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ClaudeJ -> RE: IDEA/PROPOSAL: Community creation/review of unit description (2/16/2022 4:03:46 PM)
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DRAFT edit of the existing #1897 R-60M description file, Weapon_1897.txt, for review
OVERVIEW: The R-60M (NATO reporting name: AA-8 "Aphid") is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile. It has a 3 kg HE warhead with an active laser proximity fuse.
DETAILS: Developed by Molniya Design Bureau, the R-60M (izdeliye 62) is a very small predecessor of the R-73 missile, with the same general appearance and less than half the weight. It has no gas control and a more limited off-bore sight angle, of +/- 20°.
It has four rectangular fixed canards and four triangular moving control fins at the nose, with four long-chord clipped-tip delta-wings at the rear. The four fixed delta-wings have `Sidewinder' type rollerons at the trailing-edge for roll stabilisation.
Its 3 kg HE fragmentation warhead contains 1.6 kg of uranium.
Specifications:
Weight: 43 kg
Length: 2.09 m
Diameter: 0.12 m (missile)
Range:
-Max 3.89 nm (7.2 km)
-Min 0.1 nm (200 m)
NOTES: IOC 1982. Used by Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic,
Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, North Korea, Libya, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and
Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam.
As of 2017, this missile remains in limited service on Russian Su-24, Su-25 and MiG-31 aircraft and with various export operators.
SOURCES: Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, Issue 27, 1997 ; Butowski, Piotr. Russia's Air-Launched Weapons: Russian-Made Aircraft Ordnance Today. Houston, Harpia Publishing, 2017. Page 43.
Original :
OVERVIEW:The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 (NATO reporting name: AA-8 "Aphid") is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile designed for use by Soviet fighter aircraft.
DETAILS: the R-60M (NATO reporting name: "Aphid-B"), using a nitrogen-cooled seeker with an expanded view angle of ¡¾20¡Æ, was introduced around 1982.
Although its seeker is more sensitive than its predecessor, the R-60M has only limited all-aspect capability.
Minimum engagement range was further reduced, to only 200 m (220 yd).
The proximity fuzes had improved resistance to ECM, although both optical and radar fuzes remained available (radar-fuzed R-60Ms with the Kolibri-M fuze are designated R-60 km).
The R-60M is 42 mm (1.7 in) longer, and has a heavier, 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) continuous-rod warhead, increasing launch weight to 45 kg (99 lb).
In some versions the warhead is apparently laced with about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) of depleted uranium to increase the penetrating power of the warhead.
SOURCES: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. "R-60 (missile) - Wikipedia." n.d. Accessed September 14, 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-60_(missile).
Edited to include PN79's suggested edition.
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