Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 3)

Funnily enough Kh-31 isn’t even that great in terms of WT. It is designed to explode above the target to damage raised radar dishes and shower the site with shrapnel. Against anything with even slightly armored roof it will give you a crit at best

stat card in game currently lists mach 4.5 so thats probably why

Rosoboronexport lists max speed at 1000m/s for the Kh-31

Well there you go, then make a suggestion thread like Morvran or Macron guy does everytime and I’ll support it, complaining in a random thread won’t go anywhere.

Not talking to you here specifically.

On which altitude?

I could be mistaking it for the M version, in any case I would like to see the M- version in game but that might be at least a year away.

they dont mention at which altitude for this one for some reason

Would anyone recomend the Venezuelan SU-30 in game, is it worth it to get?

yes its pretty good, if you absolutely want to buy a top tier premium

This is Kh-31A, considering that it’s flight envelope is skimming close to the water surface - i’d say that it is at the deck
Kh-31P page doesn’t provide any info on top speed

its the page for the P model
https://roe.ru/en/production/aerospace-forces/air-weapons/guided-weapons/aviatsionnye-upravlyaemye-rakety-klassa-vozdukh-rls-aviatsionnye-protivoradiolokatsionnye-rakety/kh-31p/?theme=

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Oh, curious, becaue Ru page only has very basic info on it lol

although the A model suddenly starts talking about the P model on its page lol


https://roe.ru/en/production/aerospace-forces/air-weapons/guided-weapons/aviatsionnye-upravlyaemye-rakety-klassa-vozdukh-korabl-aviatsionnye-protivokorabelnye-rakety/kh-31a/?theme=theme-lightblue

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Why does she have such a high speed?

well, in’game it indeed peaks at 3600 kph so this is accurate (although i think that small caps around engine intakes should shoot off after it starts, but what do i know). With Kh-31PD peaking at 3900 kpg

that will be around 3.7 mach at 15km of altitude. I think statcard is just incorrect

it uses rocket booster and then a giant ramjet engine as a sustainer.

Where did he get 4.5 Mach from if his official maximum speed is 2.9 Mach?
So, it’s likely that the rocket isn’t configured correctly. Its speed should be 1.5 Machs lower.

I know that, but why is its speed higher than advertised? All its specifications are publicly available on the official website.