Are PKT and bomb sight delayed or completely removed?

[Jeff Parker]

8. ARMAMENT SYSTEMS

The armament systems of the Mi-8MTV2 helicopter include unguided rockets, cannon and machine guns, free-falling bombs, and airborne minelaying systems (not implemented in simulation) in various payload configurations.

The weapons control system is designed to provide weapon firing/release sta-tions, control of weapon fire modes, and weapons employment. The weapons control system includes the following components (Рис. 9.120 и Рис. 9.121):

– 6 BDZ-57KrV (БД3-57КрВ) external weapon stations equipped with "ПУС" (PUS) fire control devices (FCD)

– Circuit breakers and switches operating weapons indication and control sys-tems

– Pilot’s upper and lower armament control panels

– Copilot’s bombs control panel

– ESBR-3P/A (ЭСБР-3П/А) electrical release control box – Mine release control panel (not implemented in simulation) – Fire control panel for the PKT (ПКТ) nose-mounted machine gun (not imple-mented in simulation)

– PKV (ПКВ) collimating sight (pilot) – OPB-1r (ОПБ-1р) optical bombing sight (copilot) (not implemented in simula-tion)

– Weapons fire switches on each cyclic control handle, bomb release triggers on the OPB-1r (ОПБ-1р) optical bombing sight and two KSB-49 (КСБ-49) remote bomb release triggers

– S-13 gun camera

– The following weapon sub-systems:

a) unguided rocket system: B8V20-A (Б8В20-А) rocket launchers (pods) fir-ing 80 mm unguided rockets with various warhead types;

b) cannon pod system: UPK-23-250 (УПК-23-250) gun pods equipped with GSh-23L (ГШ-23Л) twin-barrel 23 mm cannon;

c) machine gun pod systems: GUV-8700 (ГУВ-8700) gun pod (index 9-A-669) equipped with either YakB-12.7 (ЯкБ-12,7) (index 9-A-624) and GShG-7.62 (ГШГ-7,62) (index 9-A-622) machine guns or with the AGS-17 (АГС-17) (index 9-A-800) grenade launcher; d) free-falling bomb systems: 100, 250 и 500 kg bombs and incendiary con-tainers (not currently implemented); e) minelaying system: K-29 mine containers with 29 mine canisters of variou

 

 

The manual mentions the bomb sight and PKT machine gun as not implemented in simulation. Does that mean they will never be added or is that part just delayed? I recall they were supposed to be added but that might have been a rumor.

[Cibit]

IIRC The OPB-1 is scheduled to be implemented. Don't know about MG. There is a recent thread asking the same questions titled self defence weapons you could search for

[fjacobsen]

Yeah.. everything has become very quiet on this front again.