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Title: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Gman on March 30, 2014, 10:14:21 PM
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.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: mthrockmor on March 30, 2014, 10:46:17 PM
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.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Slash27 on March 30, 2014, 11:58:43 PM
Damn :O
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Widewing on March 31, 2014, 12:41:33 AM
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.

Fighting at night.... Say goodbye to night vision for the next 15 minutes....
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: danny76 on March 31, 2014, 09:31:35 AM
Seen strafing pretty close up from various aircraft, A10's Apache etc, not seen muzzle flash like that :eek:

I did enjoy the sense that the receivers of said strafing were happily watching the airshow until the last second :rofl

Knew from the outset there was going to be some Allah-bothering in that film at some point :confused:
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Hoplite on March 31, 2014, 09:37:46 AM
*ahem*

Modesty and decorum prevent me from commenting further.   :D   :P




In all seriousness, pretty impressive.  The Fulcrum's a nasty plane...and just has a look that screams lethality.  It's still no match for the US F-16, but it's pretty impressive nonetheless.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 31, 2014, 09:45:15 AM
Perhaps the cgi artist overdid the flash a bit  ;)
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: SilverZ06 on March 31, 2014, 09:55:01 AM
I swear I heard an "allah ackbar" in the same place I may have said "Oh shizit!"  :rofl
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: SmokinLoon on March 31, 2014, 10:21:20 AM
no more snackbar for them, er ackbar. Or whatever.   Nice video though, I'll give the cameraman kudos.   :aok

I wonder what kind of ammo was being fired out of that GSh30/1 30mm cannon?  I know I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.  A quick search shows a 1500 rpm firing rate, good thing it only carries 100-150 rounds.  Wowza.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: wpeters on March 31, 2014, 10:30:33 AM
no more snackbar for them, er ackbar. Or whatever.   Nice video though, I'll give the cameraman kudos.   :aok

I wonder what kind of ammo was being fired out of that GSh30/1 30mm cannon?  I know I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.  A quick search shows a 1500 rpm firing rate, good thing it only carries 100-150 rounds.  Wowza.


One thing is One of them must of survived if they could upload the video.    Sure would hope he was firing AP instead He ( explosion simular to a  hand grenade.)
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Bodhi on March 31, 2014, 11:16:49 AM
lol
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: puller on March 31, 2014, 03:37:49 PM
I saw a vid awhile back of some street fighting in Syria...everytime they (whoever was filming it) came under fire they would yell Allah Akbar...everytime they shot they would yell it...while they were running from arty rounds they yelled it over and over... :lol  I think I would come up with something different if I was them...kinda like yelling Geronimo over and over  :)
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Plawranc on March 31, 2014, 06:59:21 PM
See Rule #14
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: olds442 on March 31, 2014, 08:06:34 PM
See Rule #14
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Plawranc on March 31, 2014, 08:32:38 PM
No offense but this applies to every religion following that logic.

None taken.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Drano on April 01, 2014, 11:22:32 AM
Bunch of fig eaters tryin to find reverse in a soviet tank.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: PiratPX on April 02, 2014, 03:51:46 PM
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxJTKOhSW4&feature=player_detailpage#t=101)
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: lunatic1 on April 02, 2014, 04:07:31 PM
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.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Gman on April 02, 2014, 05:46:49 PM
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.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: rogwar on April 02, 2014, 06:18:23 PM
I feel sort of guilty for chuckling.
Title: Re: Mig 29 Strafing Video
Post by: Plawranc on April 03, 2014, 06:31:14 AM
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