VERSIONS – MiG-15bis, Rbis, MiG-15T, SB, S-103, Lim-1.5
Target tug conversion of S-102 (MiG-15)
for Czechoslovak Air Force, details as
MiG-15 unless otherwise indicated
Winch system in modified
weapons tray with 2,000 m
(6,560 ft) of steel cable
powered by small RAT
(Ram Air Turbine) towing
VZLÚ developed L-03 towed
target
RAT offset to port
MiG-15T
Reconnaissance version, details as
MiG-15bis unless otherwise indicated
MiG-15Rbis: 1 x AFA-BA-40
vertical strip camera installed
in mounts on weapons tray
Inboard port side NR-23 cannon
removed for camera installation
Oxygen system capacity increased
to 8 lt (1.76 Imp gal, 2.11 US gal)
Single glazed canopy
Revised cockpit pressurisation
and heating systems
MiG-15bisR (Czechoslovak AIr Force):
1 x AFP-21KT (later AFP-02) high
altitude day camera;
1 x SFP-02 low altitude slot camera;
1 x NFP-02 high altitude night camera
(with automatic flash bomb release)
on weapons tray;
2 x oblique cameras in tandem under
centre fuel tank reducing fuel load by
815 l (179 Imp gal, 215 US gal);
in 4 x camera configurations
MiG-15bis R (Czechoslovak Air Force): N-37D cannon deleted requiring additional ballast in the nose
Provision for 600 lt (132 Imp gal,
159 US gal) under wing slipper tanks
MiG-15bis R (Czechoslovak Air Force):
additional BD3-53 pylons/hardpoints
added either side of slipper tank
attachment for flash bombs
Additional cockpit
camera/control
panels
2 other reconnaissance versions
for Czechoslovak Air Force:
MiG-15bisF-1 with 1 x vertical
camera with 2 x NR-23 cannons;
MiG-15bisF-3 with 3 x cameras
and 1 x NR-23 cannon
MiG-15Rbis/bisR/MiG-15bisF-1/MiG-15bisF-3
Details as MiG-15bis unless
otherwise indicated
Sirena RWR (Radar Warning Receiver) antennas on fin,
wing leading edges and
wing tips
Some battle damaged MiG-15bis
refurbished by Shenyang
Aircraft Corporation, Liaoning,
China during the Korean War
and incorporating equipment
from MiG-17s, redesignated
as J-2 for the Chinese People's
Liberation Army Air Force and
later exported as F-2;
Some converted by Xian Aisheng
Technical Group, NPU (Northwest
Polytechnic University) as target
drones and redesignated as Ba-5
ASP-3NM gunsight
Further enlargement to air brakes
Powered ailerons
MiG-15bis, (Fagot-B)
later/Korean modifications
Upgraded version of MiG-15,
details as MiG-15 (later)
unless otherwise indicated
Revised rudder/elevator leading edges
Enlarged/reshaped air brakes
1 x Klimov VK-1 centrifugal turbojet
Wider, slightly
extended jet pipe
Brake chute added
to Czech MiG-15SB
Engine starter panel
added to fuselage
S-103: some airframes
fitted with hooks for
cartridge collectors
EKSR-46 four round signal
flare launcher added to
rear starboard fuselage
Strengthened wings
Landing light deleted from intake splitter
and moved under port wing root
Pressurised cockpit
Provision for SRP-1 JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off)
boosters on Czech MiG-15SB
2 x D3-40 pylons fitted each side
of existing drop tank attachment
under each wing by Prague-
Kbely aircraft repair plant for
Czechoslovak Air Force and
redesignated as MiG-15SB strike
aircraft
Structural changes to fuselage
reducing rear internal fuel tank
capacity by 60 lt (13 Imp gal,
16 US gal)
Elevator balance/
area increased
Provision for new pylon mounted
400 lt (88 Imp gal, 106 US gal) fuel
tanks with sway braces replacing
slipper tanks
Internal revisions to
canopy improving
rearward view
Revised ejector
seat/canopy
jettison systems
Revised hydraulic system
GS-3000 starter generator fitted
Additional PBP-1P sight
on Czech MiG-15SB
Avionics: DGMK-3 remote
gyro compass replacing
PDK-45 compass, RSIU-3
multi-channel radio fitted
to some aircraft
Some Lim-1 airframes upgraded
to Mig-15bis standard and
redesignated as Lim-1.5
MiG-15bis, S-103,
MiG-15SB, Lim-1.5
(Fagot-B)
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