MiG-27M

MiG-27M

Yak-28B

MiG-27K

MiG-27M

Yak-28B

MiG-27K

USSR

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.3	11.3	11.7

Class:

Fighter

Jet fighter

Research:300 000

Purchase:830 000

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Description

The MiG-27M is a rank VII Soviet jet fighter with a battle rating of 11.3 (AB/RB) and 11.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update "Direct Hit".

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 200 km/h

Turn time36 s

Max altitude15 000 m

EngineTumansky R-29B-300

Type

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight20 t

This aircraft has an excellent top speed, which means it can speed away from enemy fighters if needed, with flares and chaff assisting in countering incoming missiles. Despite being a heavy aircraft, the Mig-27M has one of the best sustain turning ability among top tier jets thanks to its variable swept wing design.

Compare with its fighter jet version, the Mig-23M, the Mig-27M is slightly heavier and has a lower thrust (despite the difference being very little). As a result, the Mig-27Ms can pull less Gs than the Mig-23M, specifically, it tends to pull one less G than the Mig-23M across all speed. For example, at 800~900km/h, the best speed range for these two aircrafts to maneuver, the Mig-23M can pull 12Gs, where the Mig-27M could pull 11Gs. This characteristic, despite seemingly lowers the maneuverability of the aircraft, actually improves the gaming experience since both the Mig-23M and the Mig-27M breaks their wings at 12G. As a result, the Mig-23M could risk rip its wing during maneuvers, whereas the Mig-27M has no risk of damage.

The Mig-27M, just like the Mig-23M, fells sluggish in maneuvers. However, despite the bad instantaneous turning and rolling ability, the Mig-27M has exceptional sustained turning and rolling ability for a medium-heavy fighter. In speed lower than 900km/h and with the wings turned to forward position, the Mig-27M could outmaneuver most top-tier jets, even including the F-5Cs and Mig-21s. At 400km/h, with the wings set to the most forward position, the Mig-27M somewhat resembles a piston-engine attacker, with superb lift and great sustain turn rate. This is extremely helpful in a 1v1 situation, where you can use this characteristic to trick your enemy into low speed and outmaneuver them easily.

To be noted though, the high-speed maneuverability of the Mig-27M is not exceptional at all. At supersonic and with the wing set to the full back position, the Mig-27M could only pull 8Gs of overload, significantly less than the 10 to 11Gs of the F-4Es and the JA-37s. Also, the Mig-27M does not held its speed well in turns. In such case, it is advised to keep your speed and do less maneuvers in most times during a battle.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at _,___ m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	2340	2330	15000	37.6	37.8	133.9	127.3	750
Upgraded	___	___		__._	__._	__._	__._

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
_	_	_	_	_	_

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	630	___	___	___	~__	~__

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< ___	< ___	< ___	N/A

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Basic mass		Wing loading (full fuel)
Turmansky R-29B-300		1	_,___ kg		___ kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)			Max Takeoff Weight
Weight (each)	Type		_m fuel	__m fuel	__m fuel
1780 kg	Jet		_,___ kg	_,___ kg	_,___ kg	_,___ kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (___%/WEP)
Condition	100%	___%/WEP	_m fuel	__m fuel	__m fuel	MTOW
Stationary	7430 kgf	9690 kgf	_.__	_.__	_.__	_.__
Optimal	___ kgf (_ km/h)	___ kgf (_ km/h)	_.__	_.__	_.__	_.__

Survivability and armour

Flares/Chaff

Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear630 km/h

The plane gets some 10 mm armor behind the pilot, and 9 mm on each side of the pilot. This will not really save you against the firepower faced in top-rank jet battles and is more against the stray machine gun round or shrapnel from ground attacks.

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB2 722 → 3 987

RB7 992 → 11 708

SB8 679 → 12 714

Total cost of modifications262 200

409 000

Talisman cost2 900

Crew training240 000

Experts830 000

Aces3 000

Research Aces1 140 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

100 / 310 / 600 %

238 / 238 / 238 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Compressor Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 New boosters Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 Wings repair Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 Engine Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530	Fuselage repair Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 Airframe Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 G-suit Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 Cover Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530	GSh-30-2K_belt_pack Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 Flares/Chaff Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 ZB-500 Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 Kh-23M Research: 8 800 Cost: 14 000 390 GSh-30-2K_new_gun Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 B-8M1 Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 FAB-250 Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 Kh-25 Research: 9 900 Cost: 15 000 440 Gun pod SPPU-22-01 Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 S-24 Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 FAB-500 Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 40px Kh-29L Research: 11 000 Cost: 17 000 490 ns23_belt_pack Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530 EFS Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530 R-60M Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530 KAB-500Kr Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530 40px Kh-29T Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 530

Armaments

Offensive armament

The MiG-27M is armed with:

• 1 x 30 mm GSh-6-30 cannon, belly-mounted (300 rpg)

