Sukhoi T-12 Shturmovik-90
T-12 Shturmovik-90 | |
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Role | Ground attack aircraft |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Design and development[]
Work on creating an attack aircraft to replace Su-25 was started in 1984. The first project was ready by 1989. The theme was called Sturmovik-90. One of the options developed in Sukhoi Design Bureau received the T-12 index. It was a very unusual machine. The plane had a carrying body with two cabins between which the channels air intakes were located, with forward-swept wings. At their ends were placed containers with EW equipment. In the left cockpit there was a pilot and under the radio transparent fairing there was a radar, and in the right cockpit Weapon Operator was located and under the fairing there was an optical-electronic system.[1]
Armament was mainly located in two internal compartments, although it was possible to place additional weapons on the underwing pylons. Work on the T-12 took place at a very serious pace and the assembly line at the plant in Irkutsk was being prepared, but the dissolution of the Soviet Union put an end to the project.[2]
Specifications (T-12 estimated)[]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
Performance
References[]
- ^ "Stealth technologies - part 14". www.hitechweb.genezis.eu.
- ^ "10 Cancelled counter-insurgency aircraft: We ask a former MiG-27 pilot if he'd fly them into combat". 28 April 2020.
See also[]
Links[]
- 17. The project of attack aircraft Sh-90 (T-12) (USSR)[need quotation to verify]
- Bomber stubs
- Twin-fuselage aircraft
- Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
- Sukhoi aircraft
- Forward-swept-wing aircraft