+1, would be an interesting parallel to something like the F-102
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I just realized, this is a MiG-21F-13 equipped solely with unguided weapons. Interesting, but I doubt they’ll add it, as you can already do the same with the current F-13 loadout. I guess the same could be said about the PFM and PF…
Main difference is in cannon armament. 3x NR-30 with 180 rounds.
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Juicy, I might consider making it.
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I’ve always been a big fan of the early MiG-21’s, even if they aren’t really meta.
+1
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Would be nice, i just think that the PFM should be shown some love first, it desperately needs some better missiles like the r13 or r3r
It never had those historically, I am afraid.
Maybe the PFM had R-13Ms at one point, but @csla1972 needs to find the images.
While the MiG-21PF did have a version that was testing a new radar and R-3R missiles, as shown on the image given by csla1972.
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I dont have any information about R-13M on PFM but there is a lot of info about RS-2US and also IR guided R-55 (also photos of them on PFM - training variant of those missiles). But they was already sent to developers for consideration together with all available informations. It was exactly 10. april 2021.
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Even if the beam rider is being considered, it does not mean we’ll see a PF unfortunately. As the other MIGs that used it might get the priority being a bit more “unique”.
As for the PFM, indeed that missile could be added. But, I do not know if the current PFM will keep its 9.3 B.R if it gets given the R-55.
Definitely will go up with BR.
I doubt it would, it wouldn’t make any sense since there is MiG21S at 9.7 with 4 radar missiles and rwr and a better engine.
R-55 is 18G missile.
+PFM should have RWR as well (Sirena-2).
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I thought about mentioning this, now that the Su-7, MiG-17 and IL-28 have Sirena-2, would it be possible for the MiG-19 and early MiG-21 to get it?
MiG-19 dont have it already? Only early MiG-21 missing it.
The UK has got at least Two Hungarian MiG-21PF jets. One in Duxford and the other in Cosford.
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After doing some further research, it appears that foreign-operated MiG-21PFs may have received these capabilities. Bulgarian accounts indicate that, by the mid-1970s, some Bulgarian MiG-21PFs were equipped with ventral GSh-23 gun pods, mounted on the centerline station in place of the auxiliary fuel tank. Separately, Polish sources list the SPS-141 electronic-jamming pod among stores compatible with the MiG-21PF. Taken together, these sources suggest that gun-pod and ECM-pod compatibility may have been introduced on at least some foreign-service MiG-21PFs through later modifications. However, I have so far been unable to find a clear photograph of a MiG-21PF positively identified as carrying either the gun pod or any countermeasures pod.
Sources:
https://mail.airgroup2000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5924193&utm_source
https://www.16va.be/3.3_appui_tactique_part3_eng.html?utm_source
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