United
Kingdom
Designation: Westland
Lynx HMA3/8.
Units: 80.
Speed: 256 km/h.
Service ceiling: 3048m ( 10000
feet ).
Range: 1045km.
Role: ASUW, limited
ASW capacity.
Weapons: 2 x Stingray torpedoes
or Mk11 depth charges. 4 x Sea Skua missiles. Two mountings for 12,7mm
MG´s.
Sensors: Ferranti Sea Spray Mk1
search radar. ESM: Orange Crop. Chaff and flare dispensser.
Comments: Are on board of all
modern RN escorts. Royal Marines operate a special version
antitank/reconnaissance ( Lynx AH1 ). Model HMA8 includes a Sea Owl
passive tactical identification centralized system and one MAD.
Germany
Designation: Westland
Sea Lynx Mk88.
Units: 17.
Speed: 256 km/h.
Service ceiling: 3010m ( 12500
feet ).
Range: 1045km.
Role: ASW.
Weapons: 2 x Mk 46 torpedoes or
depth charges.
Sensors: Ferranti Sea Spray Mk1
search radar. Bendix AQS-18 sonar. ECM.
Comments: Mostly embarked. They
also take care of the coastal defense and ASW in the Baltic and North
seas.
Netherlands
Designation: Westland
Lynx Mk25B/27A/81A.
Units: 22.
Speed: 256 km/h.
Service ceiling: 3810m ( 12500
feet ).
Range: 1045km.
Role: ASW / SAR /
Transport.
Weapons: 2 x Mk 46 torpedoes or
depth charges.
Sensors: Ferranti Sea Spray
search radar. Alcatel DUAV4 sonar. ESM: Ferranti AWARE-3.
Comments: Models Mk25B ( ASW or
SH14A ), Mk27A ( SAR or SH14B ) and Mk81A ( Transport or SH14C ) have
all been converted to model SH14D, and can be embarked for ASW duties.
France
Designation: Westland
Lynx HAS4.
Units: 34.
Speed: 256 km/h.
Service ceiling: 3810m ( 12500
feet ).
Range: 1045km.
Role: ASW.
Weapons: 2 x Mk 46 Mod 1
torpedoes. 4 x AS-12 missiles.
Sensors: Omera 31 search radar.
Alcatel DUAV4 sonar. Sonobuoys.
Comments: Only ASW helicopter
type in the Marine Nationale inventory. Some units were Mk2 models,
that included an Alcatel HS-12 sonar, but all have been converted into
Mk4.
Denmark
Designation: Westland
Lynx Mk90B.
Units: 8.
Speed: 256 km/h.
Service ceiling: 3810m ( 12500
feet ).
Range: 1045km.
Role: ASW / SAR /
Transport.
Weapons: able to launch SeaSpray
missiles.
Sensors: Ferranti Sea Spray
search radar. ESM: Racal Kestrel.
Comments: Originally all were
Mk80A/90 models, but all have been upgraded to Super Lynx standard
(Mk90B).













