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34. Su-25T: TV-guided Bombs and Missiles

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1.Welcome to this Su-25T training lesson on the employment of television-guided missiles and bombs.
2.The Su-25T is equipped with two types of TV-guided weapons:
3.The Kh-29T is a heavy, air-to-surface missile that is most often used against heavily hardened targets like bunkers, command centers and other underground facilities. It can also be used against large ships. The Su-25T can carry up to two of these missiles on APU-58 launch stations. The missiles maximum range is 12 km.
4.The KAB-500Kr is a TV-guided bomb weighting 500 kg. and armed with a penetrating warhead. Its designed to be used against heavily hardened targets, including underground facilities, buildings, and other large structures. The Su-25T can carry up to 2 of these weapons. The minimum release altitude for the KAB-500 is 1,000 m.
5.The main advantage of TV-guided weapons is that they offer fire and forget capability.
6.Our target today is an ammunition bunker protected by a short-range SAM.
For this task, were armed with one Kh-29T to attack the SAM and one KAB-500Kr to attack the primary target.
7.Press 7 to enter Air-to-Ground mode.
Press D to select the Kh-29T.
8.Press O to activate the Shkval targeting system.
9.Adjust the size of the targeting box by pressing RCTRL and RCTRL + for steps or RALT RALR + for smoother control. The desirable size for most ground vehicle targets will be around 10 m.
10.Lining up on the target. For this first pass, well take out the SAM system covering the main target.
11.Search for and lock the target by using the Shkval.
12.Fire! (Space bar key). Quickly turn away to avoid a possible SAM launch.
13.Our next target is the bunker.
Large targets, such as structures or ships can still be locked by the Shkval by increasing the targeting box size to its maximum size.
To do so, set the targeting box size to 60 m.
14.Well use the KAB-500Kr for this target. Because the minimum altitude for this weapon is 1,000 m., we need to climb to a higher altitude before turning into the target.
15.Turning inbound to target.
16.Searching for and locking the target with the Shkval.
17.The range scale on the HUD includes the following information:
- current range to target
- maximum firing range
- minimum firing range
For effective fire, range should be between the maximum and minimum range indications.
18.When a valid lock is achieved and a weapon has been selected, the count-down timer will be displayed on the TV monitor that indicates the weapons remaining time-of-flight.
19.Launch Authorized! Release! (Space bar).
20.Turning away from the target.
21.Good hit!
22.As you can see, TV-guided munitions allow you to take advantage of fire and forget capability and keeps some air defense systems from engaging you. In this lesson, this capability was used successfully to attack a SAM system without entering its engagement envelope.
23.To let you practice with TV-guided munitions, we will come in for a landing and re-arm.
24.Landing
25.Coming to a full stop. Re-arming is only possible after the aircraft has come to a stop.
26.When stopped, contact the ground crew to request re-arming.
27.Take-off.
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  • @Fulcrum1988 OD is for "volume detonation" (Объемно-детонирующая) which means it's a thermobaric bomb, not HE.

  • I've got question about Russian Laser Guided Bombs. What is the difference between KAB-500Kr & KAB-500Kr\OD ? Anyone help?

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