Harrier GR7 weapon load

[Silver Fox]

Thanks for responding to my LERX request, I'm afraid I have another query;

What weapons would a typical mission in Afganistan in 2007 have used? I doubt sidewinders would be carried, which is all the Revell/Hasegawa kit gives you.

Also where do I get said weapons from?

Thanks in advance.

[spike7451]

Normally a 540lb Airburst bomb & 1000lb bomb on outer pylons,A CRV-7 rocket pod on the next inner pylons,BOL rails without missiles & Drop tanks.

I scratchbuilt the CRV-7's by combining the nosecone from an American rocket pod & the rear body from a SNEB pod robbed from the Airfix bucc

[Warris]

Normally a 540lb Airburst bomb & 1000lb bomb on outer pylons,A CRV-7 rocket pod on the next inner pylons,BOL rails without missiles & Drop tanks.

I scratchbuilt the CRV-7's by combining the nosecone from an American rocket pod & the rear body from a SNEB pod robbed from the Airfix bucc

This photo was taken in the Autumn of 2008, in 2007 they were carrying

2x 540lb Bombs one of them Airburst

1x 6 Shot CRV-7 pod

and 1x 19 Shot CRV-7 pod

Just to clarify both bombs on the above photo are 540lb too with one of them airburst

Al

[Silver Fox]

This photo was taken in the Autumn of 2008, in 2007 they were carrying

2x 540lb Bombs one of them Airburst

1x 6 Shot CRV-7 pod

and 1x 19 Shot CRV-7 pod

Just to clarify both bombs on the above photo are 540lb too with one of them airburst

Al

Thanks guys , for the photo and the clarification, now all I need is to source the 540lbers as I have some CRV pods

[spike7451]

Thanks guys , for the photo and the clarification, now all I need is to source the 540lbers as I have some CRV pods

For the 1000lb,you can use the ones from the Ital Tornado but you will need to modify the nose to depict the current fuze in use,as for the 540,I may have a couple spare if I can find them.

Merv

540lb bomb:

1000Lb bombs/BL755:

Edited April 18, 2010 by spike7451

[IV(AC)Plumb]

Sorry but the second picture shows two BL755 cluster bombs outboard on theType S trolly and two 1000Lb 960 fused iron bombs inboard?

[spike7451]

Sorry but the second picture shows two BL755 cluster bombs outboard on theType S trolly and two 1000Lb 960 fused iron bombs inboard?

Cheers,forgot to add that!

[Phil]

The rocket launchers are LAU-5003 for the 19 shot and LAU-5002 for the 6 shot.

[Silver Fox]

Thanks guys for the great info, I've sourced some LAU pods from a Belcher bits F-5 set so all I need is to find some bombs, maybe the ones from the B(I) 8 will work?