Suspended armament

The MiG-27M can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 7 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (1,750 kg total)
• 4 x 250 kg OFAB-250sv bombs (1,000 kg total)
• 7 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (3,500 kg total)
• 80 x S-8KO rockets
• 4 x S-24B rockets
• 2 x Kh-23M missiles
• 4 x Kh-25ML missiles
• 2 x Kh-29L missiles
• 2 x Kh-29T missiles
• 4 x R-60M missiles
• 2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannons (250 rpg = 500 total)
• 128 x S-5KP rockets
• 20 x 100 kg OFAB-100 bombs (2,000 kg total)
• 12 x 100 kg OFAB-100 bombs + 64 x S-5KP rockets (1,200 kg total)
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles + 2 x Kh-25ML missiles
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles + 40 x S-8KO rockets + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles + 2 x S-24B rockets
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles + 12 x 100 kg OFAB-100 bombs (1,200 kg total)
• 2 x R-13M1 missiles + 2 x S-24B rockets + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 4 x R-60M missiles + 5 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (1,250 kg total)
• 4 x R-60M missiles + 5 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (2,500 kg total)
• 4 x R-60M missiles + 12 x 100 kg OFAB-100 bombs (1,200 kg total)
• 80 x S-8KO rockets + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 80 x S-8KO rockets + 3 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (750 kg total)
• 40 x S-8KO rockets + 4 x R-60M missiles + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 40 x S-8KO rockets + 4 x R-60M missiles + 3 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (750 kg total)
• 40 x S-8KO rockets + 5 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (2,500 kg total)
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 4 x R-60M missiles
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 5 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (1,250 kg total)
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 5 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (2,500 kg total)
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 40 x S-8KO rockets
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 40 x S-8KO rockets + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 4 x R-60M missiles + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 2 x S-24B rockets + 4 x R-60M missiles + 3 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (750 kg total)
• 4 x R-60M missiles + 2 x Kh-25ML missiles
• 2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannons + 2 x S-24B rockets
• 2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannons + 40 x S-8KO rockets + 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-62 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannons + 5 x 250 kg FAB-250M-62 bombs (1,250 kg total)
• 4 x 500 kg KAB-500 bombs (2,000 kg total)
• 2 x 500 kg KAB-500 bombs + 4 x R-60M missiles (1,000 kg total)
• 2 x 500 kg KAB-500 bombs + 2 x R-13M1 missiles (1,000 kg total)

Usage in battles

Air-RB:

Thanks to its great low-altitude performance and powerful cannon armament, the Mig-27M could be a good fighter jet in Air-RB. Generally speaking, the best tactic for playing it as a fighter jet is similar to that of the Mig-23M: heading to the left after take-off, keep the altitude under 500m, postpone your entry as late as possible, then engage in head-o n combat using the all-aspect R-60Ms and your powerful GSh-6-30 cannon.

Since the Mig-27M has a significant low-altitude speed advantage compare with most of its opponents, it is advised to keep your speed throughout the battle. However, when there's only one or two enemies left, the Mig-27M could quickly become a dogfight by setting its wing to about 50% gradient. In such a setting without load, the Mig-27M could pull 11Gs at 900km/h, and with even more aggressive dog-flighting techniques and less gradient for the wing, the Mig-27M is capable of dogfighting light fighters like F-5Cs and Mig-21MFs.

Enemies worth noting:

• J-35Ds, since it is the only aircraft that could certainly win a dogfight against Mig-27M.
• F-5Es, F-5Cs and Mig-21s, since they are great dogfighters, but it is still possible to defeat them in dogfights.
• F-4EJ Kai, JA-37, F-4M/K, since they have doppler radars and great mid-range missiles.

The Mig-27M could also be played as an attacker in Air-RB. When doing so, though, it is still advised to take the 4 R-60Ms and play using the tactic mentioned above to maximize your survivability. When flanked to the back of the enemy, rush to a base and drop your bombs, then either play it as a fighter-jet or ground strike the enemy targets.

Ground-RB

It is fair to say that the Mig-27M is the new best top-tier aircraft for ground-RB because its decent maneuverability, the variety of guided weapons it could carry, and its GSh-6-30 cannon. To use it effectively, first shoot down any flying object using the R-60Ms, then deploy whatever weapons you got on board. Your cannon is also remarkably effective against the thin side of western MBTs and other light-armored targets. Using all your armaments effectively, it is possible to kill quite a few targets in one run.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very high top speed at low altitude.
• Good sustain turning ability, could even dogfight F-5Cs at lower speed.
• Variable swept wing design allows impressive performance at any speed.
• Most powerful cannon for top-tier jet, effective at destroying both ground and air targets.
• Wide variety of suspended weapons, making it a multi-purpose aircraft.
• KAB-500 guided bombs provide all the advantages of air-to-ground missiles with none of their drawbacks.
• The TV-guided weapons lock on to target faster than their NATO counterparts.
• Thanks to its laser targeting system, it is no longer needed to point the nose exactly at the target, just need to point it at the general direction.

Cons:

• Lacks radar and IRST for air-to-air combat.
• Lacks mid-range missiles.
• The cannon has a war-up time before fires.
• The cannon has a paltry ammunition capacity for its rate of fire, requiring stringent trigger discipline.
• Bad instantaneous turn and roll rate, making it hard to catch most windows at high-speed.
• R-60Ms could be easily defeated by countermeasures.

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the MiG-27M from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Shooting Range #269 - Metal Beasts section at 00:27 discusses the MiG-27M.

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