MiG-27 Flogger
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The MiG-27K fighter bomber aircraft is manufactured by RAC MiG (formerly MAPO MiG) and the Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association Joint Stock Company. Both the MiG-23 fighter aircraft and the MiG-27 fighter bomber aircraft are sometimes referred to by the NATO codename Flogger.
The MiG-27K variant of the MiG-27 family is a variable geometry wing fighter bomber. The primary mission of the aircraft is the destruction of moving and stationary, fixed and mobile, ground targets, including hardened targets.
WEAPONS:
The aircraft carries three types of air-to-surface missile. The Kh-23M air-to-surface missile (NATO codename AS-7 Kerry) is supplied by the Zvezda-Strela State Research and Production Center, Moscow. Kh-25ML (NATO designation AS-12 Kegler), also supplied by Zvezda, has semi-active laser guidance and the range is between 2.5-10km. The missile is equipped with a high-explosive (HE) 86kg warhead. The Kh-29ML (NATO designation AS-14 Kedge), built by Vympel, uses semi-active laser guidance and has a range up to 10km. The missile is equipped with a 317kg penetrating warhead.
The anti-radar missile is the Zvezda Kh-27PS (NATO designation AS-12 Kegler).
The air-to-air missile carried on the MiG-27K is the R-60M (NATO designation AA-8 Aphid) supplied by the Vympel. The missile has the capability to engage targets manoeuvring at an acceleration up to 12g. The R-60M has a range of target designation angles to +/- 20 degrees and an infrared homing head with photodetector cooling.
The aircraft can carry the KAB-500L laser-guided bomb and KAB- 500KR television-guided bomb, which are supplied by the Region State Research and Production Enterprise in Moscow. The KAB-500L has semi-active laser homing and is armed with a 380kg high-explosive warhead. The KAB-500KR television-guided bomb operates on the 'drop and forget' principle. Target lock-on for a parked aircraft is achieved at a range of 15-17km in visibility of 10km. The warhead can pierce a reinforced concrete barrier up to 1.5m thick.
The aircraft can also carry S-24, S-25, S-8, S5 unguided rockets, and a range of aerial bombs up to 500kg size, cluster bombs and incendiary devices.
The aircraft has a built-in 30mm Sh-6-30 gun with 260 rounds of ammunition. The gun, supplied by the Instrument Design Bureau, based in Tula, fires HEFI rounds and AO-18 cartridges. The maximum fire rate is 5,000 rounds per minute and the muzzle velocity is 850m/sec.
The aircraft is also equipped with an SPPU-22 two-barrel, 23mm gun pod with 200 rounds of ammunition. The SPPU-22 pod houses a GSh-23 aircraft gun. The maximum fire rate is 3,000 rounds per minute and the muzzle velocity is 715m/sec.
AVIONICS:
The MiG-27K is equipped with the PrNK-23K integrated navigation and aiming system, which consists of an Orbita-20-23K digital computer, an optical television indicator and a Kaira-1 laser and television sighting system for KAB-500L and KAB-500KR guided aerial bombs. The target lock-on range is 7-8km.
The KN-23 navigation system installed on the MiG-27K incorporates a Radical navigation system in place of the RSBN-6s short-range radio navigation system.
The MiG-27K does not carry any airborne radar.
The radio-command systems installed on the MiG-27K are the Delta-NM and the Viyuga anti-radar missile control system for the Kh-27PS missile, which is installed in an externally mounted pod.
ENGINES:
The aircraft is equipped with an internally installed single turbojet engine with afterburn. The aircraft can carry up to four PTBB-800 external fuel tanks. The aircraft is capable of a maximum speed of 1,800km/hr at altitude and 1,250km/hr with a normal mission missile payload flying at low altitude. With high-altitude flight, the aircraft's operational range is 2,100km, while low-level flight gives an operational range of 1,080km. The aircraft is rated for a maximum g loading of 7g.
COUNTERMEASURES:
The MiG-27K aircraft is equipped with a modern electronic countermeasures suite, including a new passive jamming system.