Sukhoi Su-25

I just discovered that the Georgian Air Force had a new roundel and that the paint of the Su-25 is now "low visibility" grey.
Has anyone seen other pictures of these Su-25 in this scheme ?
For my part, these are the only I could see.
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Georgian Su-25 (18) & Su-25UB (21) over Vaziani MB (30 Avril 2022).jpeg
 
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MOSCOW, March 27. /tass/. The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published footage of combat sorties of pilots of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation when performing fire missions to destroy armored vehicles and military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during a special military operation.
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paralay said:
MOSCOW, March 27. /tass/. The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published footage of combat sorties of pilots of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation when performing fire missions to destroy armored vehicles and military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during a special military operation.
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Interesting, this is the first time I see Su-25s using S-8 rockets in Ukraine.
 
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MOSCOW, March 27. /tass/. The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published footage of combat sorties of pilots of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation when performing fire missions to destroy armored vehicles and military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during a special military operation.
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It is a shame, because we cannot see the roundels of the Su-25. Nothing says its nationality.
How do we know if he is Ukrainian or Russian ? :)
It still amazes me that UkrAF still has Frogfoots, because as far as I know, they only had 15/20 of them at the beginning of the war ?
 
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Another Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed today. This is the 405 aircraft since the beginning of the Special Operation

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405 is much more than the complete operational strength of the Ukrainian air force at the start of the full-scale war...
 
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paralay said:
Another Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed today. This is the 405 aircraft since the beginning of the Special Operation

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405 is much more than the complete operational strength of the Ukrainian air force at the start of the full-scale war...
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This may include aircraft that were destroyed on the ground, but were not in flying condition. There are a lot of MiG-29, Su-25, 27 & more out of service in Ukraine. But seen from the sky, they can appear in good condition.
During the Yugoslavian war, more MiG-29s were claimed destroyed than were present. This was the fault of the wooden decoys.
 
Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force and their maintenance at one of the air bases in the south of Ukraine.
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paralay said:
Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force and their maintenance at one of the air bases in the south of Ukraine.
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Wahoo, these are historic images !!! This is the first time I see good pictures of the UkrAF Frogfoot during the war. :D
The identification marks are interesting.
It can be seen that the aircraft in the third photo was recently put back into service, as it does not have the usual pre-war camouflage.
What is the source of these images ?
 
Interesting. I wonder how they launch them.
My guess is since there is no ballistic charts in ASP analog computer they're using "Сетка" mode and do he calculatins manually.
But since that both sides enjoy using Su-25 as a pseudo-MRLS, this might not be an issue.
 
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Interesting that they censored out the pods under the wing of that Su-25. If it was just a couple of Zuni pods, that wouldn't seem necessary.

OTOH, the Zunis as built up there clearly do not have laser guidance, so probably not a designator pod. Presumably there is something else hanging on that Su-25 that would be of interest.
 
TomS said:
Interesting that they censored out the pods under the wing of that Su-25. If it was just a couple of Zuni pods, that wouldn't seem necessary.

OTOH, the Zunis as built up there clearly do not have laser guidance, so probably not a designator pod. Presumably there is something else hanging on that Su-25 that would be of interest.
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EW pod type maybe.
 
Azerbaijans SU-25M underwent weapons systems modernisation in Turkey, seen in the image below carrying KGK-82 wing assisted glide bombs
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Anyone know the pods on the outer underwing pylons? Looks like a Cross-Eye ECM setup of some sort but I don't recognize the specific pod.
 
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Ah, there we are. Looks to be some variation of the Belarussian Talisman system. The endcaps are different shape/color, so probably there are some changes to the antennas behind them, but the general configuration is right (down to the tabs for mounting AAMs under the pod)

Airborne defense suite for operational aircraft ‘Talisman’

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IsXusG1HU&ab_channel=RonaldCohn
 
More :
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Ukraine restores ex-North Macedonian Su-25 to help fight Russia

Images of Ukrainian-operated Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack jets carrying two fuel tanks and four five-tube B-13L rocket pods that appeared on social media on May 10 have confirmed that Ukraine has managed to restore at least one of the four Su-25s that North Macedonia donated to Kyiv in...
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Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.
 
Does anyone know the maker and nomenclature of the on-board radio set used in the Su-25SM3? The control panel of the radio seems to be located on the port side panel, slightly below the MFD's red cover.

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Does anyone know how many Su-25s the Russian airforce has lost in Ukraine since February 24, 2022?
 
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Does anyone know how many Su-25s the Russian airforce has lost in Ukraine since February 24, 2022?
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32.
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Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

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32 Su-25 close air support aircraft: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, destroyed) (8, destroyed) (9, destroyed) (10, destroyed) (11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed in a non-combat related incident) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed in a non-combat related incident) (16, destroyed) (17, destroyed) (18, damaged beyond economical repair) (19, destroyed) (20, destroyed) (21, destroyed in a non-combat related incident) (22, destroyed) (23, destroyed) (24, destroyed) (25, destroyed) (26, destroyed) (27, destroyed) (28, destroyed) (29, destroyed) (30, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged)
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Avimimus said:
I was more pointing out that they might be jittery and/or expecting to potentially be attacked eventually - which might change the mentality.

As for what they thought they were shooting at - we don't yet know the provenance of the tweets & radio chatter with 100% certainty. An AN-26 has less than half the cruise speed - so that'd be pretty incompetent of the operator. Not that any of it makes a difference.

I think the fact that it was 1000ft above the level of restricted airspace just suggests that the restrictions weren't aggressive enough to keep airliners safe.
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Story time!

I was in the Navy on 9-11-01. Coming back from morning PT and heard someone shout out "hey, a plane just hit the World Trade Center!"

Late October 2001, my sub was on the way out on patrol, and we had a ~35ft Weldcraft aluminum fishing boat come around from behind an island up on plane and point straight at us at pretty significant distance. I call it out, like a good lookout is supposed to. And I keep watching it, because it is pointed RIGHT at us. Do a 360 scan, double check on the Weldcraft, do another scan, double check on the Weldcraft, etc.

I'm pretty sure they didn't see us, because we were also heading right at them, and the forests behind us are so dark a green they're almost black. Plus, we're a sub. Total width of what's sticking out of the water is minimal. But they're acting like a threat so I'm getting nervous and not liking it. They keep getting closer and closer, minute by minute. I tell the officer of the deck that if I yell "down" he needs to duck and cover his ears, because he's ahead of my muzzle if below it. Our TM1 walks forward of the sail with an M203. I'm finally standing on top of the sail with my M16 braced on the periscope fairing, waiting to have to do something.

Knowing that as soon as I pulled that trigger I was getting court-martialed. Whether I did right or wrong, I was going to be court-martialed.

Fortunately, that was right about the time that one of those 7m RHIBs with 3x outboards hanging off the back went screaming past the sub, with a Coast Guard boarding team onboard. I swear he was doing over 60mph on the water, that 21ft long boat had 2x 220hp outboards on it!

So I can completely believe troops deciding to shoot regardless.


Forest Green said:
EW pod type maybe.
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My guess as well.


F.L. said:
The new Su-25ML of Azeri AF, during an exercice in Kazakhstan.
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Oh, I like that nose art!
 
Has anyone put together a list of operational loadouts observed on the Su-25? I find it interesting that they seem to be only utilising half of the hardpoints in most cases!

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So I can completely believe troops deciding to shoot regardless.
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Makes a lot of sense to me! I'll now be more careful when approaching nuclear submarines (not that I'm likely to get much in the way of opportunities to do so).
 

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