Specifications (Tornado GR4)Data from International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft, 1914–2000,[35] Tornado, Modern Fighting Aircraft[82]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 16.72 m (54 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 13.91 m at 25° wing sweep, 8.60 m at 67° wing sweep (45.6 ft / 28.2 ft)
Height: 5.95 m (19.5 ft)
Wing area: 26.6 m² (286 ft²)
Empty weight: 13,890 kg (31,620 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 28,000 kg (61,700 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofans
Dry thrust: 43.8 kN (9,850 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 76.8 kN (17,270 lbf) each
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,400 km/h, 1,490 mph) at 9,000 m / 30,000 ft altitude; 800 knots, 1,482 km/h, 921 mph indicated airspeed near sea level
Range: 1,390 km (870 mi) typical combat
Ferry range: 3,890 km (2,417 mi) with four external drop tanks
Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 76.7 m/s (15,100 ft/min)
Thrust/weight: 0.55
Armament
Guns: 2× 27 mm (1.063 in) Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon internally mounted under both side of fuselage, each with 180 rounds (Panavia Tornado ADV has 1× BK-27)
Hardpoints: 4× light duty + 3× heavy duty under-fuselage and 4× swivelling under-wing pylon stations holding up to 9000 kg (19,800 lb) of payload, the two inner wing pylons have shoulder launch rails for 2× Short-Range AAM (SRAAM) each
Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
AIM-9 Sidewinder or IRIS-T or AIM-132 ASRAAM for self-defence
Air-to-surface missiles:
6× AGM-65 Maverick; or
12× Brimstone missile (12 being the maximum operational limit carried by RAF's Tornado GR4); or
2× Storm Shadow or Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile
Anti-ship missiles:
2× AS.34 Kormoran; or
2× BAe Sea Eagle; or
Anti-radiation missiles:
4× AGM-88 HARM; or
9× ALARM missile
Bombs:
5× 500lb Paveway™ IV; or
3× 1000lb (UK Mk20) Paveway™ II/Enhanced Paveway™ II; or
2× 2000lb Paveway™ III (GBU-24)/Enhanced Paveway™ III (EGBU-24); or
Hunting Engineering BL755 cluster bombs; or
HOPE/HOSBO GPS/electro-optically guided glide bombs; or
Joint Direct Attack Munition; or
Up to 2× JP233 or MW-1 munitions dispensers (for runway cratering operations)
Up to 4× B61 or WE.177 tactical nuclear weapons
Others:
Up to 4× drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time
Avionics
RAPTOR aerial reconnaissance pod
RAFAEL LITENING targeting pod; or
TIALD laser designator pod
BAE Systems Sky Shadow electronic countermeasure pod
