In this thread, I will be posting my research on several aspects of the Kfir C.7, as well as the C.1 and C.2. It is unfortunate that the most unique aircraft in the Israeli air tech tree is represented so indifferently, and I’ve come here to correct that.
Next, we move on to the Countermeasures segment.
There are plenty of images of Israeli and export Kfirs using additional countermeasure “buckets” specifically on the centerline fuel tank pylon.
These were 2, 30 round AN/ALE-40 dispensers per side for a total of 120 additional countermeasures on top of the 36 it already carried internally.
Here are more images on other Kfirs including C.7, Ecuadorian C.2, and C.1 (Canard).
C.7
C.2
C.1
As for when these were introduced, it must have been quite early as the C.1 pictured is a pre C.1 Canard. Most if not all of which were upgraded to C.2 by 1978.
That concludes the Countermeasure segment.
Sources
“Mirage III/5/50 Variant Briefing”, by Paul Jackson, WORLD AIR POWER JOURNAL, volumes 14, 15, and 16
https://www.airvectors.net/avmir3_2.html
Terry Gander, Christopher Chant, Bob Munro, Collins/Jane’s Combat Aircraft. Harper Resource, 1995.
Breffort, Dominique; Jouineau, Andre (2004). The Mirage III, 5, 50 and derivatives from 1955 to 2000. Planes and Pilots 6. Histoire et Collections, Paris.
Gunston, B., & Spick, M. (n.d.). Modern Air Combat: The Aircraft, Tactics and Weapons Employed in Aerial Warfare Today. Crescent.
IAI Kfir: in IAF service
Flight International Magazine April 1979 Edition
Flight International Magazine August 1983 Edition
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FIGHTERS, by William Green and Gordon Swanborough, Smithmark Books, 1994
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD MILITARY AIRCRAFT, edited by David Donald & Jon Lake, Barnes & Noble, 2000
If I find more sources, I will add them.
If there’s anything I can improve I would appreciate the feedback.
