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Newbie Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 3 Status: Offline

Hello, I'm a new user here.

I live in Poland and I'm studying at Military University of Technology in Warsaw.

I'm looking for some information (technical documentation, engineering specifications, geometry) about armament of the Polish F-16 C/D block 52+: AIM-9X, AIM-120C, AGM-65G2, AGM-154C, JSOW-C, GBU 12/24 (PavewayII/III), MK-82 (500 LB), MK-84 (2000LB), AGM-65G, AIM-120C, BDU-33.

I'm making my diploma test in CAD programs and I need information to make virtual 3D model.

Thanks a lot!

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Hello and welcome.

The only option you have to get unclassified information is just surfing the net, going on sites like wikipedia and the websites of the companies that make the weapons and aircraft. Many times you will find info and pictures and diagrams of their products.

Good luck.
fez.

Newbie Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 3 Status: Offline

I found only pictures without overall dimensions and any scale(!). This is more important thing, without this I can't work in CAD..

Here:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/index.html
you can find the most basic dimensions of some of the weapons (diameter, length, wingspan). If you have a reasonably good line drawing of the weapon and 1-2 dimensions, you can resize it and draw over it in another layer in the CAD program - BTW what CAD are you using?

Newbie Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 3 Status: Offline

RoAF wrote:

BTW what CAD are you using?

Solid Edge

F-16.net Webmaster Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 2384

Fixxxer1, don't forget to check our <a href="f-16_armament.html">F-16 armament section</a>. The weapons show in the overview are all using the same scale. We need to add some more though....

this is what the Polish have bought:
-6 Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pods
-36 Pantera targeting pods (export version of Sniper XR)
-44 AN/ALQ-131/-184 ECM pods (nobody knows which)
-8 ACMI pods
-48 JHMCS
-20 NVG sets
-130 LAU-129 launchers (probably with ALE-50)
-384 AIM-120C-5/-7 AMRAAMs
-384 AIM-9M2/X Sidewinders
-816 AGM-65G Mavericks
-384 CBU-87 CEMs
-140 CBU-105s
-280 AGM-154C JSOWs
-215 Mk82 bombs
-920 Mk83 bombs
-232 Mk84 bombs
-215 GBU-22/-24 sets for Mk82 bombs
-232 GBU-32/-32 JDAM sets for Mk83/84
-232 GBU-10 sets for Mk84
-232 GBU-16 sets for Mk83

Enthusiast Joined: May 31, 2005 Posts: 71 Status: Offline

wardog1, where did you get that list? There are several items on there that aren't going on the Polish F-16, so the Poles may have purchased them for some other reason.

Like which for example? Because they all seem to be appropriate Viper gear to me...

F-16.net Editor Joined: Sep 23, 2003 Posts: 2862

Loomis wrote:

wardog1, where did you get that list? There are several items on there that aren't going on the Polish F-16, so the Poles may have purchased them for some other reason.

The original list when it was announced years ago was about that big. Reason is I think the farm was sold to get the deal because it was a competition. Also the offsets the Polish got were huge.

I do at this time now question JSOW C... Hasn't that changed to JSOW A-1 ? Where A-1 is the BLU-111 vice the A's submuntions and where the C is broach unitary warhead and the fancy IIR terminal nose.

Enthusiast Joined: May 31, 2005 Posts: 71 Status: Offline

The Poland F-16 OFP includes JSOW C -- it's the first time a Block II JSOW is being integrated on an F-16. It does not include JSOW A-1. As for wardog's list: the capability for 1000-lb bombs is in almost every F-16 OFP, but nobody seems to want them when all is said and done. There are a couple other things on the list that Poland may have hinted at buying, but they didn't when the time came to finalize the deal.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but providing an authoritative list of any country's F-16 capabilities is outside my comfort range vis-a-vis security.

F-16.net Editor Joined: Sep 23, 2003 Posts: 2862

Thanks Loomis. All in all that is a lot of firepower.

Enthusiast Joined: Aug 21, 2004 Posts: 76 Status: Offline

Tucson Daily Star today reported that Raytheon just received a 30M contract mod for JSOW-C and related items for Poland and Greece.

Rocky

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