Engineering:Sukhoi T-12 Shturmovik-90
| T-12 Shturmovik-90 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Ground attack aircraft |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
Design and development
Work on creating an attack aircraft to replace Su-25 was started in 1984. The first project was ready by 1989. The theme was called Sturmovik-90. One of the options developed in Sukhoi Design Bureau received the T-12 index. It was a very unusual machine. The plane had a carrying body with two cabins between which the channels air intakes were located, with forward-swept wings. At their ends were placed containers with EW equipment. In the left cockpit there was a pilot and under the radio transparent fairing there was a radar, and in the right cockpit Weapon Operator was located and under the fairing there was an optical-electronic system.[1]
Armament was mainly located in two internal compartments, although it was possible to place additional weapons on the underwing pylons. Work on the T-12 took place at a very serious pace and the assembly line at the plant in Irkutsk was being prepared, but the dissolution of the Soviet Union put an end to the project.[2]
Specifications (T-12 estimated)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
Performance
References
- ↑ "Stealth technologies - part 14". http://www.hitechweb.genezis.eu/stealth4d.htm.
- ↑ "10 Cancelled counter-insurgency aircraft: We ask a former MiG-27 pilot if he'd fly them into combat". 28 April 2020. https://hushkit.net/2020/04/28/10-cancelled-counter-insurgency-aircraft-we-ask-a-former-mig-27-pilot-if-hed-fly-them-into-combat/.
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