BRITISH AEROSPACE
HARRIER FA2

BACKGROUND

The Harrier is the only truly operational V/STOL, (Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing,) jet aircraft in the world. The harrier works around a single powerful engine with four rotatable nozzles which enable the aircraft to work from anywhere in the world, from aircraft carriers to airfields, to open country with very little room to manouver. The Harrier FA2 is a single seat multi-role day/night all-weather aircraft, whose roles are inter-changeable between Air Defence and Surface Attack depending on what the situation requires. Optimised for operations from Naval Carriers, it's short take-off and vertical landing capability has greatly expanded the ability of the Invincible class of Aircraft Carriers to project air power in support of the United Kingdom. The Harrier is responsible for Air Defence for the Fleet at sea and has the secondary roles of reconnaissance, strike and close air support. Equipped with the advanced Blue Vixen multi-mode Pulse Doppler Radar, and armed with the AMRAAM missile makes the Harrier one of the world's most potent naval fighters.

The Harrier FA2, commonly referred to as the Sea Harrier, can be found in the service of the Royal Navy and the Indian Navy, providing Air Defence for the Fleet. Although the aircraft is optimised for air-to-air combat it is also designed with the ability to undertake missions of surveillance, air-to-sea and air-to-ground attack. The FA2 is the latest version of the Sea Harrier in service with the Royal Navy (28 aircraft) which will be replaced with the Joint Strike Fighter presently under development. However the land based version of the Harrier, the GR-7 will be upgraded to the GR-9. The American licenced version of the GR-7, known as the AV-8 will also remain in use with the US Marine Corp where it is at the moment.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Types:

• VSTOL Aircraft

MDC BY LOCATION:

    Engine                                      100 each
(1) Main Body                                   160
    Cockpit Section                              90
    Wings                                        70 each
    Tails                                        25 each
    Drop Tanks                                   50 each

NOTES:

(1) Destruction of the main body will shut the unit down completely.

SPEEDS:

FLYING, FIGHTER CONFIGURATION:

Fighter is fully capable of hovering in pace but it uses much more fuel than normal flight. 750 MPH (1200 KPH) max speed at sea level. Max speed of 927 MPH/Mach 1.25 (1,492 KPH) up to Service Ceiling of altitude of 15,240 metres.

ENGINE THRUST:

Single Rolls Royce Pegasus Mk 106 turbofan engine giving Static thrust 21,500lbs.

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:

3.71 metres

WIDTH:

7.7 metres

LENGTH:

14.16 metres

WEIGHT:

Empty: 6,6320 kg

Maximum: 11,880 kg

OPERATIONAL RANGE:

3475 Miles (5560 KM)

CARGO:

Small compartment behind pilots seat for personal belongings.

POWER PLANT:

Single Rolls Royce Pegasus Mk 106 turbofan engine

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. 30MM ADEN GUN PODS: (2) As the Harrier FA2 does not feature any internally mounted weapons the most common weapon to be fitted to the belly mounts of the Harrier are two 30mm Gun Pods for defence, and ground attack. These Gun Pods carry additional allowing them to be used for ground attack duties.
   • PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
   • SECONDARY PURPOSE: Ground Assault
   • RANGE: 6000 feet (1800 m)
   • DAMAGE: 3D6 M.D. per single blast (10 rounds) per Cannon Pod. 6D6 M.D. for twin fire.
   • RATE OF FIRE: Equal to the pilot's combined number of attacks. (Both Pods fire at the same time)
   • PAYLOAD: 300 rounds per pod

2. AIM-120 AMRAAM MISSILES The AMRAAM, (Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile,) is a medium range missile weapon of the Harrier, allowing it to engage and destroy enemy aircraft at a range of almost 50 miles. The AMRAAM is unlike its predecessors is capable of detonating in close proximity to its target rather than having to actually strike it.
   • PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
   • MISSILE SPEED: 2,641 MPH
   • RANGE: 46 miles
   • DAMAGE: 2D6x10
   • BLAST RADIUS: 50 feet
   • RATE OF FIRE: 1 at a time or all
   • PAYLOAD: Up to 4 long-range missiles

3. AIM-9M SIDEWINDER MISSILES Designed for close in dogfights the Sidewinder missile is a reliable albeit under powered missile. It is still capable however of more than adequately taking out any other fighter out of combat.
   • PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
   • MISSILE SPEED: 1,650 MPH
   • RANGE: 11.5 miles
   • DAMAGE: 1D4x10
   • BLAST RADIUS: 15 feet
   • RATE OF FIRE: 1 at a time or all
   • PAYLOAD: Up to 4 long-range missiles

4. ECM JAMMER Used to defeat hostile radar, the ECM, (Electronic Counter Measures,) jammer will confuse all radar so that the fighter can not be detected or locked onto with radar guided weapons. This does not give away the position of the fighter but it does let the enemy know that they are there. The only way that it can be defeated is with ECCM, (Electronic Counter-Counter Measures.)
   • PRIMARY PURPOSE: Block Enemy Radar
   • RANGE: 30 miles
   • RULES: Confuses all radar within 30 miles, but can be defeated by ECCM, if the ECCM operator gets a higher Sensory Instruments percentage roll against the ECM operator.

