Mig 29 Air to Ground Ability and Weapons?

[Mad Dog 762]

I am not that much of an air to air guy, I prefer the air to ground or multi-role platforms.  Is the Mig 29 going to be much use for air to ground?  What kind of air to ground weapons is it able to carry?  

[F-2]

20 minutes ago, Mad Dog 762 said:

I am not that much of an air to air guy, I prefer the air to ground or multi-role platforms.  Is the Mig 29 going to be much use for air to ground?  What kind of air to ground weapons is it able to carry?  

Pretty decent dumb bomb rocket platform. It’s proven itself pretty able in recent events.

[Ramsay]

20 minutes ago, Mad Dog 762 said:

What kind of air to ground weapons is it able to carry?  

From the first lines of the store page - 

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 In addition to the R-73 and HMS, the MiG-29A is also armed with medium-range radar-guided missiles, a 30mm cannon, and unguided bombs and rockets.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/fulcrum/

[F-2]

It’s got a lot of thrust for getting the hell out of dodge when things go bad which is nice for an attack platform.

[PawlaczGMD]

Probably similar to the current FC3 module, so iron bombs and rockets delivered via HUD CCIP/CCRP. 

[Gierasimov]

4 hours ago, Mad Dog 762 said:

I am not that much of an air to air guy, I prefer the air to ground or multi-role platforms.  Is the Mig 29 going to be much use for air to ground?  What kind of air to ground weapons is it able to carry?  

I am mostly like you and I love 29 nevertheless. I intend on shacking unguided ordnance primarily with this aircraft. Laser guided bombs get old very fast for me and any straight and level delivery is also boring after several drops ... 

Mk's are my main weapon in Hornet.

[Ramius007]

Actully FF version wil make a2g in a Fulcrum quite interesting, especially dealing with 3 only waypoints and navigation system as a whole, but is definitely capable of penetrating air defence to some degree with flares and just sheer speed. I wonder if we get mining ability in DCS at some point, becouse it was what KMGU was build for, and would add some mission variety to Mig

[Silver_Dragon]

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/fulcrum/

Mig-29A has only capable to dump bomb and rockets. The ED module has none guided ordenance.

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[Ramsay]

46 minutes ago, Silver_Dragon said:

Mig-29A has only capable to dump bomb and rockets. The ED module has none guided ordenance.

Correct, nether I or the ED store quote I made say the MiG-29A carries guided A2G weapons "the [DCS] MiG-29A is also armed with ... a 30mm cannon, and unguided bombs and rockets."

[AeriaGloria]

It is unknown if ED will give it S-5, but it won’t have S-13 or S-25. It will have all S-8 variants and S-24B for sure. 
 

Bombs and KMGU also. 
 

The CCIP/CCRP doesn’t correct for wind unless you pre designate the target and wait 2-8 seconds before firing, but you can also correct for target movement using this method. 
 

Unlike FC3, its AG mode will likely be limited to 5 km but it depends how ED models it. 

[pepin1234]

On 5/21/2025 at 2:06 PM, AeriaGloria said:

It is unknown if ED will give it S-5, but it won’t have S-13 or S-25. It will have all S-8 variants and S-24B for sure. 
 

Bombs and KMGU also. 
 

The CCIP/CCRP doesn’t correct for wind unless you pre designate the target and wait 2-8 seconds before firing, but you can also correct for target movement using this method. 
 

Unlike FC3, its AG mode will likely be limited to 5 km but it depends how ED models it. 

Can you read carefully the pre purchase post. That talk about that. LRF refer to the IRST laser such is use it for dive bombing

Edited Friday at 10:15 AM by pepin1234

[AeriaGloria]

4 minutes ago, pepin1234 said:

Can you read carefully the pre purchase post. That talk about that. LRF refer to the IRST laser such is use it for dive bombing

I have read it plenty. What are you trying to say? 

[Pavlin_33]

If modeled correctly max flight speed for S-8s should be M .8. They risk self firing due to heat effects, otherwise.

[AeriaGloria]

I doubt such things will be modeled, I don’t think they ever have before. 
 

Very excited to try the pre designate for wind/movement correction. I wonder if ED will go the easy way of having pipper automatically adjust for wind for 2-8 seconds after pre designe, but that wouldn’t correct for movement unless they also applied something like the new Mi-24 sync mode. 
 

IRL when you pre designate it remembers where you did so and calculates where it would be depending on dive angle, speed, etc. Then compared to where your pipper is 2-8 seconds later, it does the wind/movement correction. Becuase it’s assuming when you fire you’re aiming at the same target you pre designated. 
 

And excited to see if they limit air to ground mode to 5 km, as I’ve read that’s as far as the HUD shows in the real thing. 
 

Read the other day the same software updates that added R-27Er also added S-5. So hopefully we get that HUD Dr for variety sake. 
 

A lot on how good it will be as a striker depends how accurate they make the nav system! Please give us atleast peaceable RSBN so it can have correction without its 4%/range inaccuracy!