I have asked the question I understand the OLS-35 has illumination capabilities, but per Rosoboronexport its LRF only on SU-30MK2. But naturally it could have been swapped for a newer unit between that brochure publication and now.
Makes me even wonder more if this is Universal across the board among OLS/OEPS IRST and is just not written anywhere.
Anyways thank you
From what I can tell from the RosoboronExport catalogue, SU-30MK2 has only a LRF.
There is the 52Sh IRST module that can do illumination but the export catalogue also lists that as SU-35 only. Which makes sense as the whole system OLS-35 also lists that capability.
Gets slightly more complex as well.
So SU-30MKM and SU-30MKI are LRF only
So it seems after a certain point they started to include illuminators, but aircraft with the OLS-30 do not have that capability and it needs the IRST module swapped for a 52Sh after which the system can do it. But if the whole system (OLS-30) is then renamed to a subvariant when the 52Sh is included I don’t know.
But if SU-30MK2V is a development of SU-30MKK it might have retained the illumination capabilities.
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This is sounding like another case of export aircraft getting better stuff because customers are willing to pay for it (ie Algerian Su-34)
Thanks for the insight Gunjob, was really informative. Now I put on my copium hat for 30SM to get it.
No worries mate, I didn’t expect it to be such a minefield.
Just to be extra, this is a pic from Su-35S’s MFD capturing a F-22A being track by OLS-35 in Syria, should it be implement for other in-game IRST with this capability as something like current Su-25SM targeting system but with much lower zoom level and worse clarity since IRST is essentially a IR Camera?
Got it the SU-30MK2 has the OEPS-27MK (31E-MK) and can illuminate.
Which is odd as it doesn’t use the OEPS-30 series given its a SU-30 model but either way it can illuminate.
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Just researched the T220 pod and now the bugged loadout message finally popped up, I think this is a problem of you can can research the Kh-29L without T220 pod so I would make a suggestion of remove Kh-29L mod. or include it in laser-guided GBUs mod.