Panavia Tornado | The legendary swing-wing combat aircraft of Europe

We are investigating the Tornado, an excellent strike aircraft, an old-school interceptor, and a nightmare for the air defence systems. #tornado #aviation #luftwaffe
Due to some copyright issues, we had to remake our Panavia Tornado video.
Why did leading European countries decide to work together on a combat aircraft, such as the Tornado?
Why did the aircraft not achieve noteworthy success in the international market?
What are the histories of the Tornado IDS, Tornado ADV, and Tornado ECR?
What are the combat experiences of the aircraft?
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Historical background
02:24 Programme history
03:59 Tornado IDS / Tornado GR1 (with naval strike variants - Tornado GR1B)
05:05 Design
06:17 Tornado ADV / Tornado F2 / Tornado F3
07:30 Reconnaissance Tornados (Tornado ECR / Tornado GR1A / Tornado GR4A)
08:39 Users
08:58 Specifications
11:15 Combat history
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[@WeaponDetective]

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[@nishantshrivastava9674]

Plz do make a video on Mirage 2000 and compare it's timeline respect to F16 and geopolitics of that decade. Thank u.

[@Barbaroossa]

My American friends will attempt to exorcise me for this but IMHO the Panavia Tornado is the coolest looking swing-wing aircraft ever.

[@ronjon7942]

Nope. It’s a looker. I’d even say ‘coolest.’

[@dovidell]

One of the most awesome sights I ever witnessed , and photographed , was a Panavia Tornado flying alongside an F 35 , and an Avro Lancaster at Duxford in 2018

[@deadronin47]

The F-3 tornado is amazing Tornado ECR is just badass A true legend of the sky One plane was a true multi purpose rule RESPECT TO THIS LEGEND OF THE SKY

[@jaws666]

She might be old but this bird stiill has claws.

[@davequinn2369]

My favourite aircraft. Seeing these as a kid flying over my house daily got me interested in to fighter/attack jets. The Jaguar & A-10. ❤

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful introduction video about pavian Tornado 🌪 swing-wing combat aircraft and its several versions...video clearly explained all characteristics of Tornado aircraft's and weapons are fitting to Tornado aircraft's...thank you respectful (weapon detective)channel for sharing this video

[@kengreen6505]

👏 lovely video. The RAF did ( in my own opinion) get rid of the ' TONKA' quite prematurely. Very fortunate to fly in the back seat of an F3. And i didn't need a sickbag lol

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

One correction. In your video you say that the RAF was the only air force that used the ADV variant. However that is not accurate as both the Royal Saudi Air Force and the Italian Air Force also operated this variant. In the case of the Royal Saudi Air Force they ordered 24 Tornado ADVs alongside 48 Tornado IDSs under the first Al-Yammanah order. However, dissatisfaction with the ADVs in Saudi service meant they did not order any more. They operated them between 1989 to 2006. In the case of the Italian Air Force they leased 24 ex-RAF Tornado F3s from the UK between 1995 to 2004 as an interim measure to supplement Lockheed F104ASA Starfighters until they could be replaced by Eurofighters in the 2000s.

[@WeaponDetective]

Because we're talking about just the RAF Tornado ADVs, we caused a wrong perception. Sorry about that. However, we have already used the footage of Italian ADVs in our video.

[@paulmurray8922]

Impressive fighters. First time I saw video of one in action, it was flying real low over the Iraqi desert in 1991. Made me hold my breath, anticipating a crash any moment but of course it didn't.

[@robertcooper7157]

Britain should never had retired the Tornado. Thank god the Herman’s had the hindsight to upgrade and retain this fantastic aerial marvel. She is as good as any modern fighter of today and as a multi role aircraft, no better. Again, well done Germany.

[@moeszyslak7304]

Outdated and expensive to keep and maintain, the Typhoon won't be far behind now...

[@1joshjosh1]

Very interesting video

[@steven7385]

I had the Revell 1/48 scale and I made the Kriegsmarine version.

[@Tyler.i.81]

I hope Britain has them mothballed for reserved aircraft.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

I doubt it. Remember the unseemly haste to sell or scrap the GR9s?

[@peterstubbs5934]

THAT was an utterly bizarre decision. Didnt take the yanks long to snap them up.@@well-blazeredman6187

[@Leptospirosi]

Both Italy and Saudi Arabia employed the Tornado F3 in the late nineties.

