HOBBYCRAFT
1/72-scale SUKHOI Su-22UM FITTER-E SOVIET AF WARSAW PACT MIDDLE EAST KIT HC1385
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Additional Information from
Internet Encyclopedia
The S-22U two-seat
combat-trainer, export version of the Su-17UM, with a completely re-designed
nose housing the tandem cockpits for student and instructor. Gun pods such as
the GSh-23 based UPK-23 and SPPU-22 were utilized by the Su-17, Su-20, and
Su-22. The SPPU-22 ground attack variant featured 30 degrees of traverse.
An experimental version of the
Su-20 was built with fixed wings attached to an Su-17M fuselage, in an effort
to increase Payload/range performance by eliminating the weight of the wing
sweep system. Good results were obtained in flight tests in 1973, but further
development was cancelled.
Tactical
Reconnaissance versions of all variants could be made by fitting the KKR
(Kombinirovannyi Konteiner Razvedky – combined reconnaissance pod) on the
centre-line hardpoint.
