Raptor01 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Russian Hind crews are Crazy Good, lucky too. The Hind is a big helo too. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Russian Hind crews are Crazy Good, lucky too. The Hind is a big helo too. John I doubt screaming allah akbar will save you from an attacking Mi-24. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Browsing through the net, I found some interesting pictures of Russian Air Force http://defence.pk/threads/russian-air-force-photos-videos-discussion.343246/ This one is quite interesting. http://defence.pk/threads/russian-forces-in-syria.401022/ Edited November 23, 2015 by stalal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Will we see a airwar over Isis decal sheet ? Markings of all nations involved would be pretty cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Will we see a airwar over Isis decal sheet ? Markings of all nations involved would be pretty cool. I vote for a 1:72 scale version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 ok...I've moved the posts discussing the shoot down over to the other thread....you can find it here. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=288974&pid=2760833&st=0entry2760833 This cleans up this thread and gets it back to it's original purpose. I hope this works well for everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nspreitler Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 On the face of it, Russian technology looks quite impressive. Good thing is they have full spectrum of weapons and use their own satellites for GPS. At this moment, they have 9 satellites trained on Syria which gives their military real time surveillance of targets. I don't know what Russia is doing but they aren't using their own satellites for GPS because GPS is a USAF system. They have their own system but it isn't GPS. The Russian system flys in a highly elliptical orbit to optimize coverage over Russia so it likely isn't as efficient in lower latitudes. Also having 9 satellites trained on Syria isn't possible unless they are geosynchronous and recon satellites are typically in a sun synchronous polar orbit so they can't be trained on one location. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I don't know what Russia is doing but they aren't using their own satellites for GPS because GPS is a USAF system. They have their own system but it isn't GPS. Russian version of GPS is GLONASS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nspreitler Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Russian version of GPS is GLONASS That's it. I was also wrong about the orbit I was thinking of another Russian system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Russian version of GPS is GLONASS I thought it was called LLMF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I thought it was called LLMF I had to look that one up - funny and ironic at the same time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I had to look that one up - funny and ironic at the same time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Russian aircrews are using handheld, Garmin-like GPS units. Check Out The Walmart-Grade GPS Systems In These Russian Attack Jets Russians are using unguided bombs, even dropped from helicopters. They have guided munitions, but they're not using them. Instead, they're dropping "dumb bombs" in the hopes of hitting their targets because they're cheaper than using guided weapons. Russia is fighting this war on the cheap. You gotta love good old fashioned carpet bombing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Russian aircrews are using handheld, Garmin-like GPS units. This isn't unique to them. Here's the cockpit of the Brazilian Skyhawks: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomCooper Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This isn't unique to them. Here's the cockpit of the Brazilian Skyhawks:Yup, and that's not the only such cockpit. There are similar photos of Zimbabwean Hawks and K-8s with GPS-hand-helds installed, even of Syrian MiG-23s... BUT, Brazilians (and most of others) do not carpet-bomb Syrian civilians and then lie that they are 'bombing Daesh'. Russians do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This isn't unique to them. Here's the cockpit of the Brazilian Skyhawks: Only difference is the Brazilians are not using said Skyhawk to bomb point targets in heavily populated areas. I read (and reminded again and again here on ARC) about that horrible US strike on a hospital in Afghanistan. A huge mistake that demands severe action be taken on those involved. Yet I see very little angst about another "superpower" that is carpet bombing civilian areas ala "Rolling Thunder - 2015". Pretty disturbing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Packing the chutes: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Su-34's now armed with AA missiles, also started to use KAB-500Kr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 thanks again for all those Russian hardware small videos. those are rather instructive as there wasn't plenty of russian ground crew working around combat aircrafts videos before their Syria campaign. and, in this video, it's the first time i see that there is some covers on R-73 front fins also. (not just on the front sensor) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxmulder_ms Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Somebody has to produce 1/48 Su-34 NOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Somebody has to produce 1/48 Su-34 NOW! WORD! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
apapagos Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Somebody has to produce 1/48 Su-34 NOW! wasn't that already made by tamiya? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Tamiya re-boxed the Italeri 1/72 scale Su-34. AFAIK, there is currently no 1/48 scale kit of a Su-34 My updated Italeri Su-34..... Ken Edited December 3, 2015 by Flankerman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nspreitler Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Hobbyboss is doing a 1/48 Su-34. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxmulder_ms Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Nice..... Hope they can bring it to the market rapidly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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