRD could also carry the JL-100R but there's no photographic evidence to back this up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 It can essentially carry everything the E could, except that which required radar guiding as the RD never had this. However the mission of the RD is reccon, hence likely hardly ever carried much other than fuel tanks and Sidewinder/Mica missiles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Niels said: ... and Sidewinder/Mica missiles. There was no outer wing station on the IIIR and IIIRD so no missiles. The diagram I talked about comes from a Dassault manual. 5BR (https://www.airliners.net/photo/Belgium-Air-Force/Dassault-SABCA-Mirage-5BR/6569971) and IIIRS (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dassault_Mirage_IIIRS,_R-2108,_Swiss_Air_Force.jpg) versions did have outer wing stations but not the IIIR and IIIRD versions.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Thanks @Laurent, learn something new every day 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mustang381 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Thank you very much my modeler brothers.Ok, it will be only fuel tanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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