Panavia Tornado - Fastest Low Level Fighter Bomber

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.

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[EarlofCrawford]

One of the most under-rated military aircraft for it's time.

[shackvan]

@theclivesinclair The Wrong war i would say, Tornado was designed for hitting the soviet bloc and if the cold war went hot medium and high level flying would be suicide. At low level i've no doubt planes would still have been lost but the targets would have been hit. It was one plane the russians really did fear and thats why the americans wanted them in the gulf as they knew Tornados could hit targets regardless of if they could passify the defences

[73skeen]

@mcewenfan Do your homework buddy!

[mcewenfan]

@73skeen F111 was a FIGHTER Toernado GR4 is a bomber

[73skeen]

F111 were faster had a greater range could carry more bombs and was more feared by the Soviets

Tornado come 2nd

[quintonhenwood]

the tornado is 920mph the f15 is 1676mph both are used as bombers

[FunnyVideoCollector]

To beat the stealth of the tornado you have to remove all the hills from your land, much harder to do than upgrading your radar.

[mikes123123111111lol]

yea this cool

[theclivesinclair]

The Tornado is a fantastic aircraft and has evolved to be a worthy part of several Air Forces throughout the world. However it's low level strategies did not live long - after one was shot down during the first Gulf war while at low level.

The RAF then changed tactics and did no further low level bombing runs and still doesn't.

During the same war the best of low level bombers the Buccaneer also carried out medium to high level attacks as well as acting as 'spike' aircraft for the Tornado