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150 Su-7BMK - earliest date of delivery found in Internet is 1968 (now 1/67), however according to a Polish monograph article on Su-7 [nTW 2/1997], first were delivered in 1972. It could carry 4 x500 kg bombs (now 4x250 kg). Better icon is 2158 - Iraqi Su-7 wore a camouflage (pictures http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/a/271/19/0 )
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Perhaps it could carry that much but 4 x 250 is more sensible, as there is question of under what loadout configuration and operational range such 4 x 500 load was possible. If they had to give up the underbelly fuel tanks then it was a non start for most practical applications. Were the outer wing hardpoints rated for 500kg bombs? I vaguely recall this not being the case but I will have to check. |
If you want to treat the plane as if it had underbelly fuel tanks, than you're right - outer hardpoints for 6-hardpoint variant could carry 250 kg or so (that would make maximum 2x500 kg and 2x250kg). However, since the aircraft are little effective, they could carry bigger load possible IMHO.
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152 Su-17MK-4 - should be named Su-22M4 (export version of Soviet Su-17M4). In addition to guided missiles, it can carry 2-4 bombs 250 kg.
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As far as I have read bombs were probably not carried together with Kh-29. The actual load was something like one kh-29, an ECM pod, a drop tank and UB-32 rocket pod used as counterweight of sort. |
Official Polish chart allows for a configuration 2x Kh-29 and 4 bombs 250-500 kg or 2 bombs and 2 drop tanks.
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156 Su-22M-4 - now available from 1/74 - it should be in fact earlier model Su-22M (production of Su-22M-4 started in 1983). I don't know when Iraq received Su-22M, but they were produced and exported from 1979, so 1/79 should be earliest date. In addition to missiles it could carry eg. 2x250kg bombs
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Same as above except that the missile in question was used operationally very few times, perhaps just once. |
These missiles (Kh-23) were even lighter, than Kh-29. I don't know however what the practice of arranging armament of Su-22 in Iraq looked like. I only write, that these planes were capable of such load (even not a maximum one) and it's a bit waste to send them with only two missiles. Besides, I probably keep in mind photos of Polish Su-22s carrying missiles and rocket launchers or bombs.
Regards,
Michal