Kab 250LG, UPAB 500B
Been a bit annoying for a while. Bothered to ask finally.
I mean according to the brochures it seems accurate.
(we don’t have a good laid out one like this for the 30SM)
If I had to guess, adding the dual pylons would put too much stress on the wing along with all the other armament like Kh-31, 38, 35 ect ect…
Plus the Su-34 carries more A2G munitions than the MKI derivatives anyway, so it may have been an afterthought to make the MKI Derivatives better at A2G?
This is pretty old brochure, aircraft is called Su-32 there. Also we can remove R-27s from the duck based on it lol
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It was just the clearest pic I found lmao
There seems to be a more modern pamphlet, but I only could find it in horrendous resolution
Dual racks for dumb bombs but not guided bombs…
Yep, thats much better. Now question is was FCS on export model gutted to only be able to operate RVV-MD or is it the same for Russian Ducks as well.
According to Gaijin the Su-34’s Gsh-30 also has 30 more Rounds than advertised.
I have no idea where they got these sources but I’m not complaining.
That makes me sad :(
I just want the 2 x 2 kab 250s :(
It came to them in a dream. Unless NAAZ makes custom belts to GSh-30-1 this number makes no sense. Standard link has 25 rounds in it, so full ammo load must be divisible by 25
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Could be the result of very troubled Su-34 development. Constant budget shortages, problems with deliveries of avionics components, all that could result in random limitations that can’t be fixed as easy once the aircraft is already on production line
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AKU-ASP on the new batch, R-77M is probably fully adopted at this point
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Well, guess it answers “How different Su-35S gonna be from Su-30SM2 in the game?”
Gaijin would have to also introduce Meteor, MICA-NG and latest versions of AMRAAM as well, to match R-77M performance level. I think initially it will enter the game with 77-1 and later new missiles would be introduced for existing aircrafts with BR reshuffles
Perhaps, but honestly I do expect the next generation of medium range ARH missiles with the introduction of Su-35S and, if Snail is generous, J-16 for China anyway, so… fair is fair
Now I wonder if any more advanced IR missiles are confirmed for Su-35. Would be nice having some more than R-73 (even if it minimal change)
R-74M aka RVV-MD, but the only difference from my memory is dual-band seeker (similar to Python 4) and better gimbal of said seeker. RVV-MD2 would be a nice step up - it gets a datalink on top of that seeker, but it was designed for Su-57 and i don’t know if Su-35S can work with it
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latest SM2 batch had… AKU-170? Extremely difficult to read this but i think it is a number, not words.
Also AKU to the right looks mighty similar to the one for R-37M
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Oh yeah,.I forgot about 74M. Doubt Snail gonna do dual band for any jet seekers anytime (at least not until 5th gens), but better gimbal would be nice addition anyway