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Military


Yak-38 FORGER (YAKOVLEV)

Specifications
Country of Origin CIS (formerly USSR)
Similar Aircraft
  • AV-8B Harrier II
  • Super Etendard
  • Fantan A
  • Mirage F1
Crew
  • One
  • Forger B--two
Type Attack
Length 52 ft, 6 in (16 m)
Span 24 ft, 7 in (7.5 m)
Ceiling 12200 meters
Cruise range 12200 meters
In-Flight Refueling No
Internal Fuel 2268 kg
Payload 1362 kg
Sensors Ranging radar, laser rangefinder, nose IR sensor (possibly IRST). Advanced bombsight
Drop Tanks 600 L drop tank with 479kg for 42nm range
Armament
  • SD "air-air" P-60, P-60M;
  • Kh-23M (X-25MR)
  • blocks UB-32A-32M UB and UB-16-57UMP with unguided rockets S-5;
  • B8M-1 blocks unguided rockets S-8,
  • unguided rockets C-24B;
  • bombs P-50SH, OFAB-100-120, OFAB-100NV, OFAB-250-270, OFAB-250M-54, 250-230 FAB, FAB-250M -62;
  • single bomb RBK-250 cassette GPAB-2 / 5M, RBK-500 ZAB-2.5cm, RBK-500, SHOAB-0.5M;
  • incendiary tanks ST-500;
  • unified gun pods UPK-23-250 a double-barreled 23-mm cannon GS-23L; vfiltrogondoly K-513D;
  • external fuel tanks with a capacity of 500 liters.
    • User County CIS



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