Location of the countermeasure button

[Fungible]

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knew the IRL location of the countermeasure button in the Su-25A cockpit.Genuinely cannot find a source for this anywhere, I'm not totally sure if its on the stick, throttle or somewhere in the cockpit.

Edited October 26, 2024 by Fungible

[Supernova-III]

On 10/27/2024 at 12:54 AM, Fungible said:

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knew the IRL location of the countermeasure button in the Su-25A cockpit.Genuinely cannot find a source for this anywhere, I'm not totally sure if its on the stick, throttle or somewhere in the cockpit.

 

In reality, this upper left button on the stick is used to dispense flares, or even both chaffs and flares (it's configurable). In some specific exemplars, this button is signed at the top as "Сброс ЛТЦ", which means "Dispense flares".  Another way to employ countermeasures in the real Su-25 is a weapon release button, both of them (yes, there are actually two weapon release buttons...), the sources are in Russian, specifically the following books:

1. Ильдар Бедретдинов. Штурмовик Су-25 и его модификации

2. Бурдин С. Штурмовик Су-25

3. Кожемякин А. Ю. Штурмовик Су-25. 30 лет в строю

I believe there can be more additional button(s) for countermeasures on one of the vertical panels.

Edited October 29, 2024 by Supernova-III

[Fungible]

23 hours ago, Supernova-III said:

In reality, this upper left button on the stick is used to dispense flares, or even both chaffs and flares (it's configurable). In some specific exemplars, this button is signed at the top as "Сброс ЛТЦ", which means "Dispense flares".  Another way to employ countermeasures in the real Su-25 is a weapon release button, both of them (yes, there are actually two weapon release buttons...), the sources are in Russian, specifically the following books:

1. Ильдар Бедретдинов. Штурмовик Су-25 и его модификации

2. Бурдин С. Штурмовик Су-25

3. Кожемякин А. Ю. Штурмовик Су-25. 30 лет в строю

I believe there can be more additional button(s) for countermeasures on one of the vertical panels.

 

Wow, thanks!

As a side note, would you by any chance have any information on what exactly is on the 25A stick and throttle?

[Supernova-III]

18 hours ago, Fungible said:

Wow, thanks!

As a side note, would you by any chance have any information on what exactly is on the 25A stick and throttle?

This is what I know:

Stick

• Top left button - countermeasures
• Top center - trim
• Top right - disable laser finder/designator (signed is "Нуль АСП")
• Bottom left - steering the laser-guided weapon
• Not sure about that red switch
• Two triggers, for different weapons

Throttle

• The top switch is for enabling laser designation system
• Two round buttons for radio
• The very bottom control is for deploying the airbrake

 

[Tarres]

Right wall/right panel: knobs in order to configure the aso-2 dispensers. Same controls as in the Hind (number of flares, interval, number of sequences, left/right dispensers)

On the throttle, flaps position middle/in. Landing position only with the switch under the guard (front panel, left)

Found a similar question

 

 

Edited November 1, 2024 by Tarres