- Role: Multirole aircraft, strike aircraft
- National origin: International (European)
- Manufacturer: Panavia Aircraft GmbH
- First flight: 14 August 1974
- Introduction: 1979
- Status: In service
- Produced: 1979–1998
- Number built: 992
Military Operators
- Royal Air Force
- Italian Air Force
- German Air Force
- Royal Saudi Air Force
Specifications (Tornado GR4)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 16.72 m (54 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 13.91 m at 25° wing sweep, 8.60 m at 67° wing sweep (45.6 ft / 28.2 ft)
- Height: 5.95 m (19.5 ft)
- Wing area: 26.6 m2 (286 ft2)
- Empty weight: 13,890 kg (31,620 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 28,000 kg (61,700 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofans
- Dry thrust: 43.8 kN (9,850 lbf) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 76.8 kN (17,270 lbf) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,400 km/h, 1,490 mph) at 9,000 m (30,000 ft) altitude; 800 knots, 1,482 km/h, 921 mph indicated airspeed near sea level
- Range: 1,390 km (870 mi) typical combat
- Ferry range: 3,890 km (2,417 mi) with four external drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 76.7 m/s (15,100 ft/min)
- Thrust/weight: 0.55
Armament
- Guns: 2× 27 mm (1.06 in) Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon internally mounted under each side of fuselage, each with 180 rounds
- Hardpoints: 4× light duty + 3× heavy duty under-fuselage and 4× swivelling under-wing pylon stations with a capacity of 9,000 kg (19,800 lb) of payload, the two inner wing pylons have shoulder launch rails for 2× Short-Range AAM (SRAAM) each and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
- AIM-9 Sidewinder or AIM-132 ASRAAM air-to-air missiles for self-defence
- 6× AGM-65 Maverick; or
- 12× Brimstone missile; or
- 2× Storm Shadow
- 9× ALARM anti-radiation missile
- Bombs:
- 5× 500 lb Paveway IV; or
- 3× 1000 lb (UK Mk 20) Paveway II/Enhanced Paveway II; or
- 2× 2000 lb Paveway III (GBU-24)/Enhanced Paveway III (EGBU-24); or
- BL755 cluster bombs; or
- Up to 2× JP233 or MW-1 munitions dispensers (for runway cratering operations)
- Up to 4× B61 or WE.177 tactical nuclear weapons
- Other: Up to 4× drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/flight time
- Missiles:
Avionics
- RAPTOR aerial reconnaissance pod
- Rafael LITENING targeting pod; or
- TIALD laser designator pod
- BAE Systems Sky Shadow electronic countermeasure pod