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| − | The aircraft gets 60 mm bulletproof glass in front of the pilot and 10 mm of steel behind the pilot. | + | The aircraft gets 60 mm bulletproof glass in front of the pilot and 10 mm of steel behind the pilot, making it more survivable in head-on attacks. Even with the bulletproof glass, the pilot isn't immune to any enemy fire. The plane gets self-sealing fuel tanks in the wings and over the engine. |
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'''Pros:''' | '''Pros:''' | ||
| − | * Has access to R-3R, R-3S, R-13M1, and R-60 | + | * Has access to R-3R, R-3S, R-13M1, and R-60 air-to-air missiles |
| − | * Decent radar to slave R-60s | + | * Decent radar to slave R-60s for easier target locking |
| − | * In a downtier, it can dominate | + | * In a downtier, it can dominate with its gun and flight characteristics |
| − | * | + | * Quick plane with good speed for its br |
* Decent manoeuvrability at high speed | * Decent manoeuvrability at high speed | ||
| − | * Ballistic computer for rockets | + | * Ballistic computer for rockets, making it good for quick attack runs on ground targets |
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
| − | * Bad energy retention | + | * Bad energy retention in turns |
| − | * Poor acceleration | + | * Poor acceleration making to plane hard to fly in turnfights |
* Has to give up the gun for flare/chaff pod | * Has to give up the gun for flare/chaff pod | ||
| − | * | + | * Hard to make use out of in uptier matches |
* RWR is only working in the rear, not all around | * RWR is only working in the rear, not all around | ||
* Gun runs out of ammo quickly due to high rate of fire and low ammunition storage | * Gun runs out of ammo quickly due to high rate of fire and low ammunition storage | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 16 June 2023
| This page is about the German jet fighter MiG-21 SPS-K (Germany). For other versions, see MiG-21 (Family). |
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Contents
Description
The ◄MiG-21 SPS-K (NATO Code: Fishbed-F) is a premium gift rank VI German jet fighter with a battle rating of 9.3 (AB), 9.7 (RB), and 10.0 (SB). It was introduced as a premium pack in Update "Ground Breaking".
General info
Flight performance
Air brakes
Allows you to dramatically reduce the flight speed by releasing special flaps
Drogue parachute
Reduces braking distance when landing on any runway
Max speed
at 13 000 m2 240 km/h
Turn time36 s
Max altitude16 000 m
EngineTumansky R-11F2S-300
Type
Cooling systemAir
Take-off weight10 t
| Characteristics | Max Speed (km/h at 13,000 m) |
Max altitude (metres) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (metres/second) |
Take-off run (metres) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | |||
| Stock | 2,210 | 2,195 | 16000 | 37.7 | 38.3 | 124.6 | 117.8 | 750 |
| Upgraded | 2,280 | 2,240 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 167.0 | 145.0 | ||
Details
| Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear | Drogue chute |
| X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Limits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings (km/h) | Gear (km/h) | Flaps (km/h) | Max Static G | |||
| Combat | Take-off | Landing | + | - | ||
| 1365 | 700 | N/A | 500 | 450 | ~11 | ~5 |
| Optimal velocities (km/h) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons | Rudder | Elevators | Radiator |
| < 650 | < 600 | < 900 | N/A |
Engine performance
| Engine | Aircraft mass | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine name | Number | Basic mass | Wing loading (full fuel) | ||||
| Tumansky R-11F2S-300 | 1 | 5,692 kg | 342 kg/m2 | ||||
| Engine characteristics | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) | Max Takeoff Weight | |||||
| Weight (each) | Type | 10m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 35m fuel | ||
| 1,120 kg | Afterburning axial-flow turbojet | 6,340 kg | 6,906 kg | 7,513 kg | 7,852 kg | 9,500 kg | |
| Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB) | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP) | ||||||
| Condition | 100% | WEP | 10m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 35m fuel | MTOW |
| Stationary | 3,536 kgf | 5,304 kgf | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.56 |
| Optimal | 3,536 kgf (0 km/h) |
5,398 kgf (1,200 km/h) |
0.85 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.57 |
Survivability and armour
Flares/Chaff
Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar
Crew1 person
Speed of destruction
Structural1 365 km/h
Gear700 km/h
The aircraft gets 60 mm bulletproof glass in front of the pilot and 10 mm of steel behind the pilot, making it more survivable in head-on attacks. Even with the bulletproof glass, the pilot isn't immune to any enemy fire. The plane gets self-sealing fuel tanks in the wings and over the engine.