5. BAE SYSTEMS AN/ALE-40 CHAFF/FLARE DECOY DISPENSORS: Located in the rear middle section of the Harrier fuselage are the counter-measures dispensors. Triggered by the pilot they will release either a chaff cloud or single flare depending on what the pilot chooses. They are used to confuse enemy missiles attacking the Harrier FA2. Smart missiles get a 20% bonus when rolling on the below chart.
   01-50 Missile/s detonated by Chaff/Flare
   51-75 Missile/s loses track of target and veers away in wrong direction, (may lock onto another target)
   76-00 No effect, missile is still on target
   • Payload: Twenty of each type

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE BRITISH AEROSPACE HARRIER FA2:

• AUTO-PILOT: (BAE Systems AD 2770 Tacan Tactical Air Navigation system & Thale Defence MADGE Microwave Airborne Digital Guidance Equipment) The Harrier is equipped with a computerized auto-pilot, allowing the pilot to relax or even sleep during long voyages. The auto-pilot can be programmed with a single destination or a complex flight plan involving multiple speeds, directions, and destinations. The onboard computer will alert the pilot when the fighter is near its destination, and can also be set to automatically signal when sensors detect objects near the fighter.
• COMBAT COMPUTER W/HUD DISPLAYS: The Harrier FA2 is equipped with a Smiths Industries head-down displays (HDD).
• EJECTOR SEATS/HOMING SIGNAL: The pilot's seat is a Martin Baker Mark 10H rocket-ejection seat designed to eject the pilot in the event of a catastrophe. They must be manually operated to fire. The pilot carries a homing devices within a small radio within their flightsuit in the event of them having to ditch. These radio/homing signals have a range of 100 miles.
• LASER TARGETING SYSTEM: Range: 50 miles (80 km).
• OPTICS: CAMERA: Range: 30 miles (48 km). An F95 surveillance camera is installed in to theHarriers nose, and is linked with a voice recorder in the cockpit for surveillance mission evaluation
• OPTICS: NIGHTVISION: Range: 2000 feet (610 m).
• OPTICS: INFRARED: Range: 2000 feet (610 m). Forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) equipment which provides long range detection in the long wave infrared spectrum of both subsonic and supersonic targets
• IN-FLIGHT REFUEL: The Harrier is fully capable of refueling in mid-air due to a forward mounted in-air refuel nozzle which allows the fighter to refuel and thus extend its operational range. The FA2 can fully refuel all of its internal tanks, and external tanks as well through this method.
• COUNTER-MEASURES: The Sea Harrier is equipped with chaff and flare decoy dispensers. (See under Weapon Systems for details.)
• RADAR: 50 Miles (80 KM) The FA2 Harrier is fitted with a BAE SYSTEMS Blue Vixen pulse Doppler all-weather radar. Blue Vixen is a multi-mode radar which performs ground mapping and surface target detection and tracking, in addition to long-range look-up and look-down detection and tracking of aircraft. The radar also interfaces to the AMRAAM missile system. Also featured is the BAE Systems Sky Guardian 200 radar warning receiver
• RADIO COMMUNICATION: (BAE Systems AD120 VHF Radio and a Raytheon AN/ARC-164 ARC Radio) Long range, directional communications system with satellite relay capabilities. Range: 600 miles (960 km) or can be boosted indefinitely via satellite relay.
• GPS SYSTEM: The Harrier has been fitted with a Rockwell-Collins (UK) Limited IPG-100F Global Positioning system.
• IFF SYSTEM: The identification friend or foe system is the Allied Signal AN/APX-100 MK12
• STANDARD SURVIVAL KIT: The pilots flightsuit comes equipped with a portable survival equipment. The equipment includes a small waterproof radio/homing signal, a medium-sized flashlight, two hand flares, one rocket flare, a compass, Flotation Vest, a small mirror, a pocket knife, dehydrated and concentrated food (can be stretched into a five day supply for one person) and basic first aid items (aspirin, bandages, disinfectants, etc.)
• TACTICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM: The Harrier cockpit features pressurized air feeds to the pilots flight suit that provides them with pressurized breathing. The flight suit also promotes blood circulation even during high-g turns, thus decreasing the possibility of the pilot blacking out in combat.

COMBAT BONUSES FOR BRITISH AEROSPACE HARRIER FA2 TRAINING:

BASIC FIGHTER COMBAT TRAINING

• Basic training for non-pilot military personnel.
• 1 attack per melee (plus those of the pilot).
• Add one additional action/attack at levels three, nine, and fifteen.
• +1 to strike.
• +1 to dodge.
• +1 to roll with a punch or fall with an impact, reducing damage by half.
• Critical strike same as pilot's hand-to-hand.

• Advanced training for military pilots.
• 2 attacks per melee (plus those of the pilot).
• Add one additional action/attack at levels three, six, eleven, and fifteen.
• +2 to strike
• +6 to dodge
• +2 to roll with a punch or fall with an impact, reducing damage by half.
• Critical strike same as pilot's hand-to-hand.

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN

• "Doe's All The Worlds' Mecha Guide: British Aerospace Harrier FA2 Entry"