definately not real
only for what? base Su57?
well how will you get 3 missiles without a triple rack
by having 3 hardpoints in the internal weapons bay
i dont see the Su-57 having enough space for a double or even triple rack in the weapons bay
the F-22 dosent have a triple rack and is able to carry 3 amraams in a single bay
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Thing about Su-57 is that its hardpoints needs to be offset to be able to have 3x missile per bay, which would prevent loading AGM like kh69 in the main internal weapon bay
It would be more correct to say if it gets triple missile adapter, which connects to both the hardpoints
Or they could just give it some sort of attachable/detachable hardpoint pylons like this :-
Hard point are removable and it is more likely that they have a modular launch rails which can be swapped out depending on the mission instead of a triple rack
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yeah that would make sense
Anyone know the azimuth and elevation of each x band radar? So the main one, the 2 side ones and the one in the back?
I don’t think it is known but for aesa radars it is safe to assume that they are ±70 degrees in both azimuth and elevation.
This is the highest angle possible with electronic beam steering, without losing a significant amount of detection range.
The so called ”L-band radars” are very misunderstood and the images are very misleading. A L-band radar of this size would require an insane amount of power to spot targets at longer ranges (100km<). The beamwidth of such a small radar would be insanely large (30 degrees<). Another problem is that it’s only a single array of 12 modules, which makes vertical steering physically impossible since phase-shifting needs multiple antennas in both axis. This together with the large beamwidth makes it extremely hard to concentrate power in a specific area. There is a reason why we barely have any airborne L-band radars. There is no getting around this, it’s physical boundaries.
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I often see people praising the R-37M, it has been used quite extensively in Ukraine, reports show that they were used daily (up to 6 per day were launched!) in October 2022, since then production has only increased. The thing is that we only have a handful of kills, even when considering rumors or unconfirmed kills. It’s very likely that we have 100+ launches and the only confirmed type of target they are launching these missiles at are fighter jets. 100+ launches and only around ~5± kills, do the math and realize that the pK of this missile is quite underwhelming. Ukrainian pilots have been countering these missiles quite effectively even at shorter ranges (>130km). I think the R-37M can be a good missile but to me, the much lighter, smaller and more nimble Meteor seems like a much more effective missile for shooting down fighter jets, let me know your thoughts.
you are certainly not wrong with that, the r-37m is best compared to the Aim-54 for example
It is a big missile designed for hitting big targets like bombers or AWACS but is able to hit fighter sized targets as well.
Another point is that the missile existing presents a big thread, if you see a Su-35 on your RWR at 250km away you cannot be sure if there is a missile coming towards you, which already forces you into a defensive position simply because there is the possiblity that a r-37 was fired at you.
R-37m will be 19gs minimum, as gaijin would take the overload of previous version of missile
r-33. personally i predict 25ish gs, r-33 target overload is 5 gs while r-37m target overload is 8gs. So certainly the r-37m rocket is more maneuverable than the r-33, but by how much we will see by how gaijin models it.
There is also a non M variant of the r-37 iirc
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Yeah but that would only go on mig-31, so I don’t think gaijin would add it
The r33 would also be exclusive to the mig31
and it might be possible to find data on the base r37 which would be the closest to the r37m
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R-37M is more of a psychological weapon, knowing that he might’ve launched at those ranges.
if it is launched at fighters yes certainly
the possiblity of it alone makes you go defensive, while the Su-35 that shot it can still go towards you and keep a better position, but like i said it is designed to shot down bombers/ AWACS and it seems like russia is currently developing a ramjet version of the r-77
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The R-77M is not a ramjet. There was a ramjet prototype but it didn’t go anywhere, I think the reasons are obvious.
that is a newer image that is quite reccent and the protoype you are talking about looks quite differnt
it has 4 intakes instead of the 2 seen in the image
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I think there are 2 ramjets r-77s, one that was based off the old r-77 missile, and one that’s based off the r-77m
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I wonder how it will compare to the Meteor