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Aviation
MiG-17
VI
Rank
AB
9.0
RB
8.7
SB
9.0
Battle rating
USSR
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
160,000
RP
Research
450,000
SL
Purchase
General information

Almost immediately after the MiG-15 entered service, the developement of a successor was already underway. Initially called the MiG-15bis-45, the new aircraft was to rectify one major flaw in the MiG-15 design: The severe vibrations and near-loss of controls when approaching Mach 1. To fix these problems, a new wing shape, airfoil form, and tailplane design were introduced. The results of heavy wind tunnel testing and prototyping by TsAGI resulted in the aforementioned changes exceeding all expectations, and as a result, the MiG-17 would establish itself in history as one of, if not the most, successful transsonic fighter aircraft until the advent of true supersonic airframes such as the MiG-19 and F-100. The MiG-17 was given a trial by fire during the Vietnam War, where it was faced against the far more advanced and newer American fighter-bombers, such as the F-4 Phantom II and the F-105 Thunderchief, which to everyone's surprise, were regularly beaten by the MiG-17 in dogfights due to the latter's incredible agility and small size making it hard to hit, and also because early variants of the F4 Phantom II deployed in Vietnam lacked any form of internal guns, an issue the MiG-17 did not suffer from. The MiG-17 became one of the most widely serving fighter aircraft in the world at the time, and as such, garnered many famous nicknames from around the world; with a NATO reporting name of Fresco, but also affectionately called "én bạc" (Silver Swallow) in North Vietnam, and "Barmil" (Barrel) among some Egyptian pilots, in addition to its standardized names from the license produced variants, Shenyang J-5 (歼-5) in China, S-104 in Czechoslovakia, and the PZL-Mielec Lim-5 in Poland.

The MiG-17, introduced in Update 1.55 "Royal Armour", is a direct upgrade in development over the previous MiG-15. The MiG-17 does not upgrade much (if at all) in the energy fighting, top speed, or manoeuvring departments. However, the new wing and tailplane design rectify one of the biggest issues in the older MiG-15: the terrible compression nearing transsonic speeds. The MiG-17 still has compression issues at high speeds, although the compression ceiling has been lifted far higher than its predecessor, allowing it to engage in faster combat manoeuvres than the MiG-15. One must however be very wary of advanced air-to-air missiles when flying this aircraft, as when uptiered, the player will regularly be faced with aircraft carrying the all-aspect AIM-9L and R-60M such as the A-10A and the Su-25, which are an almost guaranteed death sentence to the MiG-17.



Flight performance
Max speed
at 2,000 m 1,1141,0591,1281,091 km/h
Rate of Climb 50396041.2 m/s
Turn time 21.523.220.322.8 s
Max altitude 15,500 m
Takeoff Run 475 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 5.1 t
Engine Klimov VK-1
Length 11.3 m
Wingspan 9.6 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 1,150 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 450 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 450 km/h
Offensive armament
37 mm N-37D cannon
Ammunition 40 rounds
Fire rate 400 shots/min

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2 × 23 mm NR-23 cannon
Ammunition 160 rounds
Fire rate 900 shots/min

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Suspended armament
Setup 1 2 × 250 kg OFAB-250sv bomb
Setup 2 16 × S-5K rockets
Setup 3 16 × S-5M rockets
Setup 4 2 × S-21 rockets
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 2,981 → 4,436 SL
RB 8,505 → 12,655 SL
SB 9,272 → 13,797 SL
Crew training 130,000 SL
Experts 450,000 SL
Aces 2,200 GE
Research Aces 890,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
130 / 380 / 600 % SL
214 % RP
Total cost of modifications 142,600 RP
225,000 SL
Talisman cost 2,400 GE

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