VERSIONS – Su-25UTG, Su-28/-28M, Su-25T, Su-25TM (Su-39)
All-weather version of Su-25T, details as
Su-25T unless otherwise indicated
Provision for radar pod on centreline
hardpoint cotaining Phazotron-NIIR N027
Kop'yo X-band radar with air-to-ground
and air-to-air capability
Enhanced weapons capabilities allowing
additional anti-shipping missile and BVR
radar-guided AAMs to be carried
Upgraded I-251M Shkval-M optoelectronic system
Avionics: as Su-25T with I-251M Skhval-M
targeting suite, SUO-39P weapons selector,
and A-737 SAT/NAV system
New TV-109M HDD
2 x Su-25T airframes converted by
Aircraft Factory No.31 (Gheorgiy
Dimitrov), Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
1990-91
4 x airframes plus 6 x unfinished
produced by U-UAPO (MAP Plant
No.99), Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia
between 1994-2005
New MSP-410 Omul' G/J band
active jammer pod can be
carried on each outer wing
pylon replacing AAM launcher
Su-25TM (Su-39)
Single-seat, anti-tank strike version
based on Su-25UB, details as Su-25UB
(early) unless otherwise indicated
Relocated
Pion GT-32-9
antenna
Longer, wider nose
to accommodate
SUV-25T avionics
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
Dual-action airbrakes/
increased area
Larger, hexagonal window for new
Shkval optoelectronic system
Instructor cockpit deleted/faired over with access panels to new avionics bay/fuel tank
Additional antenna
Externally mounted GSh-2-30
30 mm (1.18 in) twin-barrel
cannon with 200 rounds in
ventral gondola offset to
starboard
2 x Gavrilov R195
non-afterburning
turbojets
Jet efflux cooling nozzle
Additional intake under
each nacelle
2 x 'wet' pylons under each wing
L166S1 Sukhogrooz IRCM
jammer in cylindrical fin
root fairing
Provision for Merkooriy LLTV
pod on centreline hardpoint
Nose gear moved further to port
Revised boarding ladder in nose gear door
Irtysh ECM fairing
Enhanced AGM/ASM weapons capability
including provision for 9M120 Vikhr'
(NATO- AT-16 Scallion) laser-guided ATGM
ILS-31 HUD and IT-23M CRT
HDD for sighting systems
Pressurised cockpit
Additional fuel tank in
'rear cockpit' space
Avionics: I-251 Shkval targeting suite, IKV-1
AHRS, ShO-13A doppler ground speed/drift
indicator, RV-15 radio altimeter, Tester-UZ
flight data recorder, MS-61M cockpit voice
recorder, RSBN-65 SHORAN/ILS, A-720
LORAN, Irtysh ECM/ESM system (L-150
Pastel' RHAWS, L166S1 Sukhogrooz IRCM
jammer, Gardeniya-1FU ECM system),
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
Additional aft fuel tank
Hydraulically actuated elevators
UV-26S chaff/flare dispensers
moved further forward, firing
up and outboard
3 x prototypes produced by U-UAPO
(MAP Plant No.99), Ulan-Ude, Buryatia,
USSR with 2 x prototypes and 24 (+ 3
incomplete) LRIP airframes produced
by Aircraft Factory No.31 (Gheorgiy
Dimitrov), Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
between 1983-91
Su-25T
Two-seat basic jet trainer, details as
Su-25UB (early) unless otherwise indicated
Internal cannon deleted,
gun port faired over
Engine armour deleted
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
Dual-action airbrakes/increased area
LRMTS deleted, window faired over
2 x 'wet' hardpoints under each wing
Landing light anti-glare shields
deleted from wing tip pods
Fuel tank explosion suppression foam
filler deleted from internal fuel tanks
Ballast added to nose to maintain centre of gravity
Airframe stripped of weapons control, duplicate
flight control and associated systems lightening
empty weight by 2,000 kg (4,410 lb)
Dogtooth replaced by double
kink to leading edge
Gunsight deleted
Revised cockpit instrument panels with
redundant equipment blanked off
Chaff/flare dispensers deleted
Avionics: as Su-25 (early) with WCS
(Weapon Control System), R-828
Evkalipt VHF radio/ RHAWS deleted
1 x Su-28 prototype converted from first
Su-25UB prototype by U-UAPO (MAP Plant
No.99), Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, USSR in 1987,
later amended and redesignated Su-28M
Su-28/-28M
(Frogfoot-B)
Rear fairing with retractable
arrestor hook
Two-seat shipboard trainer, details as Su-25UB (early)
unless otherwise indicated
Internal cannon deleted,
gun port faired over
Engine armour deleted
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
SRO-1P Parol'-2 IFF
blade antenna
Dual-action airbrakes/increased area
LRMTS deleted, window faired over
Brake chute
deleted
Reinforced main
gear shock
absorbers and
tie-down shackles
Hardpoints reduced to 2 x under each wing
Alcohol windshield flushing system
Reinforced structure
Folding outer wing section (prototype only –
production airframes with normal straight Su-25UB
wings) additional missile hardpoint also featured on
folding outboard section on prototype
Wing fold line (prototype only)
Anti-corrosion measures added to airframe
Gunsight deleted
Revised ejection system
Chaff/flare dispensers deleted
Avionics: as Su-25 (early) with WCS
(Weapon Control System), R-828
Evkalipt VHF radio/ RHAWS deleted
14 x Su-25UTG airframes produced
by U-UAPO (MAP Plant No.99), Ulan-
Ude, Buryatia, USSR between 1990-94
Su-25UTG
(Frogfoot-B)
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