AR-8 Aircraft unguided missile

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AR-8 aircraft unguided missile (AR-8 AUGM) is intended for firing from launching units B8M and B8V20 included in the non-guided rocket armament of aircrafts like Su-17, Su-24, Su-25, Su-27, MiG-23, MiG-27, MiG-29 and helicopters like Mi-24, Mi-28, Mi-8, and for destruction of different types of ground-based targets (tanks, APC, self-propelled artillery launchers, missile launchers, radar stations, aircrafts on the ground, ammunition depots, special trains, soldiers).




Technical specifications

DESIGNER State Kyiv Design Bureau "Luch" 
COUNTRY Ukraine
TYPE
Aircraft unguided missile
Aircraft-bearer
MiG-23, MiG-27, MiG-29, Su-17, Su-24M, Su-25, Su-27
Helicopters-bearer
Mi-24, Mi-28, Mi-8
DIMENSIONS
 
Length, mm 1.586
Diameter, mm -
WEIGHT
 
Maximum missile (launch) weight, kg
12,5
Warhead weight, kg 4,3
PERFORMANCE
 
Method of missile's transport Pods (launcher)
Сalibre, mm
80
Warhead type
Hollow-charge and fragmentation
Armour penetration, mm 400
Amount of debris no less than 500
Range, km
1,2 until 4