Hi all,
I'm doing research on the Border War and somewhat beyond, out of personal interest and also with a view to helping the community sourcing of data for Command: Modern Operations, a video game. I'm going to lay out what I have on SAAF defensive aids per aircraft type, much of which has been gleaned from this forum, and I'd like you guys to give me a steer on where I'm wrong and on what information I'm missing. I'll update this post as we go and hopefully at the end of it we'll have a single-source complete picture of South African DAS.
Buccaneer S.50 - ELT-555 'Bikini' jammer from 1982, only six available - Countermeasure dispenser, 1980, Project Mason, behind bomb bay - Stock Sky Guardian RWR, fitted 1975-76
Mirage III - Stock BZ RWR - Some CZ and all RZ/R2Z received CRWS RWR, 1987-88ish - Some CZ and RZ received countermeasure dispensers in a box under the tail, 1987-88ish. Unknown quantities and mixes of countermeasures.
Mirage F.1 - Stock BZ RWR - AZ received ELT-555, 1982 - All aircraft received RIMS RWR (RWS for AZ, CRWS for CZ), 1987 - All aircraft received RIMS MAWS, 1987, rear-facing only - RIMS MAWS may include an IRCM emitter? Possibly even a DIRCM? - All aircraft received RIMS-associated countermeasure dispensers under the wings, 1986, unknown quantity and mix - Underwing countermeasure dispensers were hugely unpopular, all aircraft received ventral strake countermeasure dispensers, 1987, unknown quantity but 2:1 flare to chaff?
Cheetah - RWS-200 RWR, derived from RWS. - CFD-200 countermeasure dispenser, 92 cartridges, 1:1 flare to chaff? - SPJ-200 internal radar jammer, built by Avitronics. - All Cheetahs (E/D/C) fitted with the same suite?
Impala - Nothing early on - Impala 2 received ELT-555, 1982, was this ever used? With only a handful of jammers and no way of getting more, I can't see them being fitted to the cheap, replaceable Impalas. - Impala 2 received underwing countermeasures dispensers, 1991, unknown quantity and mix. Are these the old Mirage F.1 underwing dispensers? - Impala 2 received RIMS CRWS, unknown date?
Canberra - Stock Sky Guardian RWR - One aircraft (453) fitted with unique 'biscuit tin' RWR sensor, unknown date - Fleet fitted with underwing CMDS, unknown date and capacity, pre-1981 - Could be fitted with ELT-555
C-130BZ - RIMS CRWS fitted at some point? - Surely some countermeasures?
C-160Z - RIMS CRWS fitted at some point? - Surely some countermeasures?
Boeing 707 - RIMS RWS fitted at some point? On receipt in 1987? - Surely some countermeasures? - Valid for both ELINT and Tanker variants? - Do we know anything about the ELINT package? COMINT? Jamming?
Puma/Oryx - RIMS CRWS fitted 1988? On Oryx from day one? - Large countermeasure blocks on the wheel wells. First seen 2000? - EWSPS? - MAWS? - Four aircraft with ECM and four with COMINT / COMJAM from 1987. GSY-1501 from the start?
Bosbok/Kudu - Nothing
DC-4 - Improvised IR suppression system (bit of sheet metal over the exhaust), date unknown - Do we know anything about the ELINT/COMINT package? Jamming?
Dakota - Improvised IR suppression system (bit of sheet metal over the exhaust), date unknown
Turbodak - Improvised IR suppression system removed?
Alouette III - Improvised IR suppression system (bit of sheet metal over the exhaust), date unknown
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