Location on an airframe designed to carry an external or internal load
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Hardpoint
Hard point with the ability to hold a droptank
Internal cannon
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the airframe of military aircraft that carry weapons (e.g. gun pods and rocket pods), ordnances (bombs and missiles) and support equipments (e.g. flares and countermeasures, targeting pods or drop tanks), and also include hardpoints (also known as pylons) on the wings or fuselage of a military transport aircraft, commercial airliner or private jet where external turbofan jet engines are often mounted.
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used...
Armament 7 hardpoints Up to 650 lb (290 kg) on each of the 4 inboard hardpoints Up to 350 lb (160 kg) on each of the 2 outboard hardpoints Up to 500 lb...
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external ordnance the J 35A had nine hardpoints, eight under the wings and one on the belly. Six of the wing hardpoints were for mounting 13.5 cm srak m/56...
cause the engine to stall. When designed to be suspension-mounted on a hardpoint on a typical post-WW II aircraft, gun pods are inherently less accurate...
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leaflet dispensers. Ordnance can be carried in a bomb bay or hung from a hardpoint. For many weapons there is a limit to the length of time they can be flown...
the gunner from the crew capsule. Its hardpoints consisted of two side turrets, a center turret, and two hardpoints each for two of the nacelles. All of...
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such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints for drone strikes. These drones are usually under real-time human control...
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