Flanker D/J/B/G/G2 yeah bro I don’t think I can recongnize em all
This mod also calls J10 models as Firebird xd.
Good thing it actually shows the models exact names when you check on statcard.
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D is the 33
J is the 27SM
B is the 27S, J-11 and J-11A
G is MKK and G2 is MKV
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MK2 AMV
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That’s Pedantic.
if you look up Su-30MKV, it’ll show you Venezuelan Su-30s.
if i look up Su-35 i will see pictures of the Su-35S and not Su-27M
that dosent make it the correct name
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Give me a source then.
Everything I’ve found, other than Wikipedia, calls it an MKV, or uses MK2 AMV and MKV interchangeably.
thats not a source
this is:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110824014248/http://www.knaapo.ru/eng/products/military/Su30MK2.wbp
and i see a destinct lack of the MKV designation there
This is just the MK2 page.
I see a severe lack of any MK2 AMV mentioned.
or any other designations for other countries which use MK2s like Vietnam or Indonesia.
so how is you 3rd party website a source
or how is it that the MKV designation is nowhere mentioned on offical russian sites
its 30MK2
https://web.archive.org/web/20121219020508/http://www.knaapo.ru/eng/news/index.wbp?page=2
That’s the model they ordered.
By this we would both be wrong, It wouldn’t be MK2 AMV or MKV. It’d just be MK2.
Where is MK2 AMV mentioned.
If people call the Venezuelan MK2 an MKV, and when you look up “Su-30MKV” and see Venezuelan MK2s, and when you look for information on any Su-30MKV and find things about Venezuelan MK2s…
It’s probably understood that “Su-30MKV” relates to Venezuelan Su-30MK2s.
C’mon, it’s a Flanker, just memorise every letter, bro
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I lost this battle, but I went down fighting…
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Bro purposely targeted only F-series aircrafts lol
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Well the export version of Flanker-M is in fact called Su-35, so not that inaccurate (though the results will indeed include Su-35S).
But I get what you mean of course
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Something something the Su-35 prototypes (901-903) from the 2000s are ALSO called Su-35. :)
Isn’t Sukhoi’s designation system so easy to understand.
If you drop off everything that existed as prototypes at best - it is pretty easy to understand.
You have:
Su-27S
Su-27SM
Su-27SM3
Su-27UB
Su-33
Su-30M2
Su-30SM
Su-30SM2
Su-35S
For export you have
Su-30 (fixed it)
Su-30MKI
Su-30MKA
Su-30MKM
Su-30MKK
Su-30MK2
Su-30MK2 AMV
Su-30MK2V
Su-35
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btw, it only shows per profile, right? Not per vehicle? I just wanted to check how much AI i had to slaughter during my F-4J playtime
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They recycled the name, and since the Flanker-M is what was actually mass produced, it’s still fair to understand Flanker-M when one says Su-35 in a broad context rather than Flanker-E (Su-27M/Su-35).
One reason why they recycled this designation is probably that there is a sort of continuation between Flanker-E and Flanker-M. Not in design, but in goal, aka a very modernized Flanker meant to be the pinnacle of the family and the successor of the Su-27S derivatives until a more modern aircraft comes. In that sense, the Flanker-E project sort of evolved into the Flanker-M