Mig 29 Strafing Video

[Drano]

Bunch of fig eaters tryin to find reverse in a soviet tank.

[PiratPX]

Holy cow was that a massive muzzle flash. I've watched both F-16s and A-10s strafe, and AH-64s engage, nothing like that flash. I'd guess we use powder mixes that increase burn without the flash.

Muzzle flash from the mig29 pilot's POV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxJTKOhSW4&feature=player_detailpage#t=101

[lunatic1]

http://theaviationist.com/2014/03/30/mig-29-strafing/

Pretty interesting video, modern jet fighters employing their guns on ground targets, outside of the A10, aren't as common as ww2 videos of prop planes doing the same, and it's even more rare with Russian made or x Soviet fighters.  I have one video of the SU27 shooting down an airborne drone target with cannon, and it's pretty impressive.  While this video doesn't show much in the way of the results, it's a very rare and interesting perspective to say the least.  I guess the quick prayer to Allah worked for the camera man - hah.

main gun him.

[Gman]

Nice video PiratPX, that's fantastic.  The Mig29 was my favorite fighter through the 80's while growing up reading all I could about Soviet fighters.  There is a great video about when a USAF F18 Navy unit went to Germany to train vs the Mig29s, I'll find it, it's on youtube as well.  The Navy guys said that with the helmet mounted sight and AA11 Archer the Mig29 was hard to beat in close (The Navy didn't have the HMS and aim9x at the time, which would have negated that huge advantage) in a missile fight, but with guns, it was anybody's game, the F18 being probably the best US/NATO fighter at the time at slow speed fighting.  A couple USN guys flew the 2 seat Mig29 the Germans had, and had a lot of great stuff to say about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XrdaHaCNo

This is one of them, there are a few more parts (6 I think) on the side bar from this video on youtube.

[rogwar]

I feel sort of guilty for chuckling.

[Plawranc]

Nice video PiratPX, that's fantastic.  The Mig29 was my favorite fighter through the 80's while growing up reading all I could about Soviet fighters.  There is a great video about when a USAF F18 Navy unit went to Germany to train vs the Mig29s, I'll find it, it's on youtube as well.  The Navy guys said that with the helmet mounted sight and AA11 Archer the Mig29 was hard to beat in close (The Navy didn't have the HMS and aim9x at the time, which would have negated that huge advantage) in a missile fight, but with guns, it was anybody's game, the F18 being probably the best US/NATO fighter at the time at slow speed fighting.  A couple USN guys flew the 2 seat Mig29 the Germans had, and had a lot of great stuff to say about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XrdaHaCNo

This is one of them, there are a few more parts (6 I think) on the side bar from this video on youtube.

This is a brilliant doco