R-24R

This page is about the Soviet air-to-air missile R-24R. For the other version, see R-24T.

Description

The Kh-24R missile (scale is approximate)

The R-24R is a Soviet semi-active radar-homing air-to-air missile. It was introduced in Update "Ground Breaking".

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• MiG-23ML
• ◊MiG-23MLA
• MiG-23MLD

General info

Missile characteristics
Mass	244 kg
Guidance	SARH+IOG
Signal	CW
Lock range	25 km
Launch range	50 km
Maximum speed	3.5 M
Maximum overload	24 G
Missile guidance time	45 secs
Explosive mass	20.8 kg TNTeq

Effective damage

Describe the type of damage produced by this type of missile (high explosive, splash damage, etc)

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.

Usage in battles

i dont know lmao

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Extremely manoeuvrable, on par with the Skyflash
• Very large TNT warhead (20 kg)
• Very large acquisition range, allowing for lots of leading

Cons:

• Heavy missile

History

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

See also

• R-24T - infrared homing variant

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

• topic on the official game forum;
• other literature.