War Thunder is a shareware multiplayer military action game with a third-person view about the Second World War. You have to go to various battlefields, where you can use aircraft, land and sea equipment in battles. Initially, only planes were present in the game, but a couple of years ago ground transport was added, making the game even more interesting. Roaring iron titans smashing each other against the background of colorful landscapes - it looks very beautiful. Real-life specimens from different countries are taken as the basis for all equipment, so you also have a chance to touch history.
All about the MiG-27M and Adjustable Air Bombs in War Thunder "Red Skies"
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The MiG-27M in War Thunder is the top attack aircraft in the USSR aviation research tree and one of the few attack aircraft with a maximum speed of Mach 1,8. By the time it appears in the game, the MiG-27M will become one of the leaders in terms of the number of available sets of outboard weapons.
In addition, with the appearance of this aircraft in War Thunder, we will introduce a new type of aircraft weaponry — adjustable aerial bombs, or CABs. But first things first.
At its core, the MiG-27M is a further development of the already familiar MiG-23M pilots. Despite the increased load and the general adaptation of the airframe and power plant for more confident operation at low altitudes and subsonic speeds, the MiG-27M accelerates quite confidently to a maximum speed of Mach 1,8, while maintaining an excellent rate of climb. The variable-sweep wing and effective airbrake make the heavy and powerful MiG-27M a very maneuverable vehicle in its class.
One of the central changes in the MiG-27M compared to its predecessor was the placement of a six-barreled 30-mm gun in a special niche under the fuselage. This adapted shipborne gun with a rotating block of barrels has a rate of fire of about 5000 rounds per minute and is equipped with several types of ammunition, including armor-piercing solid and armor-piercing chamber shells for destroying ground targets. A noticeable drawback of this gun can only be called a relatively small ammunition load of 300 shells, which, in the heat of battle, is consumed literally in a matter of seconds. The rolling roar of the GSh-6-30 is heard at a great distance both in the sky and on the ground. For this sound, the gun can be forgiven for everything!
But a modern strike aircraft is primarily suspended weapons. Since the variable-swept wing layout imposes noticeable restrictions on the placement of weapon hardpoints, on the MiG-27 almost all of them are located under the fuselage and only a couple of pylons can be placed at the root of the wing consoles. At the time of the release of the "Just on Target" update, more than 27 combinations of suspended weapons will become available for the MiG-40M: for ground targets, air combat, and combined universal suspensions for any combat situation. The pilot can choose from cannon mounts with GSh-23L cannons, unguided rockets from small S-5KP to massive S-24B, as well as 100, 250 and 500 kg bombs. Guided weapons are represented by R-60 and R-13M1 air-to-air missiles, as well as Kh-29L, Kh-29T and Kh-23M air-to-surface missiles with manual course adjustment via radio channel.
The MiG-27M will be one of the first aircraft in the game to be armed with a new type of aircraft armament — KABs, or adjustable air bombs.
This is a guided weapon that allows you to accurately hit ground targets from a considerable height and at a great distance. The algorithm for working with adjustable bombs is as follows. Switch to the view from the sight of the corrected air bomb and aim at the desired area of the battlefield. Select a target, press the target lock button and check for a successful lock. When the bomb drop marker is in the target area, launch! The target will be hit automatically.
Unlike the Maverick missile seeker, the Kh-29T missile and the KAB-500kr guided bomb are equipped with a TV-correlation seeker, the main feature of which in the game is to track the target by the difference between the visual image of the captured area and the rest of the background. This means that such GOS will not be able to capture and track point ground targets such as a tank, but they will be able to capture any point on the surface of the earth. Thus, the player will be able to strike at the intended location of the target without its visual detection (tanks in the vegetation or on the capture point, covered by an obstacle). However, if the enemy tank changes position, then the blow will fall on an empty place.
The MiG-27M is one of the main novelties of the major update Right on Target, which the War Thunder team is currently working on. The update will be released soon, stay tuned for our news!
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