Alright. Then why does the preview specifically feature the Russian Air Force? They could have used the Ukrainian Air Force, Belarusian Air Force, or even the Korean Air Force instead.
If I had to guess it would have something to do with the GLONASS bombs, which didn’t exist when the USSR operated these planes
In other words, this is a Su-24M that was operated by the Russians, rather than one that was operated by the USSR
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SPPU-6s carry GSh-6-23s not 23Ms! And GLONASS guided bombs were introduced for the M2, same with Kh-29TEs. Why is the Kayra-24M missing FLIR? And where are the Fencer B and C?
Well, guess this is another case of Gaijin playing Frankenstein with the vehicle variants
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Well, you said it yourself, the M modification was finished in 1993, post-Soviet Russia, and therefore was (after modification finished) outfitted with the paint schemes of the Russian Ain Force.
The Su-24M entered service in 1983
Yes, but once the fall of the Soviet Union happened, they repainted their planes in the paint of the Russian Airforce, it’s my personal assumption there is a “optional” paint for the Soviet Air Force (Yellow-Brown and sky blue/Dark-brown of the Syrian conflicts) as a unlockable camo for it when the update goes live. As always, there will be a client side option from the .live you could download.
When the wing loading is quite poor, its turn slow for the Su-24M either way.
What?
The Su-24M MAWS is on the roof of the plane, it can’t see ground launched missiles without tilting the plane. Really only for enemy planes above and level with you, and really isn’t a substitute for simply paying attention.
If you’ve played the Su-39, you know how very niche and generally unused the ground radar is. Really only for occasionally finding an enemy plane, otherwise its left off.
Same GRB tactic as the Su-25T/39, but they do it better with the Vikhrs and L-150 RWR.
Boring…
One of the possible camo’s (Left side Num-5)
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RWR (I hate autocorrect)
Shouldn’t have to turn around with wing payload in the first strike pass, or generally speaking turn around.
Could have sworn there’s a sensor in the tail and behind the cockpit.
Which leads into the next question, what? It has a SPO-15, wdym 3 separate RWR’s?
Its just the dome behind the cockpit. Good 360° coverage for a single unit, but it can only see upwards.
180° for the top of the fuselage though? Right?
That diagram shows it has SPO-15S, SPO-15, and SPO-10
360° around the plane, 180° hemisphere above it, yes.
That doesn’t really make sense and seems like a mistake. Its not an official diagram. There’s no particular reason why it would have 3 different systems.
On the dev, it has the SPO-15, limited G/H/I band coverage.
Sorry, it has SPO-10 front and rear, and the SPO-15C
So only two…
Also, it has two radars, the PUMA ground radar and a PD radar.
Again, very niche use-case.
Its a cool plane, and I’ll definitely use it for fun every so often. But its also not ever replacing my Su-25T or Su-39.
Kayra-24M does not have FLIR, only LLTV.
Now why Russia still hasn’t received a pod is beyond me.
Unless it was updated, these aren’t utilized in game.
Let’s just be real, this thing is a flop. A far cry from the capabilities of, say, the F111F.
Lacking FLIR is massive at 11.3.
Cause the only platforms they’re on are very modern.