By: swerve
- 14th August 2018 at 19:17Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
nastle:
But with its F-16IQs, Su-25s, L-159s, and now South Korean-made T-50 Golden Eagle jet trainer and light attack aircraft, Iraq increasingly has far better options when it comes to carrying out air strikes and appears to have relegated its AC-208s to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. And even though the Vipers are the only aircraft that can employ precision-guided munitions,
Various sources say that the L-159 can use Maverick & LGBs.
By: Dr.Snufflebug
- 16th August 2018 at 07:17Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
An-72 with semi-integrated UPK-23 gunpod:
This is more or less standard armament for these in Russian PSFSB service, even those in far less militaristic liveries:
The An-26 photos with the WW2 slogans above, that Gerard posted a few years back are from a Baltic fleet aviation exercise. The slogans were just an impromptu joke by the crew. Interestingly though, when these exercises took place they said they practiced An-26 bomb runs for the first time since the USSR days. That, together with the fact that the fuselage pylons are standardized for the model (BDZ-34) and rated up to FAB-500, strongly suggests that those particular Antonovs were designed from the get-go to be able to perform limited combat tasks.
By: nastle
- 21st August 2018 at 17:28Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
thanks for the info
but why do the russians want to use an-26, an-32, an-74 to carry bombs , rockets and cannons surely they have much better platforms cheaply available to do the job
I can understand why smaller nations , or war torn nations use these antonovs in civil wars or makeshift solution when they do not want to risk their fighter-bombers
?
By: Dr.Snufflebug
- 22nd August 2018 at 17:05Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The An-72s with well-integrated guns above are from PSFSB, i.e. the border guard branch of the Russian federal security service. Most likely, it's to provide them with some means to shoot down or warn (with tracer fire for instance) trespassing small aircraft on their own, such as airborne drug/gun runners or whatever, without having to call on the air force and all of that.
The pylons that can be fitted to the An-26 family can be used for other things than just high explosive ordnance, for that matter. They can fit smoke bombs, flare bombs, torpedoes (as in the Peruvian Navy example above) and so on and so forth. None of that is really "makeshift" in any way - the pylons are official, standard issue, and lends the type some additional flexibility/multi-purpose abilities. Though, I have to agree that using them to carry plain bombs does have an air of "makeshiftness" to it as they're hardly optimal for that (even though crews apparently train for it regardless).
I'm sure you can find uses for those pylons when on paradrop missions too, considering the various containers they can carry.
Posts: 545
By: nastle - 14th August 2018 at 05:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
here is another
thanks guys for posting
Posts: 545
By: nastle - 14th August 2018 at 05:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
[ATTACH=CONFIG]262124[/ATTACH]
http://rus.asutrading.com/id-5/74-200/id.html
Posts: 545
By: nastle - 14th August 2018 at 05:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
[ATTACH=CONFIG]262125[/ATTACH]
http://red-stars.org/spip.php?article89
Posts: 13,432
By: swerve - 14th August 2018 at 19:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
nastle:
Various sources say that the L-159 can use Maverick & LGBs.
Posts: 25,376
By: Tango III - 14th August 2018 at 22:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
https://warisboring.com/the-iraqi-air-force-just-got-new-bomber-planes-by-arming-transports/
http://iraqimilitary.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=242
Posts: 479
By: Dr.Snufflebug - 16th August 2018 at 07:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
An-72 with semi-integrated UPK-23 gunpod:
This is more or less standard armament for these in Russian PSFSB service, even those in far less militaristic liveries:
The An-26 photos with the WW2 slogans above, that Gerard posted a few years back are from a Baltic fleet aviation exercise. The slogans were just an impromptu joke by the crew. Interestingly though, when these exercises took place they said they practiced An-26 bomb runs for the first time since the USSR days. That, together with the fact that the fuselage pylons are standardized for the model (BDZ-34) and rated up to FAB-500, strongly suggests that those particular Antonovs were designed from the get-go to be able to perform limited combat tasks.
Posts: 545
By: nastle - 21st August 2018 at 17:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
thanks for the info
but why do the russians want to use an-26, an-32, an-74 to carry bombs , rockets and cannons surely they have much better platforms cheaply available to do the job
I can understand why smaller nations , or war torn nations use these antonovs in civil wars or makeshift solution when they do not want to risk their fighter-bombers
?
Posts: 479
By: Dr.Snufflebug - 22nd August 2018 at 17:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The An-72s with well-integrated guns above are from PSFSB, i.e. the border guard branch of the Russian federal security service. Most likely, it's to provide them with some means to shoot down or warn (with tracer fire for instance) trespassing small aircraft on their own, such as airborne drug/gun runners or whatever, without having to call on the air force and all of that.
The pylons that can be fitted to the An-26 family can be used for other things than just high explosive ordnance, for that matter. They can fit smoke bombs, flare bombs, torpedoes (as in the Peruvian Navy example above) and so on and so forth. None of that is really "makeshift" in any way - the pylons are official, standard issue, and lends the type some additional flexibility/multi-purpose abilities. Though, I have to agree that using them to carry plain bombs does have an air of "makeshiftness" to it as they're hardly optimal for that (even though crews apparently train for it regardless).
I'm sure you can find uses for those pylons when on paradrop missions too, considering the various containers they can carry.