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>>64767819
soviets had a golden period in design that is extremely compelling, like some caveman discovering jets and being given unlimited funds

cant compete with actual optimized designs but it just exudes SOVL

reminder that Russian jet engine technology is stuck in the 90s
they are literally almost 40 years behind the west in jet engine tech

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>>64768102
>just an APC that flies , it saves resources by unifying designs!
>spends 33% of gdp on defense

firsties will never get the backwards structure that conceived these kind of things and i fear we will never see this kind of shit (unless its an osprey)

>>64768107
how do you know all of that?

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>>64767819
>cant turn
>empties tank with 2 min afterburner
>radar is a piece of shit that is cooled by vodka
>its made so a farmer can learn it to fly

even then its the most succesfull soviet design of all time. nothing compares

>>64768119
>cant turn
mig-21 outmatched the f-4 especially at the beginning

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>>64768353

>>64768353
>Hard numbers
>>64768360
>Bullshit about looks and vibes

>>64768360
member when armatard got mocked ruthlessly even by his fellow vatniggers on russian forums for this image back in the day? i member

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>>64767819
>builds cool thing
>leaves it to rot in a field for decades
many such cases
russia stronk

>>64767819
So, if you were to turn this into a gunship...

>>64768377
he died.