Wympel R-27
Wympel R-27 | |
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General Information | |
Type | Air combat missile for medium and long distances |
Local name | GRAY index R-27 |
NATO designation | AA-10 Alamo |
Country of origin | Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine |
Manufacturer | Pennant |
Commissioning | 1985 |
Technical specifications | |
length | Depending on the version, from around 3.8 to 4.1 meters |
diameter | 230 mm (260 mm with increased range) |
Combat weight | varies from around 250 kg (medium-haul versions) to around 348 kg for the extended-range versions |
span | 772 mm |
drive | Solid rocket motor |
speed | Mach 2.5 to 4.5 (depending on weather and airport altitude) |
Range | from up to 80 km (R-27R) to a maximum of 130 km (R-27EM) |
Furnishing | |
steering | INS during the cruise phase |
Target location | Semi-active radar or infrared search head depending on the version |
Warhead | 39 kg continuous rod |
Detonator | Radar-controlled proximity fuse, impact fuse |
Weapon platforms | Su-27 , Su-30 , Su-33 , Su-34 , Su-35 , MiG-29 , MiG-23 , Jak-141 |
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The R-27 ( DIA code : AA-10 , NATO code name : Alamo ) is a Russian , formerly Soviet , BVR - air-to-air guided missile for medium combat ranges.
development
The R-27 was developed as a successor to the R-23 (AA-7 APEX). The latest generation of Soviet combat aircraft ( MiG-29 and Su-27 ) should also be equipped with it. Development at the manufacturer Wympel began in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The first copies were delivered to the Soviet Air Force in 1985 . Then around 20 other countries procured the guided missile.
technology
The R-27 has a modular structure. An R-27 consists of the following modules: seeker head, steering unit and warhead as well as rocket motor. There are various versions of all modules that can be combined with one another. This resulted in different versions of the R-27: R-27R (NATO designation AA-10 "Alamo A") with semi-active radar steering and R-27T (AA-10 "Alamo B") with infrared steering.
These weapons were initially used with the aircraft types Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 (the Su-33 , Su-35 and the Jakowlew Jak-141 followed ). The further developments were initially characterized by a higher range: R-27ER (AA-10 "Alamo C") and R-27ET (AA-10 "Alamo D"). Fighter planes like the MiG-21 and MiG-23 can be retrofitted for use with the R-27.
Furthermore, the versions R-27P and R-27PE with passive radar search heads were created. These guided missiles are primarily used to combat radar surveillance aircraft ( AWACS ) and combat aircraft for electronic warfare.
variants
- R-27T "Alamo"
- 1. Series version with infrared seeker head; Range 40 km.
- R-27R "Alamo"
- 1. Series version with semi-active radar seeker head; Range 50 km.
- R-27T1 "Alamo"
- Improved R-27T with a range of 65 km.
- R-27R1 "Alamo"
- Improved R-27R; Range 60 km.
- R-27ET "Alamo"
- Medium range version with infrared seeker head; Range 70 km.
- R-27ER "Alamo"
- Medium range version with semi-active radar seeker head; Range 75 km.
- R-27AE "Alamo"
- Medium range version with active radar seeker head. Development was abandoned in 1995 in favor of the Wympel R-77 .
- R-27EM "Alamo"
- Marine version with semi-active radar seeker head; able to hit missiles flying 3 m above the sea surface; Range 130 km.
- R-27P "Alamo"
- Medium range version with passive radar seeker head; Range 60 km.
- R-27PR "Alamo"
- Improved R-27P; Range 80 km.
Technical specifications
NATO name | AA-10 ALAMO-A | AA-10 ALAMO-B |
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GRAY index | R-27T1 | R-27R1 |
length | 3790 mm | 4080 mm |
Hull diameter | 230 mm | |
Wingspan | 770 mm | |
Weight | 245 kg | 253 kg |
drive | 1 stage solid | |
Warhead | 39 kg continuous rod | |
Detonator | Proximity and impact fuses | |
Airspeed | 1,070 m / s | |
Operational range | 65 km | 60 km |
Steering system | Cruise phase: inertial navigation plus course corrections via data link.
Approach to target: passive IR |
Cruise phase: inertial navigation plus course corrections via data link.
Target approach: semi-active radar target search |
Platforms
The R-27 guided missile can be deployed on an AKU / APU-470 launch rail from the following combat aircraft:
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-31BM (NATO code name "Foxhound")
- Mikoyan-Gurewitsch MiG-29S ("Fulcrum-C")
- Mikoyan-Gurewitsch MiG-33 ("Fulcrum-F")
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-35 ("Super-Fulcrum")
- Suchoi Su-27SM ("Flanker-B")
- Sukhoi Su-30MK ("Flanker-C")
- Sukhoi Su-34 ("Fullback")
- Sukhoi Su-57
distribution
- Algeria - 324
- Angola - number unknown
- Azerbaijan - number unknown
- Ethiopia - 80
- Bangladesh - number unknown
- Bulgaria - number unknown
- People's Republic of China - number unknown
- German Democratic Republic - number unknown
- Eritrea - 25
- India - 500
- Iran - number unknown
- Iraq - number unknown
- Yemen - 100
- Kazakhstan - number unknown
- Yugoslavia - number unknown
- Cuba - number unknown
- Libya - number unknown
- Malaysia - 150
- Moldova - number unknown
- Myanmar - 110
- North Korea - 10
- Poland - number unknown
- Peru - number unknown
- Romania - number unknown
- Slovakia - 20
- Syria - number unknown
- Sudan - number unknown
- Turkmenistan - number unknown
- Chad - number unknown
- Czechoslovakia - number unknown
- Uganda - number unknown
- Ukraine - number unknown
- Hungary - 342
- Uzbekistan - number unknown
- Venezuela - 100
- Vietnam - number unknown
- Belarus - number unknown
swell
- JANE'S AIR-LAUNCHED WEAPON SYSTEMS Edition 2002. Jane's Verlag
- The AA-10 Alamo air-to-air guided missile system. DTIG - Defense Threat Informations Group, January 1998
- RUSSIA'S ARMS 2004 CATALOG. Military Parade Publishing House
- AA-10 ALAMO R-27. www.globalsecurity.org, accessed on January 21, 2019 .