Eurocopter Tiger - Specifications (Tiger HAP)

Specifications (Tiger HAP)

Data from Wilson

General characteristics

• Crew: Two: pilot and weapon systems officer
• Length: 14.08 m fuselage (46 ft 2 in)
• Rotor diameter: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
• Disc area: 133 m² (1,430 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,060 kg (6,750 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb))
• Powerplant: 2 × MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshafts, 873 kW (1,170 shp) each
• Internal fuel capacity: 1,080 kg (2,380 lb)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 290 km/h with mast, 315 km/h without mast (157 knots, 181 mph with mast, 170 knots or 196 mph without mast)
• Range: 800 km (430 nm, 500 mi) combat (with external tanks in the inboard stations: 1,300km)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.7 m/s (2,105 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GIAT 30 cannon in chin turret, with up to 450 rounds.

On each of its two inner hardpoints and two outer hardpoints the Eurocopter Tiger can carry a combination of the following weapons:

• Inner hardpoints:
  • 1x 20 mm (0.787 in) autocannon pods, or
  • 22x 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided rockets in a pod, or
  • 19x 70mm (2.75 in) Hydra 70 unguided rockets in a pod or
  • 4x AGM-114 Hellfire missiles (Australia/France) or
  • 4x Spike-ER missiles (Spain) or
  • 4x PARS 3 LR missiles (Germany) or
  • 4x HOT3 missiles (Germany)
• Outer hardpoints:
  • 2x Mistral air-to-air missiles, or
  • 12x 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided rockets in a pod or
  • 7x 70mm (2.75 in) Hydra 70 unguided rockets in a pod