Cheetah D2 is a South African Multirole Combat Aircraft that first appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
History[]
Cheetah was a upgrade program of South African Airforce using Mirage III airframe. Cheetah D2 was a upgraded Mirage IIID2Z. Mirage IIID2Z was two-seat trainer with 11 delivered in 1973 and 1974 along with a another one assembled in 1979. Cheetah had zero-life airframe with canard surfaces and dogtooth wing extensions, pair of additional weapons pylons, a refueling probe, a licensed built l SNECMA Atar 9K-50 along with Martin Baker mk10 ejection seat.
Cheetah D were used in conventional attack role.
Weapons[]
Weapons
Type
Autocannon
Laser Guided HE Bomb
AAM
Name
Twin DEFA 550
Mk-83 Griffin
V3C Darter
Caliber
30mm AoE
SALH AoE F&F
Infrared AoE F&F
Ammo
x 300
x 2
x 2
Range
Ground = 2100 m Helicopters = 1575 m Airplanes = 2100 m
Ground = 3500 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
Ground = N/A m Helicopters = 2100 m Airplanes = 3850 m