hellfire

Question 1

nomenclature of hellfire

Answer 1

agm-114

Question 2

is hellfire active, semi active, or passive

Answer 2

semi active

Question 3

what is a M-34 DATM

Answer 3

dummy air training missile 2 blue colored bands

Question 4

what is a M36E1/3 CATM

Answer 4

captive air training missile
operating laser seeker but no launch capability
3 blue bands
E1 simulates bravos
E3 simulates K/M/N
CATM will stop actual missile launch

Question 5

What is ATM-114

Answer 5

air training missile - live motor, live laser seeker, no warhead
yellow band and blue band

Question 6

when does hellfire arm

Answer 6

after 10 g accel around 150-300 m in front of a/c

Question 7

hellfire velocity

Answer 7

max at mach 1.4 of 475 m/s

avg 375 m/s

Question 8

how to tell it is a real hellfire

Answer 8

3 yellow bands

Question 9

general weight of hellfire

Answer 9

100-106 lb

Question 10

can we use bravos operationally

Answer 10

no

Question 11

can we use bravos on the rhep

Answer 11

no

Question 12

AGM-114K

Answer 12

dual warheads for reactive armor, ECCM

Question 13

AGM-114M

Answer 13

blast fragmentation warhead with time delay (has an M on it)

Question 14

AGM-114N

Answer 14

has a blast frag warhead with a metal augmented charge for a thermobaric effect, still time delayed (has an N on it)

Question 15

AGM-114N number avoidance (eliminated by N5)

Answer 15

1217-1231, 1436-1452, 1685-1721

Question 16

AGM-114N-5

Answer 16

improves AOA and impact for LOBL and LOAL direct, removes PRF restrictions

Question 17

what is hellfire mounted on

Answer 17

M299 missile launcher

Question 18

how much time of thrust does the hellfire have

Answer 18

2-3 sec

Question 19

seeker spin rate

Answer 19

4200 rpm

Question 20

how far from centerline can the seeker look

Answer 20

30 deg

Question 21

seeker modes

Answer 21

cage - no slave or track until spin up
scan - box scan for lobl remote or loal
stare - straight along missile axis (k and up can’t lock on like this) this is what all k and up do prior to launch for loal
slave - follow external LOS commands locks on if can - lobl mode
track - do what it takes to keep reflected energy in center

Question 22

FOV for lobl by number of missiles

Answer 22

1: 14 deg across 20 up and down (sees 1.7 km at 7km away)
2: 23 across 20 up and down (2.8km at 7k)
3: 32 across and 20 up and down (3.8km at 7k)

Question 23

loal search box

Answer 23

40 degree wide by 12 deg tal

Question 24

what will it do if it loses laser energy

Answer 24

k and up will go to last point it saw energy

B will just keep going

Question 25

Seeker heads and scan times

Answer 25

need 30 min to cool down but OAT must be 125 and up for a KMN 90 for B

Question 26

general rules for shooting

Answer 26

prf match shoot from a direction that allows good reflection designate at the right time launch in the launch envelope

Question 27

hellfire pitch/roll limits

Answer 27

if roll 5-10 no missile in outer lower position | if greater than 10, no lower missiles

Question 28

both lower missiles and landing

Answer 28

no more than 8 deg left wing down or can't exceed 8 with combo of wing down and ship roll can't exceed 13 if only lower inboard

Question 29

can you hot refuel with a hellfire

Answer 29

ashore only if nawdc sponsored | afloat only with ship co permission

Question 30

preference of loading KMN

Answer 30

upper rails then low inboard then low out

Question 31

preference of loading b

Answer 31

lower rails