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Hello! and welcome to my suggestion for the PAC Super Mushshak in service with the RAFO (Royal Air Force of Oman) as a Trainer and COIN aircraft. I feel this could come to game alongside a potential Omani Subtree for a Nation as a mid tier ground attacker.
History
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Just so you know, there is not a huge amount of info on the Mushshak in RAFO Service so this may be quite short
The PAC Super Mushshak is a domestic vehicle made by Pakistan based on the Swedish SAAB Safari and has been marketed as a Trainer and Light attack/ COIN aircraft, the first aircraft were brought into service in the early 2000s with the RAFO ordering a batch of 8 in 2004, with deliveries being complete by the end of the year.
In RAFO Service the Mushshak primarily performs the roles of an armed trainer, with it operating together with Oman’s PC-9s in early training of pilots, it also has the capability for COIN and to my knowledge has been used against Insurgents around the Yemeni Border.
Now currently there are 7 Aircraft in service with Oman, whilst i cannot find any info on what happened to one, I am led to believe that it was cannibalised for spares due to a lack of Crash reports from the RAFO Outside of its Hawk 203 and F-16s.
Photos
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Cockpit of the Super Mushshak
A Super Mashshak Taxiing at RAFO Masirah
Image of a Mushshak with various underwing stores
Specs/ Armament
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General characteristics
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Crew: 2-3
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Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
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Wingspan: 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in)
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Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
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Wing area: 11.9 m2 (128 sq ft)
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Airfoil: NACA 23012 mod
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Empty weight: 646 kg (1,424 lb) equipped
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Max takeoff weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) normal, 1,125 kg (2,480 lb) utility, 900 kg (1,984 lb) aerobatic
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Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 149 kW (200 hp)
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Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell HC-C2YK-4F/FC7666A-2, 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) diameter constant-speed metal propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 236 km/h (147 mph, 127 kn) at sea level and 1,125 kg (2,480 lb)
- Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
- Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 365 km/h (227 mph, 197 kn) at 1,125 kg (2,480 lb)
- Endurance: 5 hours 10 minutes at 65% power, at sea level, with 10% fuel reserve
- Service ceiling: 4,100 m (13,500 ft)
- g limits:
+4.4 -1.76 (utility MTOW)
+6 -2 (aerobatic MTOW)
- Rate of climb: 5.2 m/s (1,020 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 1,830 m (6,004 ft) in 9 minutes 18 seconds
Armament
- Hardpoints: 6× under-wing, maximum external load 300 kg (660 lb) total
- Possible loads:
- 2× 7.62 mm machine gun pods
- 2× 75 mm unguided rocket pod (7 rounds)
- 4× 68 mm unguided rocket pod (7 rounds)
- 6× wire-guided anti-tank missiles (ATGMs)
- Barq Air To Ground Guided Missiles
Place in game
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I feel that this aircraft could come to the game to diversify a potential Omani Subtree, it would also help to fill out the lower ranks of the tree as it does not possess a huge capability especially at higher ranks.
in terms of BR this would probably sit somewhere around 5.7-6.7 given its armament being quite potent in ground battles and its manoeuvrability being something to make Fighters think twice before engaging this aircraft
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