Iron Legionnaire Posted May 25, 2005 Posted May 25, 2005 I'm not sure this is directly relevant to Lock-on in its current iteration, but since it's been said that the Ka-50 is the next aircraft being introduced, with rumblings of possibly more choppers down the line... I've been trying to nail down the differences between the missile system that the Ka-50/Su-25T uses, and the system that the Mi-28 uses. A quick look on FAS/GlobalSec/AirForceTech doesn't exactly reveal a whole lot. They simply say that the Mi-28 uses "Shturm" or "Ataka" missiles, and that the Ka-50/Su-25T use the "Vikhr." From what I can gather based on some Googling, the AT-6, AT-9, AT-12(?), and AT-16 missiles all seem to belong to the same family of weapons. The names "Ataka," "Shturm," and "Vikhr" are used throughout the family, and thus aren't terribly useful in nailing down a particular missile. Are they all essentially the same missile, with different guidance systems? If I had to take a stab at it, I would venture that the Shturms are radio-command guided, the Atakas radar-beamriders, and the Vikhrs laser-beamriders, but can anyone confirm or deny this? Can anyone point out the differences between the missiles or point me somewhere that can?
ED Team Groove Posted May 25, 2005 ED Team Posted May 25, 2005 9M114 Shturm aka AT-6 SPIRAL : Radio Controlled 9M120 Ataka aka AT-9 : Semi-Active Laser Guidance 9K116 aka AT-12 : Semi-Active Laser Guidance 9K121 VIKhR aka AT-16 : Semi-Active Laser Guidance LOBL Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Iron Legionnaire Posted May 25, 2005 Author Posted May 25, 2005 Hmm... 9K121 Vikhr is listed in the Lockon 1.1 manual as the AT-9.
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