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Yes, it's only a sub-sonic single seater (a dual seat version exists, but most are single-seaters) with about 4.4 t of ordinance carried (max)...over the last 12 years the number of such aircraft in service in the Russian VKS has decreased by about 35% to less than 200 now and this reduction will continue, IMO, without any specific replacement (only small numbers being upgraded to SM and SM3 level), because it's just not really needed any more, what with strike drones coming into serial production now, helicopters getting long range missiles, artillery, rocket artillery, cruise missiles all getting longer ranges and greater accuracy, new aircraft being multi-role and capable of strike missions and, perhaps most importantly, the VKS still having another line of attack aircraft, the more capable Su-24, which is being replaced by the excellent Su-34.The-thing-next-door wrote:how much ordinance can the SU-25 carry relative to the a10?
The SU-25 seems to be rather small for an attack aircraft.
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Hole wrote:If you have a f...ing recon pod in the nose there is no need to block a pylon under your wings.
how much ordinance can the SU-25 carry relative to the a10?
The SU-25 seems to be rather small for an attack aircraft.
It has an inbuild targeting systems and no recco pod which is a diadvantage.
The field of view is greater and you can just switch the pod for a new one if you have better stuff. The inbuid system need to be upgraded at the factory and when using it you need to go toward the target which won't be alone and enter the effective range of manpads or SHORADS.
The pod however increase drag.
They could improve it by puting an Optical ball on the nose to increase efficiency.
The-thing-next-door wrote:I was just wondering, why the hell does such a thing as a light attack plane exist?
It is like a heavy lift bicycle or an ICBM that delivers hand grenades.
They should have something the size of the Mig-31 as the modern Il-2.
I wonder would it be possible to mount the Sprut SD's low recoil 125mm on an aircraft, say the size of a Mig-31? Such an aircraft could be interesting in terms of both anti armor and fire support, it could shell the enemy form 5 km away or even more with cheap guided rounds and it could carry more than 30 of them.
The-thing-next-door wrote:I was just wondering, why the hell does such a thing as a light attack plane exist?
It is like a heavy lift bicycle or an ICBM that delivers hand grenades.
They should have something the size of the Mig-31 as the modern Il-2.
GarryB wrote:
Sound interesting, but would probably not be money well spent when it is easier to just load up smaller lighter missiles with potent warheads that can do the same or better damage.
I said the size of a mig 31, not the cost, I was thinking more in terms of a high maneuverability turbofan/turboprop biplane that could fly around for hours and shell the enemy from any direction. Naturally such an aircraft would not be too amazing in a war with other major powers, but in smaller wars in say the middle east or eastern europe it's low cost, high loiter time and versatility could prove useful.
It could for instance hunt enemy artillery, attack entrenched enemy tanks/ tanks behind a ridge line or just demolish enemy strong points. I think it would be well worth it to create a hundred or so of them. It would be a far cheaper and more practical way of deploying airborne artillery than say an ac120, aswell as ofcourse being far harder to shoot down.
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