[@olivierpuyou3621]

👍👍

[@flybobbie1449]

Tickles me the moving map is basically a micro fiche projector, nav. data run by a audio cassette.

[@erkanylmaz5564]

I am waiting for next video. Thank you

[@Babicoste]

The manliest airframe ever

[@duckjoss2206]

Make about cargo aircraft's video like casa cn 235,295,Transall c160,C-27J and etc

[@wiktorberski9272]

Really nice

[@TakumiFujiwara80]

seems like the low altitudine penetration concept has an high atrition of war considering F111, Tornado and SU24

[@sichere]

The concept worked in Iraq and it was the RAF Tornado that ensured total air supremacy by taking out the heavily defended airfields. In Green Flag the Tonkas jamming pod made the aircraft invisible to Radar.

[@TakumiFujiwara80]

@@sichere Come on... Air supremacy was achieved by incessant CAP by f15. The first days of tornados attacking airport has an unacceptable rate of loss, that's why tornado was moved from low level bombing to medium altitudine.... With more SEAD preparation the same airfield denied could has been achieved from medium altitudine. low level loss could only accepted with a strong enemy like russia... There is a reason why low level bombing is not a pivot strategy anymore. Is another card to play, but not cardinal anymore with stealth platform.

[@sichere]

@@TakumiFujiwara80 The Americans did not have the capability to penetrate Iraqi AD an take out airfields. The F15's brought air Superiority but not Air Supremacy. Things are different now but at the time the Tonka was the only weapon system capable of achieving the goal.

[@GaneshMushika]

Are you sure about the 7 hardpoints for the IDS? Under each wing, 2 plus 1 for a short range AAM, 4 or 5 (I’m not sure if there is a central point) under the fuselage = 10 or 11.

[@mark_dauz]

UK should create a movie like top gun..hollywood top gun using f-14 n super hornet n "uk top gun version" must use tornado n typhoon.

[@colhammer1]

❤🎉

[@colhammer1]

For the algorithm!

[@grahamo22]

A pilot I knew said it was called ‘greased weasel shit. Sneaky, fast and lethal.

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

Very well engineered. Greatbtoxwoek on. Also worked on the F-111 and both amazing aircraft.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Better than the F-111? That's a heck of an assertion, one minute in.

[@peterstubbs5934]

F111 was a dud mate. Hived off prematurely due to its failings.

[@stevemclaren5325]

@@peterstubbs5934Don’t think so M8. F-111 had greater range, could carry more weapons and was faster both at low and medium level. Apart from that pretty similar. 😊

[@Aeronaut1975]

10:25 "...Depended on the navigational skills of the pilot"... are you sure? the pilot?!

[@jaws666]

Did Italy actually buy their F-3s or just lease them from the Royal Air Force?

[@WeaponDetective]

Yes, they were just leased. The footage on 08:51 belongs to an Italian Tornado ADV.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

The Italian AF only had them on a 10 yr lease, they never outright owned them. The last one was returned to the RAF in December 2004.

[@jaws666]

@@kutter_ttl6786 than you for clearing that up...i was thinking the same thing...and they (the Italian Air Force) didnt ecactly have a great experience with them if im to believe what i have heard.

[@ronjon7942]

Too bad there wasn’t a carrier variant. Imagine the Tornado in the Falklands.

[@bengaltiger580]

Please make a video in Indian pinaka messile.

[@Sergecalifornia]

Beautiful German technology,🙏

[@peterstubbs5934]

Er, I dont think so mate.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Can you make a video on HF 24 Marut like Its Successor is literally this plane originally called HF73

[@WeaponDetective]

Thanks for your interest. We indeed want to make more Indian system videos. But also, the quality of footage is primary for us. And you might notice we do not prefer to use the duplicate footage repeatedly. Due to footage shortages, we had to postpone or cancel our many Indian system videos. We add the HF 24 Marut to our list but cannot promise.

[@ChandranPrema123]

​@@WeaponDetectiveThanks for the reply

[@gyyaaatt]

can you do a video on georgian IFV lazika?

