AGM-65E Maverick
The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support. It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation and fuel storage facilities.
Development began in 1966 at Hughes Aircraft Company as the first missile to use an electronic contrast seeker. It entered service with the United States Air Force in August 1972. Since then, it has been exported to more than 30 countries and is certified on 25 aircraft. The Maverick served during the Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Iran–Iraq, and Persian Gulf Wars, along with other smaller conflicts, destroying enemy forces and installations with varying degrees of success.
Since its introduction into service, numerous Maverick versions had been designed and produced using electro-optical, laser, and imaging infrared guidance systems. The AGM-65 has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating. The missile is currently produced by Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
Maverick E uses a laser designator guidance system optimized for fortified installations using a delayed fuse combined with a heavier penetrating blast-fragmentation warhead (140 kg (300 lb) vs. 57 kg (125 lb) in older models) that perforates a target with its kinetic energy before detonation. It achieved initial operating capability in 1985 and was used mainly by USMC aviation.
| Real World against Arma | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Real | ARMA | Config Value |
| Weapon Type | AGM | weaponType = "x"; | |
| Mass | 293 | 293 | mag: mass = "n"; |
| Warhead Mass | 136 | 350 | ammo: hit = "n"; (Proportionate Value mass vs hit ref Mk82) |
| Warhead Type | HEAT | HEAT | ammo: warheadName = "x"; |
| Submunition | |||
| Fuse Type | Laser Prox | NOTE: No Direct Arma value | |
| Fuse Range | 5 | 20 | ammo: proximityExplosionDistance = n; |
| Seeker | Laser | Laser | See class component type |
| Auto Seek Target | No | No | ammo: autoseektarget = n; (0 or 1) |
| Counter Measure Immunity | High | 0.95 | ammo: cmimmunity = n; (Range 0 > 1) |
| Camera View Available | Yes | Yes | ammo: cameraViewAvailable = n; (0 or 1) |
| Flight Profile | Direct | Direct | ammo: flightProfiles[] = {"<TYPE>"}; |
| BoreSight Angle | 60 | 90 | ammo: missileLockCone = n; (Degrees) |
| Max Speed (m/s) | 319 | 319 | ammo: maxSpeed = n; (n= m/s) |
| Min Range | 0.5km | 500 | ammo: minRange = n; (Dist in m) |
| Max Range | 22km | 8000 | ammo: maxRange = n; (Dist in m) |
| Indirect Hit Value | 50 | ammo: indirectHit = 50; | |
| Indirect Hit Range | 4 | ammo: indirectHitRange = n; (m) | |
| Maneuverability | 32 G | 42 | 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 | LAU117 | N/A See Hardpoint below | |
| ARMA Class details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammo | Mag | Weapon | Hardpoint |
| rksl_amo_agm65e | rksl_mag_agm65e_x1_lau117 | rksl_wpn_agm65e | AGM65E_LAU117 |