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Vautour and nuclear weapons.Early free fall A-bombs came in two flavors.AN-11, AN-21 & AN-22 were strategic weapons for the Mirage IVA, developed and fielded in the 1960's.From them was derived the more compact AN-52: a tactical nuke that found its way on the Jaguars and Mirage IIIE in the early 1970's.AFAIK no other aircraft was wired to carry these free fall bombs. The Etendard IVM could not drag that weapon - it took the Super Etendard to carry ASMP in the 1980's.This leaves the case of the Vautour as a nuclear bomber - either with the Mirage IV strategic nuke, or with the IIIE & Jaguar AN-52 weapon.TBH, I can't find a valid source confirming or denying the Vautour could carry AN-11 / 21 / 22. AN-52 probably came too late, and since the Jags and Mirages already had it, I doubt Vautours near retirement ever got it.
Vautour and nuclear weapons.
Early free fall A-bombs came in two flavors.
AN-11, AN-21 & AN-22 were strategic weapons for the Mirage IVA, developed and fielded in the 1960's.
From them was derived the more compact AN-52: a tactical nuke that found its way on the Jaguars and Mirage IIIE in the early 1970's.
AFAIK no other aircraft was wired to carry these free fall bombs. The Etendard IVM could not drag that weapon - it took the Super Etendard to carry ASMP in the 1980's.
This leaves the case of the Vautour as a nuclear bomber - either with the Mirage IV strategic nuke, or with the IIIE & Jaguar AN-52 weapon.
TBH, I can't find a valid source confirming or denying the Vautour could carry AN-11 / 21 / 22. AN-52 probably came too late, and since the Jags and Mirages already had it, I doubt Vautours near retirement ever got it.
