Nealius Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Reviving this thread, but what about those real-life payloads? Relying on internet pictures gives too little info. 90% of the Su-25 pictures I find are loaded with wing tanks and nothing else.
tombeckett2285 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Posted January 30, 2016 I've been reading an excellent book about the Su-25 written by Alexander Mladenov, it covers their usage during a number of campaigns. For example, in Afghanistan initially the S5 rocket was heavily used during CAS missions but their low power and wide spread meant they were soon phased out in favour of S8s, used along with FAB-100 or FAB-250's. For preplanned strikes either FAB-500 or S24 (later S25) rockets were used depending on how hardened the target was. In 1986 KH25/29 laser guided were introduced and used for high value point targets only. Unfortunately for us, they were mostly ground designated by a BOMAN vehicle (basically a BTR80 with a scavenged Klyon-PS attached to it) which allowed fire and forget operation by the attacking pilot. After Stingers were provided to the Mujahideen in 1987 most strikes had a hard deck of 3500m, with attacks commencing from 6000m. Flights were usually two pairs of aircraft (four in total) flying alternate attack runs. External tanks were always required because of the short range on internal fuel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk "The only replacement for a Buccaneer is a Buccaneer".
Nealius Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 It looks like he wrote two books about the Su-25. One for the Air Vanguard series and one for the Combat Aircraft series. Which on do you have?
tombeckett2285 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Posted January 31, 2016 I have the Combat Aircraft one. Very informative. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk "The only replacement for a Buccaneer is a Buccaneer".
spaceraver Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Sometimes I wish I took Russian lessons. Interesting video nonetheless. Anything with a Rotary Wing is fun and challenging. Use SRS radio. Saitek X55 Modding System Specs Mixed Metals: i7 4790K@4.6, 32GB Kingston HyperX ram@2400Mhz, Gigabyte GA-Z97MX Gaming 5, ASUS Vega 64, 3xSamsung SSD drives, FSP Aurum 1000W PSU, Custom watercooling with EK blocks, Vive, Virpil MT 50, X55 throttle.
Nealius Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Man, I don't think the narrator took a single breath in that.
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