| Br.1150 Atlantic Atlantique 2 |
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| Breguet Atlantic of the German Navy. | |
| Role | Patrol aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Breguet Aviation |
| First flight | 21 October 1961 |
| Status | Active service |
| Primary users | French Navy German Navy Italian Navy Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Number built | 87 Atlantique 1 28 Atlantique 2 |
| Unit cost | >$35 Million[1] |
The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic 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. The Atlantic is also capable of carrying air-to-ground missiles. The Atlantique 2 is an updated version produced for the French Navy in the 1980s.
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Design and development
The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic has been designed for its purpose, instead of refitting or modifying existing designs. Though the primary mission of the Atlantic is anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, its secondary role includes search and rescue, mine laying and detection, and long-range maritime surveillance.[2]
The Atlantic can carry either eight guided ASW torpedoes such as Mk 46 Torpedo or 12 depth charges or two AM.39 Exocet Anti-Ship missiles in its internal bomb bay. German Atlantic usually carried Mk 46s only and flew unarmed during the last years of their service.
Operational history
The Royal Netherlands Navy lost three Atlantics out of nine aircraft in a series of 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. The German Atlantics were replaced by the same P-3 Orion airframes the Netherlands had bought in the 1980s to replace the Atlantic, however meanwhile these aircraft were significantly modernized and upgraded, making them state-of-art maritime patrol aircraft.
In 1999, a Pakistan Navy Atlantic was shot down by Indian Air Force MiG-21s after they failed to force it to land at an Indian base, raising tensions in the region, in what was dubbed the Atlantique Incident. Disobeying instructions from the MiG pilots, the Atlantic manoeuvred to escape from them and was shot down by a heat-seeking air-to-air missile over the highly contested Rann of Kutch region.
Several German Atlantics have been donated to museums, including the Luftwaffenmuseum and the Dutch Air Force Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands.[3]
A Breguet Atlantic, referred to in news reports as an Atlantic Model 2, was used by the French Army in the search for parts of Air France Flight 447.[4][5][6]
Variants
- Br.1150 Atlantic
- Atlantique 2
Operators
- French Navy Aviation Navale - The original model was retired in 1996. Second generation Atlantique 2 in service.
- 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.
- Marina Militare (Italian Navy) - Flown by pilots from the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) and Marina Militare, but commanded by the Marina Militare.
- Royal Netherlands Navy - Replaced by the P-3 Orion.
Specifications
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General characteristics
- Crew: 13
- Length: 31.75 m (104 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 36.3 m (119 ft 1 in)
- Height: 11.33 m (37 ft 2 in)
- Empty weight: 18,500 kg (40,800 lb)
- Loaded weight: 24,000 kg (40,785 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 43,500 kg (95,900 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Tyne 2-shaft turboprops, 5,730 shp (4,270 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 650 km/h (350 kn, 405 mph)
- Range: 8,000 km (4,300 nmi, 5,000 mi)
- Power/mass: 360 W/kg (0.22 hp/lb)
Armament
- Up to 3,500 kg (5,500 lb), including torpedoes, depth charges, mines, bombs and/or buoys
See also
Comparable aircraft
Related lists
- List of military reconnaissance aircraft
- List of military aircraft of France
- List of military aircraft of Germany
References
- ^ Defence Journal of Pakistan referring to the cost of the airplane with reference to its downing in the Atlantique Incident
- ^ Naval Technology
- ^ Airforce Museum
- ^ "Search Teams Converge on Presumed Air France Crash Zone", Washington Post, June 1, 2009
- ^ "French army air crewman aboard an Atlantic Model 2 aircraft", Associated Press, June 2, 2009
- ^ "An Atlantic Model 2 aircraft lands at France's air base in Dakar", Associated Press, June 2, 2009
External links
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- Présentation des Atlantique 2 Site de la Marine nationale
- Un ATL2 en jungle guyanaise Site de la Marine nationale
- Industrie Konsortium SECBAT in der Betreuungsphase
- Beschreibung bei EADS* Beschreibung der BR 1150 bei der Deutschen Marine
- Französische Seite mit Beschreibung der SECBAT
- http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/atlantique/index.html
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