Uploaded October 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Panavia Tornado is the Worlds Best Fast,Low Level Fighter Bomber.
Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (2,417.6 km/h, 1,511 mph)
Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)
Ferry range: 3,890 km (2,417 mi) with four external drop tanks
Armament :
* Guns: 2× 27 mm Mauser BK-27 Revolver cannon with 180 rounds per gun (internally mounted under both side of fuselage, versus 1× BK-27 mounted on Panavia Tornado ADV)
Hardpoints: 4× light duty + 3× heavy duty under-fuselage and 4× swivelling under-wing pylon stations holding up to 9000 kg (19,800 lb) of payload, the two inner wing pylons have shoulder launch rails for 2× Short-Range AAM (SRAAM) each.
Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
AIM-9 Sidewinder or IRIS-T or AIM-132 ASRAAM for self-defence
Air-to-surface missiles:
6× AGM-65 Maverick; or
12× Brimstone missile (12 being the maximum operational limit carried by RAF's Tornado GR4); or
4× Storm Shadow or Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile
Anti-ship missiles:
2× AS.34 Kormoran; or
2× BAe Sea Eagle; or
Anti-radiation missiles:
4× AGM-88 HARM; or
9× ALARM missile
Bombs:
Hunting Engineering BL755 cluster bombs; or
HOPE/HOSBO GPS/electro-optically guided glide bombs; or
Joint Direct Attack Munition; or
Paveway series of Laser-guided bomb (LGB); or
Up to 2× JP233 or MW-1 munitions dispensers (for runway cratering operations)
Up to 4× B61 or WE.177 tactical nuclear weapons.
Panavia Tornado is the Worlds Best Fast,Low Level Fighter Bomber.
Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (2,417.6 km/h, 1,511 mph)
Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)
Ferry range: 3,890 km (2,417 mi) with four external drop tanks
Armament :
* Guns: 2× 27 mm Mauser BK-27 Revolver cannon with 180 rounds per gun (internally mounted under both side of fuselage, versus 1× BK-27 mounted on Panavia Tornado ADV)
Hardpoints: 4× light duty + 3× heavy duty under-fuselage and 4× swivelling under-wing pylon stations holding up to 9000 kg (19,800 lb) of payload, the two inner wing pylons have shoulder launch rails for 2× Short-Range AAM (SRAAM) each.
Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
AIM-9 Sidewinder or IRIS-T or AIM-132 ASRAAM for self-defence
Air-to-surface missiles:
6× AGM-65 Maverick; or
12× Brimstone missile (12 being the maximum operational limit carried by RAF's Tornado GR4); or
4× Storm Shadow or Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile
Anti-ship missiles:
2× AS.34 Kormoran; or
2× BAe Sea Eagle; or
Anti-radiation missiles:
4× AGM-88 HARM; or
9× ALARM missile
Bombs:
Hunting Engineering BL755 cluster bombs; or
HOPE/HOSBO GPS/electro-optically guided glide bombs; or
Joint Direct Attack Munition; or
Paveway series of Laser-guided bomb (LGB); or
Up to 2× JP233 or MW-1 munitions dispensers (for runway cratering operations)
Up to 4× B61 or WE.177 tactical nuclear weapons.
