MARTEL

AS.37 MARTEL Anti Radiation Missile

The Martel is an Anglo-French missile. The name Martel is a contraction of Missile, Anti-Radiation, Television, referring to the guidance options. There are two variants, the passive radar anti-radiation missile version, AS.37, and the television guided anti-ship missile, AJ 168. The aircraft that used these missiles were the Blackburn Buccaneer (up to three TV or four ARM variant), the SEPECAT Jaguar (two), the Mirage III/F1 (one or two), and the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod (at least one). The Martel was suited to anti-ship attack with its long range and heavy warhead. There was not, at the time, a small radar homing missile like the AGM-84 Harpoon with an active radar, so the only viable solution was a video or ARM sensor. With a relatively long range, a heavy payload, and a subsonic speed, this missile compares more to an anti-ship weapon like the Exocet or the AS.34 Kormoran than an anti-radar missile. It weighs three times as much as the AGM-45 Shrike, with half the speed but much greater range and explosive power. It was possible to adapt the Martel ARM to be used against different wavelength radars. It was an improvement compared to the early AGM-78 Standard ARM missiles, that had only one narrow-band homing sensor. But the ARM sensor was only selectable on the ground, not in flight and so before taking-off it was necessary to know what kind of radar was being attacked.

The UK has used both types, the French only the radar-equipped variant. The Martel fuselage forms the basis for the Sea Eagle anti-ship missile with a turbojet to improve range, while the French used it to develop ARMAT, an advanced ARM missile in the 1980s. For ARM functions, the RAF adopted a totally new and much smaller missile, the ALARM.

Real World against Arma
Detail	Real	ARMA	Config Value
Weapon Type	ARM		weaponType = "x";
Mass	550	268	mag: mass = "n";
Warhead Mass	150Kg	4100	ammo: hit = "n";
Warhead Type	HE Blast Frag	HE	ammo: warheadName = "x";
Fuse Type	Prox		NOTE: No Direct Arma value
Fuse Range	15m	30	ammo: proximityExplosionDistance = n;
Seeker	Passive Radar/Anti Radiation	ARM	See class component type
Auto Seek Target	Yes	Yes	ammo: autoseektarget = n; (0 or 1)
Counter Measure Immunity	Med	0.75	ammo: cmimmunity = n; (Range 0 > 1)
Camera View Available	No	No	ammo: cameraViewAvailable = n; (0 or 1)
Flight Profile	Direct, Top Down	Direct, Top Down	ammo: flightProfiles[] = {"<TYPE>"};
BoreSight Angle	180	180	ammo: missileLockCone = n; (Degrees)
Max Speed (m/s)	987	828	ammo: maxSpeed = n; (n= m/s)
Min Range	1000	1000	ammo: minRange = n; (Dist in m)
Max Range	93000	16000	ammo: maxRange = n; (Dist in m)
Indirect Hit Value		85	ammo: indirectHit = 50;
Indirect Hit Range		8	ammo: indirectHitRange = n; (m)
Maneuverability	28G	27	ammo: maneuvrability = n; (Higher = more agile)
Danger Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: DangerRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI aware in m)
Suppression Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: SuppresionRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI suppresion in m)
Pylon/Rail	Direct		N/A See Hardpoint below

ARMA Class details
Ammo	Mag	Weapon	Hardpoint
rksl_amo_martel	rksl_mag_martel_x1_direct	rksl_wpn_martel	MARTEL_DIRECT