Modifications and economy
Repair cost
AB2 024 
RB7 515
SB6 938
Crew training10 000
Experts1 160 000
Aces2 800 
Research Aces2 150 000 
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
2 × 130 / 380 / 600 % 2 × 232 / 232 / 232 % | Flight performance | Survivability | Weaponry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Armaments
| Ballistic Computer | |||
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| CCIP (Guns) | CCIP (Rockets) | CCIP (Bombs) | CCRP (Bombs) |
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Suspended armament
The MiG-21 SPS-K (Germany) can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
- 1 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon (250 rpg)
- 4 x R-3S missiles
- 4 x R-3R missiles
- 2 x R-3R missiles + 2 x R-3S missiles
- 64 x countermeasures + 2 x R-13M1 missiles
- 64 x countermeasures + 2 x R-60 missiles
- 64 x S-5K rockets
- 2 x S-24 rockets
- 2 x 250 kg OFAB-250sv bombs (500 kg total)
- 2 x 500 kg FAB-500M-54 bombs (1,000 kg total)
- 1 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon + 2 x R-60 missiles
- 1 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon + 2 x R-3S missiles + 2 x R-3R missiles
Custom loadout options
| 1 | 2 | 3 | .png) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 mm GSh-23L cannons (250 rpg) | 1 | |||
| 250 kg OFAB-250sv bombs | 1 | 1 | ||
| 500 kg FAB-500M-54 bombs | 1 | 1 | ||
| S-5K rockets | 16, 32 | 16, 32 | ||
| S-24 rockets | 1 | 1 | ||
| R-3R missiles | 1*, 2 | 1*, 2 | ||
| R-3S missiles | 1*, 2 | 1*, 2 | ||
| R-13M1 missiles | 1 | 1 | ||
| R-60 missiles | 1 | 1 | ||
| Countermeasures | 64 | |||
| * Single R-3R missiles can only be equipped in conjunction with a single R-3S missile on the same hardpoint | ||||
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Has access to R-3R, R-3S, R-13M1, and R-60 air-to-air missiles
- Decent radar to slave R-60s for easier target locking
- In a downtier, it can dominate with its gun and flight characteristics
- Quick plane with good speed for its br
- Decent manoeuvrability at high speed
- Ballistic computer for rockets, making it good for quick attack runs on ground targets
Cons:
- Bad energy retention in turns
- Poor acceleration making to plane hard to fly in turnfights
- Has to give up the gun for flare/chaff pod
- Hard to make use out of in uptier matches
- RWR is only working in the rear, not all around
- Gun runs out of ammo quickly due to high rate of fire and low ammunition storage
History
The MiG-21 SPS (also MiG-21 PFS) was a subvariant of MiG-21 PF. The acronym SPS comes from "сдув пограничного слоя" ("sduv pogranichnogo sloya") which means "blown flaps". For this, the engine was modified and received a new name R-11F2S-300, this engine redirected some air from the compressor to the flaps. The military wanted it to be able to take off from unpaved airfields, and these modifications shortened the takeoff run to 480 m on average and reduced the landing speed to 240 km/h. Two SPRD-99 (СПРД-99) boosters could be installed to shorten the takeoff run even more. It was mass-produced from 1961 to 1965.
