Hydra 70

Hydra 70
Four dummy (inert) Hydra 70 rockets next to an AGM-114 Hellfire
TypeRocket
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used bySee Users
Production history
Unit cost$2,799[1][failed verification]
Specifications
Mass13.6 lb (6.2 kg) (Mk 66 Mod 4 rocket motor only) about 25 lb for the rocket depending on the warhead[2]
Length41.7 in (1,060 mm)
Diameter2.75 in (70 mm)

Muzzle velocity2,300 feet per second (700 m/s)
Effective firing range8,700 yards (8,000 m)
Maximum firing range11,500 yards (10,500 m)

Maximum speed 2,425 ft/s (739 m/s)
Guidance
system
unguided
Launch
platform
OH-58 Kiowa,
UH-60 Black Hawk,
MH-6 Little Bird,
UH-1 Iroquois
UH-1N Twin Huey
UH-1Y Venom
AH-1 Cobra,
AH-1W SuperCobra,
AH-1Z Viper,
AH-64 Apache,
Eurocopter Tiger,
T-129 ATAK,
OV-10 Bronco,
A-10 Thunderbolt II,
AV-8B Harrier II,
F-16 Fighting Falcon,
F/A-18 Hornet,
P-3 Orion,
Mi-24.[2]

The Hydra 70 rocket is an American made 2.75-inch (70 mm) diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks. The Hydra is widely used by US and allied forces, competing with the Canadian CRV7, with which it is physically interchangeable.

  1. ^ Rockets galore
  2. ^ a b Hydra-70 2.75-inch (70mm) family of rockets (PDF), General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, 2012, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2012, retrieved 1 November 2012.