AS.37 Martel
| AS.37 Martel / AS.37 Armat / AJ.168 Martel | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Air-to-surface missile (anti-radar) |
| Manufacturer | Matra , Hawker-Siddely |
| development | 1964 |
| Commissioning | 1970 (AJ.168) |
| Unit price | approximately $ 260,000 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 3890 mm (AJ.168), 4140 mm (AS.37) |
| diameter | 400 mm |
| Combat weight | 574 kg (AJ.168), 535 kg (AS.37) |
| span | 1200 mm |
| Drive First stage Second stage |
Two-stage solid rocket motor Solid rocket booster (burn time 2.4 sec.) Solid rocket motor (burn time 22.2 sec) |
| speed | 1025 km / h |
| Range | 40 - 120 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | Passive - radar, TV and data link |
| Warhead | 150 kg |
| Detonator | surcharge |
| Lists on the subject | |
The AS.37 Martel was originally an anti- radar air-to-surface missile that was developed as a joint project between the French company Matra and the English company Hawker-Siddeley . She is no longer on duty today.
The name Martel is a combination of letters from the English words M issile A nti- R adar TEL evision.
AS.37 / AJ.168 / Armat
The AS.37 was available in different versions:
- The AS.37 Martel used by France and England was an anti-radar missile. It was equipped with a passive radar seeker head . In England, the AS.37 was decommissioned in March 1994 together with the Blackburn B-103 Buccaneer .
- The AJ.168 Martel, only used by England, was equipped with a TV seeker head and was used as an anti-ship missile . The AJ.168 was replaced and retired in 1988 by the Sea Eagle .
- The AS.37 ARMAT, whose development began in 1980, is the improved version of the AS.37 Martel. It was equipped with a better seeker head and a more powerful solid rocket motor.
All variants used a two-stage solid rocket motor . A total of approx. 1640 pieces were produced.
Countries of operation
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France
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United Kingdom
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Kuwait
France delivered around 25 ARMATs to Kuwait. There they were used on the Mirage F-1C of the Kuwait Air Force .
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Iraq
Between 1986 and 1990 the Iraqi army received approx. 450 ARMAT from France for their Mirage F-1E.
Carrier platforms used
- Dassault Mirage III
- Dassault Mirage IV
- Dassault Mirage 2000
- Dassault Mirage F1
- SEPECAT Jaguar
- Blackburn B-103 Buccaneer
- British Aerospace Nimrod
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Web links
Commons : AS.37 Martel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- www.fas.org (en)
- www.airwar.ru (rus)
- Martel on blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk (en)
- AS.37 Martel on janes.com (en)