CHARACTERISTICS ÉTENDARD IVM	(US)	(FR)
LENGTH	47. 07 ft	14. 35 m
WINGSPAN	31. 4 ft	9. 60 m
WIDTH WITH FOLDING WINGS	25. 5 ft	7. 80 m
HEIGHT	12. 63 ft	3. 85 m
WEIGHT	13 007 lb (min)/ 23 809 lb (max)	5 900 kg (min)/ 10 800 kg (max)
MAX WEIGHT FOR CATAPULTING	23 809 lb	10 800 kg
MAX WEIGHT FOR DECK LANDING	17 196 lb	7 800 kg
WING AREA	305 ft²	28. 40 m²
MAX SPEED	Mach 1,3	Mach 1,3
CLIMB RATE	328 ft/ s	100 m/ s
APPROACH SPEED AT 7.8 t	135 kts	135 kts
CEILING	45 000 ft	13 716 m
COMBAT RANGE AT LOW ALTITUDE	323 nm	600 km
FERRYING RANGE WITH ADDITIONAL TANKS	900 nm	1 666 km
CONSUMPTION AT 40,000 FT	1 851 lb/ h	840 kg/ h
THRUST	9 920 lb	4 500 kg

CHARACTERISTICS ÉTENDARD IVP	(US)	(FR)
LENGTH	47. 07 ft	14. 69 m
WINGSPAN	31. 4 ft	9. 60 m
WIDTH WITH FOLDING WINGS	25. 5 ft	7. 80 m
HEIGHT	12. 43 ft	3. 79 m
WEIGHT	13 007 lb (min)/ 23 809 lb (max)	5 900 kg (min)/ 10 800 kg (max)
MAX WEIGHT FOR CATAPULTING	23 809 lb	10 800 kg
MAX WEIGHT FOR DECK LANDING	17 196 lb	7 800 kg
WING AREA	305 ft²	28. 40 m²
MAX SPEED	Mach 1,3	Mach 1,3
CLIMB RATE	328 ft/ s	100 m/ s
APPROACH SPEED AT 7.8 t	135 kts	135 kts
CEILING	45 000 ft	13 716 m
COMBAT RANGE AT LOW ALTITUDE	323 nm	600 km
FERRYING RANGE WITH ADDITIONAL TANKS	900 nm	1 666 km
CONSUMPTION AT 40,000 FT	1 851 lb/ h	840 kg/ h
THRUST	9 920 lb	4 500 kg

WEAPONS

ÉTENDARD IVM/P/PM : -Sidewinder AIM-9B air-to-air short range missile. With a range of 1,100 m, the Sidewinder was the standard weapon of the Étendard IVM in air defence missions. -250 kg & 400 kg bombs. -LR60 (6 x T.10) & LR150 (18 x 68 mm) rocket-launchers. -Nord AS-20 air-to-surface. Mainly used in training. -Nord AS-30 air-to-surface missile. Successor of the AS-20, with a range between 3,000 and 7,000 m, the missile can hit targets up to 10,000m away . Carrier of a high destructive charge, the AS-30 can be launched at any altitude, in horizontal flight or dive, while the pilot ensure the view guidance with joystick linked to a remote control. -A Douglas buddy-buddy refuelling pod. Note that only Étendard IVP and IVM No5, 50 & following ones are able to carry it. With a weight of 390 kg, it can transfer 110 l (90 kg) de kerosene thanks to 13m pliable probe ended with a drogue assembled on a ball-and-socket joint (folded from the inside, open while out of the pod). It also includes a spool, a fuel pump and a hydraulic pump (providing the necessary energy to run the instruments in the pod) put into action by the propeller mounted in the head - the propeller being driven into rotation by the airstream. When it is fitted, the use of ventral cameras is impossible. In the French Naval Aviation, only Étendard IVM/P/PMs, F-8E/P Crusaders and Super-Etendards are refuelable. Capacities & missions Armaments 30 mm DEFA cannons (122 rounds per weapon) 2 (none for Étendard IVP) Payload in combat with internal fultank 1 300 kg Air-to-air missile 2 x AIM-9B Bombs 2 x 250 kg ou 2 x 400 kg Rocket-launchers 2 x LR60 (6xT.10) ou 2 x LR150 (18x68 mm) Air-to-surface missile 2 x Nord AS-20 then 2 x Nord AS-30 Capacities & missions Armaments Douglas buddy-buddy refuelling pod 1 Pendular fuel tanks 2 x 625 l Air cover 2 x AIM-9B 2 x 625 l (0,50 h) HI-LO-HI strike 2 x 250 kg 2 x 625 l (300 NM) HI-LO-HI warship strike 2 x AS-30 (175 NM) 1 x AS-30 1 x 625 l (250 NM) Reconnaissance pod 1 ÉTENDARD IVM : -Two DEFA de 30 mm (122 rounds/ weapon) cannons. -BW warning receiver. Fitted on few Étendard IVMs. ÉTENDARD IVP/PM : -A removable reconnaissance pod fitted under the fuselage, between the two doors of the CER 10PR photo under-frame. It can carry three OMERA 31 cameras for vertical and oblique views in addition to the photographic equipment mounted in the nose of the aircraft (three cameras). The OMERA 31s can be equipped with 100, 200 and 600mm lenses. 47mm lenses used at the beginning of the career of IVPs were retired in the 70-80's. -A CER 10PR photo under-frame with OMERA 31 F600 cameras covering a 30° angle. The body of each OMERA contains a 30m magazine i.e. 230 pictures in 114x114 format. -Electromagnetic chaffs. -Lepus illuminating bomblet (from 1972). -Illuminating cartridges. Replaced by the Lepus in 1972 because it was too dangerous to use. -BW warning receiver (not fitted on Étendard IVPMs).

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

-A Dassault Electronique Aïda 2 navigation radar. -A SAAB AX 26 bombing computer.

MOTORIZATION

A SNECMA Atar 8C turbojet with autonomous starter and regulation by nozzles with moveable eyelids. This is an afterburner-lacking version of the Mirage III's Atar 9C. This engine has a thrust of 4,500 kg. Few Étendards were equipped by an Atar 8B with compressed air starter.