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Originally Posted by Pibwl
By the way, in weapons' part, weapon #186 4x 57mm S-5 should be in my opinion changed to 4x57mm S-5K, with reduced (real) range and AP HEAT (eg. weapon #185 from Russian OOB), compatible with #185 2x57mm S-5K. Is there any reason to create HE-only 4x 57mm S-5 with extended range, which is not compatible with Soviet OOB? (this problem concerns also Polish, Egyptian and maybe some other oobs).
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A quick answer since I am in hurry: IIRC planes (unlike helos) don't use HEAT/AP. The AP rating is only used by class 11 weapons for the number of guns carried. Ammo has only HE effect. I will have to check the manual though.
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#166 MiG-23BN - Speed should be 17. I don't know, if the Syrians received missile-armed Migs eventually (at least first batches were in simplified "third world" variant), but in addition to missiles it could take 2x32 57 mm rockets or two bombs up to 500 kg.
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Kh-23 might have been available, though nothing to write home about.I will have to do some research.