Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 & MiG-31 Foxbat / Foxhound - History, Design, Performance & Dissection

mirage3c is even funnier tbh, as it lacks everything)
or like, every 10.0.

MiG-31M as event #2 maybe

That’s pretty much irrelevant

Yeah, but you can’t just take a part from one aircraft and slap it onto another. Would love MiG-31M in the game tho, although i am not sure that there are any source about its capabilities.
On the topic of CMs on MiG-31BM, @noister shared photos of a MiG-31BM that has something that looks like CM pods in the same area as on MiG-31M



looks like 3 blocks which will make it 42 large CMs.

In WT it would probably be best to take almost all chaff I guess, given the area where this jet shines, kinematically defeating missiles should not be too hard, unless they add stuff with sustainers like Meteors.

Also, does the MiG-31 have some sort of internally/externally built ECM system? Like a Khibiny pods.

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31M had EW pods on prototypes.
MiG-31B/BM - i’m not sure, but some of the schematics on the internet label the antennas on the intakes as part of EW suite, as well as some sources mention that there is EW equipment onboard.
MiG-25 uses Siren, so probably that or more modern version - Geran

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pre-amraam ADF

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I remember that it felt like it took forever to spade the ADF, that would explain why.-

who wrote this

Yeah it’s a lot of mininformstion, for some reason a lot of websites online get basic things like that wrong even though manuals and brochures are available for a lot of this stuff.
Usually actual books u less it’s yefim Gordon has good information

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must not get flares for realism and to minimize BR

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31B for realism also should be able to guide up to 4 R-33s at the same time, which gaijin most likely not gonna implement. And you still can’t place MiG-31 any lower than 12.0 even without flares and it still gonna make it miserable.

yes they can, just like a fox3 but need to keep the radar on target.

12.7 or 13.0 will be a good br for the 31B.

31B? doesn’t that get R-33S and maybe R-73? we also need a base MiG-31 with r60m and r33 and no flares for minimal BR

also r40td

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MiG-25RBF ELINT varinat


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I know that they can, I am saying that gaijin will not code it into the game.

Not sure about R-73, but it gets 33S and slightly upgraded radar (because one dude sold most of the radar info to the CIA, causing much more damage than Belenko did with that MiG-25 hijack)

31B also has no flares. Difference between MiG-31 and MiG-31B in context of War Thunder is minimal. There are some sources that claim R-33S having an active homing seeker, but i highly doubt that.

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Not sure about R-73, but it gets 33S

No R-73 for 31B sadly, that’s 31M/BM only.

31B also has no flares.

If only it were just 31B…

Like yeah they’ll probably model 31M’s countermeasure dispensers onto 31B/BM like they did those KDS-155s onto 25PD but whatever