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Mirage III

Dassault Aviation · Fighter · France · Early Jet (1946–1969)

Mirage III — Fighter
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The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight, which it achieved on 24 October 1958.

Specifications

Category
Fixed Wing
Sub-Category
Fighter
Domain
Defence
Era
Early Jet (1946–1969)
Country
France
Manufacturer
Dassault Aviation
Operator
French Air Force (historical); Royal Australian Air Force (historical); Pakistan Air Force; Israeli Air Force (historical)
Status
Active
Service Entry
1961
Produced
1422
Engine
1× afterburning turbojet engine
Thrust / Power
41.97 |eng1 kn-ab=60.8 kN
Length (ft)
49
Wingspan (ft)
27
Empty Weight (lb)
15543
MTOW (lb)
30203
Service Ceiling (ft)
55774
Max Speed (mph)
1460
Max Speed (Mach)
2.2
Armament
Guns: 2 × 30 mm DEFA 552 cannon with 125 rounds per gun; Bombs: 4000 kg of payload on five external hardpoints, including a variety of bombs, reconnaissance pods or Drop tanks; French Air Force IIIEs through to 1991 were equipped to carry the AN-52 nuclear bomb.; Missiles: 2 × AIM-9B Sidewinder Air to Air missiles (AAM) or; 2 × Matra R.550 Magic AAMs plus 1× Matra R.530 AAM; Rockets: 2 × Matra JL…