[@billballbuster7186]

Not a bad low-level strike aircraft but RAF tactics were wrong in the 1991 Gulf war, the attacks too predictable and continued despite losses. As for the Tornado F3, it successfully did its mission, which was long range interception over the ocean. It carried a good weapon load and had a long loiter time.

[@iatsd]

In what way were the attacks too predictable and what should have happened following the first losses? If you choose to answer, bear in mind that every other AF refused to perform the missions and only the French had non-Tormado aircraft in theatre that were capable of completing the mission role.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@iatsd I think the low-level operations were a disaster in flat desert conditions were aircraft could be easily seen. The amount of tripple-A was also a factor and IADS was still operating Five aircraft lost in the first six days was very bad press. Only one loss after thr RAF switched to medium level missions during thr rest of the campaign.

[@iatsd]

@@billballbuster7186 First, you clearly haven't ever looked at the terrain because it is nothing like flat around the areas where the Tornado were operating. Second, you equally clearly haven't ever tried to locate, let alone track, and strike aircraft flying at less than 30 metres at 450+ knots, with the strikes coming from 2-3 different directions. Lastly, "very bad press"?! It's not a publicity campaign, it was a fvcking war. There were always going to be losses. If you look at the post-op analysis, it was the case that the first pair in any strike package ALWAYS made it through. That shows the tactics worked. It was ALWAYS the follow up pairs that were suffering the losses - an that's hardly surprising given that the defences knew they were incoming by that stage and could simply engage in sector fire which no aircraft can evade. They switched to higher alititude once they had achieved their mission: destroying the airfield runways. Beyond all that, what was the Coalition supposed to do when EVERY OTHER AIRFORCE REFUSED to carry out the missions?! War entails losses.

[@ronaldrt]

It's a shame. The ADV variant wasn't improve to to excel in dogfighting

[@jasperfromming6633]

Whatcabout the alpha jet

[@danielhooke6115]

I guess the Brits had a thing for square fuselages.

[@habahan4257]

Thanks for the video. The British either have ugly designs or prematurely retire their beautiful jets. They don't know the value of beauty.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

We build aircraft for duty, not display & the Tornado performed its duty very admirably. So much so that by the end of its service to the RAF, the airframes had accumulated way more hours than any other nation that operates it & as such, they were well worn out. As good as the Tornado is/was the Typhoon can simply do the job so much more effectively & efficiently.

[@duckjoss2206]

Please make russian equipments videos more

[@WeaponDetective]

Thanks for your interest. We also want to make more Soviet-Russian system videos. But our viewers are not generally interested in them. Our previous Soviet-Russian system videos have not been watched much. But we will keep making videos, but they will be rare like before.

[@duckjoss2206]

@@WeaponDetective thank you I have never seen any channel have good insight or review about military equipment. It will be better if current russian equipments like Ka-52,Su-32,Lancelet drones and etc videos are made first

[@WeaponDetective]

@@duckjoss2206 We have a Ka-52 video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGm9oJVsett-Zsk

[@Cuccos19]

Sorry, but I cannot admire this aircraft, except in one aspect: it could carry an enormously huge cluster ammunition container on its flat belly. Beside that, there was much better interceptor (F-14 Tomcat, MiG-31 Foxhound), much better dogfighter (actually every contemperary fighter), better interdictor (F-111) better electronic warfare aircraft (EA-6B, EF-111), better bomber (any contemperary bomber actually). So why those handful of countries put so much effort to make a mediocre aircraft instead of buying already existing ones? Even the Swedish - small nation with big capabilities - made better aircraft. Tornado was too complex, too expensive to be just a mediocre aircraft. With so much effort it should be the No.1. best aircraft in every aspect. But it was not. Nothing more, but a waste of money and resources.

[@yarmud]

Why all roman bureucrats were bald? They were the ones who exposed to Roman bureucracy the most.

[@mwrkhan]

Why is the Tornado is still in service nearly 50 years after it was built then? Why are you comparing the multirole aircraft with different single mission aircraft?

[@peterstubbs5934]

Bollocks. It was made to fight the USSR and as an interdictor,, no aircraft could flow so fast and so low without destroying itself.

[@snowyowl7413]

Buccaneer

[@misterbig9025]

I am sure Zelensky wants ex RAF Tornadoes!

[@erkanylmaz5564]

Thanks for video . İf you can do Türkish translate ı will be happy.