Media
- Skins
- Videos
2 Premiums, One Playstyle: MiG-21 SPS-K & MiG-21S - Spit_flyer
The Little Plane That Couldn't - MiG-21-SPS-K - DEFYN
Should You Buy The MiG-21 SPS-K? - Premium Review - Sako Sniper
See also
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- reference to the series of the aircraft;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (Микоя́н и Гуре́вич Опытное конструкторское бюро) | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | MiG-3-15 · MiG-3-15 (BK) · MiG-3-34 |
| I-225 | |
| Jet fighters | MiG-9 · MiG-9 (l) |
| MiG-15 · MiG-15bis · MiG-15bis ISh | |
| MiG-17 | |
| MiG-19PT | |
| MiG-21F-13 · MiG-21PFM · MiG-21S (R-13-300) · MiG-21SMT · MiG-21bis | |
| MiG-23M · MiG-23ML · MiG-23MLD | |
| MiG-27M · MiG-27K | |
| MiG-29 · MiG-29SMT | |
| Export/Licensed | ␗MiG-9 · ␗MiG-9 (l) |
| ◊MiG-15bis · ◔MiG-15bis · J-2* | |
| MiG-17AS · ◔MiG-17PF · J-4* · Shenyang F-5* | |
| ◊MiG-19S · J-6A* | |
| ◄MiG-21 SPS-K · ◊MiG-21MF · ◔MiG-21MF · ▄MiG-21bis · ◔MiG-21bis-SAU · ◊MiG-21bis-SAU · ◊MiG-21 "Lazur-M" · ▄MiG-21 Bison · J-7II** | |
| ◊MiG-23BN · ◊MiG-23MF · ◔MiG-23MF · ◊MiG-23MLA | |
| ◔MiG-29 · ◊MiG-29 · ◄MiG-29G | |
| *Licensed and domesticated with Chinese designations. | |
| **Unlicensed, reverse-engineered and domesticated with Chinese designations. | |
| See Also | Shenyang · Chengdu |
| Germany jet aircraft | |
|---|---|
|
Luftwaffe |
| He 162 | He 162 A-1 · He 162 A-2 |
| Me 163 | Me 163 B · Me 163 B-0 |
| Ho 229 | Ho 229 V3 |
| Ar 234 | Ar 234 B-2 · Ar 234 C-3 |
| Me 262 | Me 262 A-1a · Me 262 A-1a/Jabo · Me 262 A-1a/U1 · Me 262 A-1/U4 · Me 262 A-2a |
| Me 262 C-1a · Me 262 C-2b | |
|
LSK |
| Fighters | ◊MiG-15bis · ◊Lim-5P · ◊MiG-19S |
| ◊MiG-21MF · ◊MiG-21bis-SAU · ◊MiG-21 "Lazur-M" | |
| ◊MiG-29 | |
| Attackers | ◊MiG-23BN · ◊MiG-23MF · ◊MiG-23MLA |
| ◊Su-22UM3K · ◊Su-22M4 | |
| ◊IL-28 | |
|
Luftwaffe |
| F-84 | ◄F-84F |
| F-86 | ◄CL-13A Mk 5 · ◄CL-13B Mk.6 · ◄F-86K |
| F-104 | ◄F-104G |
| F-4 | ◄F-4F Early · ◄F-4F · ◄F-4F KWS LV |
| G.91 | ◄G.91 R/3 · ◄G.91 R/4 |
| Tornado | ◄Tornado IDS WTD61 · ◄Tornado IDS MFG · ◄Tornado IDS ASSTA1 |
| Other | Alpha Jet A · ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100 |
| Ex-LSK | ◄MiG-21 SPS-K · ◄MiG-29G · ◄Su-22M4 WTD61 |
|
Swiss Air Force |
| ◌Hunter F.58 · FFA P-16 | |
| Germany premium aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | He 51 B-2/H · BV 155 B-1 |
| He 112 | He 112 B-1/U2 · He 112 B-2/U2 |
| Bf 109 | Flegel's Bf 109 A · Bf 109 E-7/U2 · Bf 109 G-2 |
| Fw 190 | Fw 190 A-5/U14 · Fw 190 C · Fw 190 D-13 |
| Captured | ▀Marcolin's C.R.42 CN · ▀Hawk H-75A-2 · ▀Yak-1B · ▀La-5FN · ▀P-47D-16-RE · ▀P-47D · ▀Tempest Mk V |
| Twin-engine fighters | Bf 109 Z-1 · Ju 388 J · Ta 154 A-1 |
| Jet fighters | ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100 · ◄G.91 R/4 · FFA P-16 · ◄MiG-21 SPS-K · ◊MiG-21 "Lazur-M" |
| Strike aircraft | Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · ▀IL-2 (1942) · Bf 110 C-6 · Do 335 B-2 · He 219 A-7 · ◄Tornado IDS WTD61 · ◄Su-22M4 WTD61 |
| Bombers | Ar 196 A-3 · BV 238 · Fw 189 A-1 · He 177 A-3 · Ju 87 R-2 Libya · Ju 288 C · ▀Wellington Mk Ic |
