South
African Air Force
Dassault Mirage III RZ
No 2 Squadron - South African Air Force
Type: Single seat
reconnaissance / Fighter
Manufacturer: Dassault
(France)
Wing Span: 26.97 ft. /
8.22 M
Length: 50.85 ft. /
15.50 M
Height: 14.76 ft. /
4.50 M
Wing Area: 376.75 Sq ft. /
35 Sq M
Weight Empty: 15,983 lb. /
7,250 Kg
Weight Takeoff: 21,715 lb. /
9,850 Kg ( Recon Mission)
Weight Maximum:
29,872
lb / 13,350 kg
Powerplant: 1 x Snecma Atar
9C turbojet w/afterburner
Max Speed At
Cruising Level: Mach 2.2 @ 40,000ft (12,000mt)
Radar: Thomson-CSF
Cyrano Ibis fire-control radar.
Combat Radius: 760 miles /
1220 km clean
Armament: Two DEFA 30mm
Canon, Matra R.530 and AIM-9 Sidewinder
air-to-air missiles.
Cameras:
5 x Omera
type 31 cameras, SAT Cyclops infra-red
Runway Required: Take off and
land on 2600ft / 800mt
Mirage III RZ No 836
was one of four Mirage III RZ's delivered to the
SAAF in 1967 for tactical reconnaissance and
were the first of the Mirage variants in the
SAAF to wear camouflage.
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF
- Airforce Base Zwartkop
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF -
Airforce Base Zwartkop - Left Rear
View
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF -
Airforce Base Zwartkop - View showing
centre "Drop TanK, Also note
the DEFA 30mm Cannon on
the uderside of the engine air intake.
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF -
Airforce Base Zwartkop - View showing
cockpit
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF -
Airforce Base Zwartkop - View showing
ejection seat from outside
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop -
starboard side
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Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop - port
side |
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop - Photo
showing OMERA 31 Cameras
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop - View
of ejection sheet and pilot harness
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop - View
of the cockpit instrumentation
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop - View
of the front
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ - No 2 Squadron - SAAF -
Airforce Base Zwartkop
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Dassault
Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop -
Weapons Camp
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Mirage IIIRZ No 838 - No 2 Squadron -
SAAF - Airforce Base Zwartkop |
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Atlas
Aviation / Denel "Cheetah R"
Converted from a Dassault Mirage III R2Z
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Atlas
Aviation / Denel "Cheetah R"
Converted from a Dassault Mirage III
R2Z - Close up view , note cameras
in the nose
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