Lascar12F Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) Hi, Here a picture of what appears to be Igla mounted bellow the twin ataka launch tubes. This to me seems like a normal 24P, not modernized or anything. If anyone has info to contradict this I would love to hear. I believe that if this turns out to be valid, this would be an insane boost to the pushka's capabilities. I know R-60's are coming, but this would allow to free up those pylons for other things, and If I'm not mistaken, the Igla has better range than the r-60. Edited June 19, 2021 by Lascar12F Rafale is the best fighter in the world fight me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulres Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 While that MIGHT be true, thats probably an export version. Some other country perhaps put that on there much how the Germans 24p Has the IR silencers on the exaust. Were getting the soviet 24p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lascar12F Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 The exhaust IR suppressor are coming to the hind in DCS. it's confirmed and the toggle is already in the mission editor. But that's not the question I'm asking. My question is was this used on soviet 24P and if yes, are we getting it. 1 Rafale is the best fighter in the world fight me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikaros Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Lascar12F said: Hi, Here a picture of what appears to be Igla mounted bellow the twin ataka launch tubes. This to me seems like a normal 24P, not modernized or anything. If anyone has info to contradict this I would love to hear. I believe that if this turns out to be valid, this would be an insane boost to the pushka's capabilities. I know R-60's are coming, but this would allow to free up those pylons for other things, and If I'm not mistaken, the Igla has better range than the r-60. That picture was taken 21 years ago at NAS Fallon in Nevada. That HIND was from the US Army Test and Evaluation Center and participating in a joint Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise as a simulated hostile threat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lascar12F Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Thanks for the info Ikaros. This is exactly the kind of knowledge what I wanted. Rafale is the best fighter in the world fight me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard_03 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) I would think if the weapon system can handle R60s it should be able to handle Iglas too But i don't know what I'm talking about. Edited June 21, 2021 by Wizard_03 1 DCS F/A-18C :sorcerer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikaros Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 6 hours ago, Lascar12F said: Thanks for the info Ikaros. This is exactly the kind of knowledge what I wanted. Well I was hoping you would infer it could be a one off example or they just attached it to the pylon as a prop for looks. I mean we are talking about an aircraft in a testing unit. It certainly wouldn't meet Eagle Dynamics threshold for adding things if it is/was a functioning Igla, that's for sure. I certainly don't know, I just did a reverse image search of the picture you posted, went to the Wikipedia page it's from, read what was in the caption, and made my own conclusions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) On 6/19/2021 at 7:05 PM, Soulres said: While that MIGHT be true, thats probably an export version. Some other country perhaps put that on there much how the Germans 24p Has the IR silencers on the exaust. Were getting the soviet 24p. Technically we've got a Russian Mi-24P that's more modern (at least mid 90s, though most likely 2000s/2010s depending on when Lipa was removed). Fortunately, that and Ataka integration is basically the only difference, and if you don't bring Ataka you'll have a Hind that, apart from the removal of Lipa, is indistinguishable from a Soviet 80s Mi-24P. Then again the only SAM system Lipa is effective against is the 9K31 "Strela-1" [SA-9 "Gaskin"] though I would like to see some more Cold War MANPADs in the future, some of which Lipa would be effective against. As for Igla, no idea, though it's not something I've seen in photos of Russian Mi-24Ps. Edited June 21, 2021 by Northstar98 1 Modules I own: F-14A/B, Mi-24P, AV-8B N/A, AJS 37, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lascar12F Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 11 hours ago, Ikaros said: Well I was hoping you would infer it could be a one off example or they just attached it to the pylon as a prop for looks. I mean we are talking about an aircraft in a testing unit. It certainly wouldn't meet Eagle Dynamics threshold for adding things if it is/was a functioning Igla, that's for sure. I certainly don't know, I just did a reverse image search of the picture you posted, went to the Wikipedia page it's from, read what was in the caption, and made my own conclusions. It is what I inferred. I was looking for any info. You provided info that it's not a russian modification and hence we will never see it in DCS. I was thanking you for straight to the point, correct info about why this is wrong. Rafale is the best fighter in the world fight me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avimimus Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 The nice thing is that we'll have the R-60 for the Mi-24 and the Igla for the Ka-50 (hypothetical production version)... I'm not sure we need the Igla for the Mi-24 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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