Yakovlev Yak-28IM Brewer-C – The CAS Yak-28

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I found only picture of model.
http://scalemodels.ru/articles/9122-amodel-1-72-jak-28im.html
On internet is lot of photos of Yak-28I variant but not IM.

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“CAS” is a stretch

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That is, if at all. I think that UB-16 was used in this version only with combination of S-5P/P1 chaffs same as in case of Yak-28PP.
https://ruslet.webnode.cz/technika/ruska-technika/letecka-technika/a-s-jakovlev/jak-28pp-brewer-e-/
https://www.airwar.ru/enc/spy/yak28pp.html

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Most of the sources I linked say it had four pylons for ground attack specifically. I confirmed two.

In many cases, the R-3S missile pylons were repurposed to carry ground-attack armament. However, it’s unclear whether these pylons were positioned the same way as on the Yak-28P. If most sources are to be believed, then they were.

It wouldn’t make sense to give it only two pylons. A MiG-21F-13 could do the same job then.

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Considering the model makers released their work long ago, maybe even well before the days of proper Google searches, it’s possible they confused the Yak-28PP with the Yak-28IM.

That said, the distinction is fairly clear: the Yak-28PP lacks the belly bulge that’s present on the Yak-28IM.

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This was, in fact, the key historical reason behind the cancellation of the IM project.

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I will post it in Russian. You can translate it to English. But same thing you have already in description.

С сентября по октябрь 1969 г. проводились заводские испытания самолета Як-28ИМ, оборудованного четырьмя подкрыльевыми пилонами для дополнительного вооружения. Опытную машину построили путем доработки серийного Як-28И №4940503. Совместные государственные испытания бомбардировщика проводились в 1973 г. К тому времени в крупносерийное производство запустили Су-17 и Су-24, оснащенные большим ассортиментом вооружения, и продолжать работы по расширению боевых возможностей Як-28 уже не имело смысла.
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This source was used then by other websites.

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Thank you.

I even wanted to get the Yefim Gordon book, but it looks like it would be a folly act.

I was thinking of going to central air force museum and trying my luck to ask them about it, but I do not know when I’ll be able to do this.

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You can try luck but its pretty rare plane as only 1 Yak-28I was transformed to use reportedly 4x UB-16.

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Yak-27 can be pretty decent CAS.
https://ruslet.webnode.cz/technika/ruska-technika/letecka-technika/a-s-jakovlev/jak-27-flashlight-c-/

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+1, its always good to have diversity

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Images of it having ground attack armament are missing.

There is even less information on it than on the Yak-28IM.

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One would think that since it went into mass production, there would be more information about it.

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This is not true, this modification never existed.

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  1. Have you found any more references to this modification? If not, it is the Yak-28P
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You mean: if not so it is Yak-28I (not P variant). We discuss here difference between Yak-28I and IM.

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Open the sources section and read, please.

Each one contains a mention of this aircraft.

Based on these sources there was a Yak-28I equipped with rocket pods. How many (2x or 4x) is unconfirmed.

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To be honest, most if not all internet sources probably refer to the same book Авиация и время 98. We will definitely need more sources. Preferably also with some picture.

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+1 why not