Originally posted by George J
I dont think the MKK can carry 6 KH-31A and RVV-AE (R-77).
Adrei Fomin thinks that the Su-30 (12 hardpoint variety) can carry ‘upto’ 6 KH-31A on hardpoints 4, 12, 10, 9, 11 and 3. The same a/c can also carry upto 8 RVV’s on hardpoints 4, 12, 10, 1, 2, 9, 11 and 3. Also if you throw in the R-27ER/R-27ET and R-73 you are gain hardpoints 8, 6, 5 and 7 but are also now competing for hardpoints all the RVV hard points. (please note that each hardpoint also needs a different adapter (APU-470 or AKU-470 for the R-27’s and the APU-73 for the R-73) to carry the ‘SAME’ ordinance, so its not a plug and play kind of deal). Dont get me started on the KAB 500/1500. And all this has to be under 8T.
Thanks for your reply, but I did see a photo of Su-30MKK loaded with 6 Kh-31Ps …
Here is another shot of various Russian PGMs: Kh-31Ps, Kh-59 (not Kh-59M) and KAB-1500KR …
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