Dunno, i saw Mirage in the brochure you posted so i took a guess.
oh yeah, but i think all french mirages that received HMDs were only equipped with the scorpion IRL anyway and they never bought the Topsight for themself
Just the way I like it, obscure tech with zero references
well unless we get a Russian source to confirm it we are gonna be stuck with the classic xbox red ring of death HMS on the KR lmao
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mirage 2000-5 got HMD based on a picture from brochure of sextant
Well, I gaijin has a proof that Sura-K can be installed in MiG-29K I’ll take it. As for now I haven’t seen a single cockpit with its sensors installed
or the НСЦИ-КОС perhaps?
I havent seen pics, only news posting that they replaced all ‘foreign’ supply chains with domestic ones by transitioning to НСЦИ-КОС but i havent seen proofs and sources date from 2020+, maybe cause ther is like 50~ airframes and the mentioned HMD probably is compatible and universal to Sukhoi line or Mig35
we have already collected enough proof for it on the Mig-35
but i think i saw a mention of it being used on the 29k but thats not enough of a source
these images are from an expo as far as i can tell, so finding the origin of those pics might help
@Pvt_Wade i saw what you deleted…
Su-35 will have the Sura-M unless there is some presentation about a HMD being used on it in the near future
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Bottom one is from the MiG-35 Launch in 2017
question is where the top one is from
where did you find the top image anyway?
of all places
well google image search is not helping…
it will only find an older post of mine where i posted it once already
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Russian-language sources support that the Thales TopSight system was connected to the Russian Navy MiG-29K/KUB program and was not only a foreign export option. The 2012 bmpd article, “Нашлемные прицелы Thales TopSight для российских МиГ-29К,” states that RSK MiG and Thales signed a contract for 24 Thales TopSight helmet-mounted sight/display systems for the Russian Navy MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB aircraft. The same source states that this system was selected for installation on MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters intended for the Russian Navy. A later Russian source, bmpd / Сделано у нас, “Серийные МиГ-29К/КУБ в окраске и с TopSight,” is more important because it provides evidence of actual installation, not only purchase. It states that the Russian Ministry of Defence contract covered 20 MiG-29K and 4 MiG-29KUB aircraft, also designated MiG-29KR and MiG-29KUBR, and identifies a Russian MiG-29KUB “Blue 52” during flight testing at Lukhovitsy with the French Thales TopSight helmet-mounted target designation system visibly installed in the front cockpit. RussianPlanes.net supports this identification by listing the photographed aircraft as a MiG-29KUB 9.47SR, bort number 52, operated by Russian Naval Aviation / 100th OKIAP, confirming that the aircraft shown was Russian Navy, not Indian Navy. Therefore, these Russian-language sources show that TopSight was contracted for the Russian Navy MiG-29K/KUB program and was actually installed/tested on at least one Russian Navy aircraft from the MiG-29KR/MiG-29KUBR batch. Although the clearest visible installation is on the two-seat MiG-29KUBR rather than directly on the MiG-29KR 9-41R, the evidence still demonstrates that the system was used on Russian Navy MiG-29K/KUB aircraft of the same naval production program.
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none of those are a source
Yeah, but I haven’t been able to research it much, it’s complicated
Yeah sadly, I think the Thales HMD addition is frozen for now. until some more info that can be used pops up
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