The Air Defense - Air Force Service has just organized live-fire shooting and bombing at TB-5 Shooting Range for Su-30MK2, Su-22M4 aircraft and Mi-8T helicopters.
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The exercise aims to improve the quality of work, coordinate command and coordination between units, and at the same time increase practice for young pilots to participate in shooting and destroying targets at sea. |
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To destroy the target in the exercise, the Su-30MK2 fighter carried OFAB-250-270 bombs. As a multi-role fighter, the Su-30MK2 of the Vietnam Air Force can carry out many combat missions against enemies in the air, on the ground and at sea. |
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To do that, the Su-30MK2 is capable of carrying up to 8 tons of weapons on 12 hardpoints including: air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles; guided and unguided bombs and rockets. However, the number of missiles or bombs carried depends on the hardpoints, not all hardpoints can be used to carry all the weapons. |
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For example, although it has 12 pylons, the Su-30MK2 can only carry a maximum of 6 R-27 or R-73E or R-77 air-to-air missiles or a maximum of 6 Kh-31A anti-ship missiles, although each missile weighs only about 600kg (a total of 6 missiles is 3.8 tons) while the aircraft's weapon load is up to 8 tons. |
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So how many bombs can the Su-30MK2 carry in air-to-ground combat? Because the Su-30MK2 is designed based on the basic airframe of the Su-30MK, the number of bombs carried on the Su-30MK2 can be determined based on the carrying capacity of the Su-30MK. |
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A Su-30MK can carry a total of 6 KAB-500 guided bombs or 3 KAB-1500 guided bombs or 8 FAB-500T unguided bombs or about 20 OFAB-250-270 unguided bombs. |
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It is known that OFAB-250-270 is an unguided bomb weighing 266kg (almost equivalent to the number 270 on the bomb's name), in which the explosive weighs nearly 100kg. The bomb is used to destroy many different targets on the ground, including armored vehicles. |
According to Baodatviet