| Specifications |
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| Designer |
NPO Molniya
GosMKB Vympel [since 1983] |
| Manufacturer |
Dux Factory (current),
Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant
Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing |
| Date Deployed |
1980s |
| Range |
20 km (R-73M1) 30 km (R-73M2) 40 km |
| Speed |
Mach 2.5 |
| Overload of targets hit: |
up to 12 G |
| Self overload: |
up to 40 G |
| Target hitting probability |
0.6 |
| Propulsion |
One solid-propellant rocket motor |
| Guidance |
All aspect Infrared |
| Warhead |
7.4 kg HE expanding rod warhead |
| Fuse : |
R-73: radio fuse
R-73L: optical laser
RVV-MD: radio fuse
RVV-MDL: optical laser |
| Launch Weight |
105 kg (R-73M1) 115 kg (R-73M2) |
| Length |
2.9 m |
| Diameter |
170 mm |
| Fin Span |
0.51 m |
| Variants |
K-73 (draft) - the initial version of the rocket was performed as a super-maneuverable rocket without aerodynamic controls.
K-73 - Standard model with ±40° off-boresight, the prototype of the production version. Tests since 1979
R-73 / R-73 RMD-1 - the name of the rocket after being put into service in 1984 - the first serial version of the rocket. Probably,
K-73E - Export version of the standard model with ±45° off-boresight, analogue of the R-73RMD-1 rocket, exported since 1988 (for example, to the GDR).
R-73L / R-73EL - a variant of a missile with an optical laser proximity fuse, first shown in August 1989 at the first Moscow air show. The missile is equipped with an optical laser fuse.
R-73M / R-73 RMD-2 - a variant of the rocket with improved performance characteristics and a new seeker (with characteristics of the Mayak seeker), first shown at the MAKS-1997 air show. According to data from the exhibition, tests of the rocket began at the end of 1994
K-74ME - export version of the R-73M rocket. First shown at the MAKS-1997 air show.
R-73K is the name of the R-73 missiles with a radar proximity fuse.
RVV-MD is an updated version of the R-73M / R-73 RMD-2 rocket. Developed by the Vympel GosMKB in the late 1990s - early 2000s.
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| Platforms |
Su-27
Su-33
Su-34
Su-35
Su-37
MiG-29
MiG-31
MiG-33
MiG-21 (modernized)
MiG-23-98
MiG-29
MiG-31
MiG-35
Su-25T
Su-27
Su-30
Su-33
Su-35
Su-35S
Su-34
Su-57 / PAK FA
Yak-130
Yak-141
Ka-50
Ka-52
J-10
HAL Tejas
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