dooom Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 In reading some online sources, I was interested in the following from: http://www.456fis.org/MIG-15.htm Most MiG-15 family aircraft originally flew in natural metal colors, though there were some special bright paint jobs for airshow demonstration machines. In the late 1950s, many MiG-15bis fighters were shoehorned into the fighter-bomber role, being fitted with an additional stores pylon under each wing for carriage of a bomb or unguided rocket launcher. These machines were often painted in disruptive camouflage color schemes. Of course there were special color schemes, such as the overall red color for the "Red Five", and one American pilot even reported shooting down a MiG-15 during the Korean War that had a dragon painted along the full length of the fuselage! The only thing that could be said in favor of the MiG-15bis fighter-bomber conversions was that they were better than nothing. They lacked the armor needed for the "mudfighter" mission, their warload was minimal, and they had no targeting gear except the standard gunsight. Unguided rocket pods were a preferred store, since they could be effectively aimed using the gunsight, with the cannon fire used to "register" a target before loosing a salvo of rockets on it. Cluster munitions were also useful since they didn't need precise aiming. The MiG-15 was strictly an interim type in the close-support role. An "escort fighter" variant of the MiG-15bis, the "MiG-15bisS", was produced, the main change being carriage of a 600 liter (158 US gallon) external slipper tank under each wing. The big tank required wing modification. The MiG-15bisS also included a larger pilot oxygen supply and other tweaks. The big external tanks almost doubled the fighter's endurance. A total of 49 were built beginning in 1951. A reconnaissance version, the "MiG-15bisR", was produced as well. It was fitted with a single vertically-mounted camera replacing one of the 23 millimeter cannon. It usually flew with the 600 liter long-range tanks. A total of 364 were built. Apparently there were a few other reconnaissance configurations, performed as experiments or conversions. What were the rockets used and the cluster munitions they mention? Is it possible they could ever be fitted in DCS? ASUS Tuf Gaming Pro x570 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ 3.8 / XFX Radeon 6900 XT / 64 GB DDR4 3200 "This was not in the Manual I did not read", cried the Noob" - BMBM, WWIIOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razo+r Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 It is possible to add a Pylon, or at least the location, also if you load bombs, it should work, don't know about rockets though Adding them to the database might get difficult, but it's possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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