Forum: F-16 versus XYZ

Aks 20 wrote:

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Theres no R73M1 or M2- only the E which itself may have been improved, everyone gets the R73E

Really? You might want to refresh your knowlege about the R-73

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/miss ... /aa-11.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... -specs.htm

http://www.enemyforces.com/missiles/r_73.htm

Show me a single document where it says that, just for example, the Hungarian Air Force, doesn't have the R-73 M1
Or better, show me where it says that the R-73 M1 didn't enter series production?

As for the R-73 M2 (official designation R-73RDM2) it was developed for the Indian Air Force:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircr ... index.html

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Unfortunately I think RoAF is right - the Archer is a bad missile! It's much better than I would like it to be

Dolby

To confuse all much more
I heard that the first AA-11 variant was R-73K and for export R-73E and next variant R-73L for export R-73EL.

Does anybody know if Iraq had these missiles in '91?

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To confuse all much more

There are different designations of the same variant of Russian (Soviet) missiles, as there are with their aircraft. But basically there was the first variant (A in the West, K in Russia) which had a downgraded export version called E, a more advanced version named M1, RDM1, L whatever and its export version EL (not downgraded) and finally the M2 or RDM2 which is the latest, comparable to Python 4 or AIM-9X which was developped specifically for India.

No, Iraq only had AA-8 (R-60M) as WWR AAM.

to RoAF
thanks for clearing and answer
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Forum: F-16 versus XYZ

Viper versus an AA-11 archer at 2 miles?