Issue #40 April 2011 Table of Contents Product Updates Features Price Reductions: battles so they can be played manually. That Doug Chaffee 1936 - 2011 1 The following items have all had their should be available late this year. Flankers Untangled, Part 2 2 prices significantly reduced. This is not a Development work has also begun on Russian Electronics Designations 7 sale! Atlas, the trilogy’s land warfare supplement, New Russian Aircraft Insignia 9 and the fifth edition of Harpoon. Flanker Operators and Variants 10 Designs for the Kaiser 15 Sea of Dragons: Now $35.00 (down 30%!) The challenge for the next edition is CaS Scenario: Latin Getaway 17 Convoy/Deadly Waters: Now $35.00 (down to add high-technology “rule breakers” like Form 10 for Vienticinco De Mayo 19 nearly 30%) AESA radars while simplifying the rules. India’s Tejas Enters Service 20 Baltic Arena: Now $25.00 (down nearly We’ve already playtested an improved Imperial Japanese Naval Torpedo 30%) AAA model, adapted from CaS, and are Doctrine - UHOGS Style 21 Harpoon Naval Review 2003: Now $21.00 working on a simplified SAM model for Japanese AA Rockets 23 (down 30%) shipboard defense. The idea is to eliminate Harpoon Scenario: Mighty Midgets: Now $21.00 (down 30%) the 30-second turns and instead just look Strike Group Reagan 25 Harpoon4 Rules: Now $9.95 (down 54%) at the engagement as a whole: Speed of Gator Mountain: Kunlun Shan 28 Air Group Attack Integrity 29 Regulations of the Year XXII: Now $9.95 the incoming missile, speed and range of WW II Air Unit Quality 30 (down 50%) the defending SAMs, type of fire control/ combat system. The defending player plugs Rule Changes and Clarifications American Fleets is now on the shelves those constants into a table (probably a Simpler Inflight Refueling: and available for $28. The next book in the series of tables) and rolls a die. That will be Making Topping off Easier 11 series, The Emperor’s Fleet, will be out this how many shots his SAMs get before the summer. It covers Japanese forces in WW II. incoming raid reaches its target. Departments These two books together will support Steel It’s always been frustrating in Harpoon Product Updates 1 Typhoon, Ed Kettler’s supplement on the that the game slows down just as it get excit- Book Review: Project Azorian 22 second half of WW II in the Pacific. We’re ing... working hard to organize some of these big BT Cover: F-22 Raptor refuels from KC-135. See the article on page 11. USAF photo. Doug Chaffee 1936 - 2011 Doug Chaffee, a well-known aviation, science fiction, and game artist, passed away April 26, 2011, at the age of 75. We were fortunate to have one of his pantings grace the cover of Sea of Dragons, but his work appeared on magazine covers, in computer games, and as paintings for many different collectible card games. My favorite was a cover he did for an Origins program, showing the Soviet submarine Red October being attacked by a fire-breathing dragon. I have a print of that painting, autographed by Doug, on my wall. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends, who like everyone who saw his work, had their lives enriched by him. Many of his works can be seen at his website, which is still operating: www. chaffeestudios.com BT The Naval SITREP is edited by Larry address, and phone number.The Admiralty Chris Carlson, and Ed Kettler. Fear God & Bond andSample is published biannually by the Trilogy is a registered trademark of Larry Dread Noughtfile is a registered trademark of Admiralty Trilogy Group (AdmiraltyTrilogy. Bond, Chris Carlson, Ed Kettler, and Mike Larry Bond, Chris Carlson, Ed Kettler, and com). Price per digital issue is $3.00 US. Harris. Harpoon is a registered trademark of Mike Harris. Article contributions should be sent to Larry Bond and Chris Carlson. Command at [email protected]. Include name, postal Sea is a registered trademark of Larry Bond, ©2021 The Admiralty Trilogy Group Naval SITREP Page 1 Issue #40 April 2011 Flankers Untangled, Part 2 by Craig Paffhausen • 4 B-8M or 4 B-13L rocket pods or 4 S-24 or S-25 series rockets, 2 R-73, 4 R-27ER Remarks: In Service: 1984 In part one (Issue 36, April 2009) we covered all the single-seat Commonly Called Sparka in service. “Sparka” roughly translates to twin versions of the Su-27 family that are in use or were built for use by stick or twin seat. Does not carry drop tanks, cannot refuel inflight. the Russian Federation’s armed forces. Part 2 focuses on the twin- The PVO reportedly experimented with using the stock Su-27UB as a command post. Given the lack of avionics to support such a role there seat versions of the Su-27 for service in Russia as well as most of would be no in game benefit to such a use. the export Flankers. As with part one of this series, the official VVS • Air-to-ground weapons only on trials units. The aircraft were delivered designation is given first, then the Sukhoi designation is included in to air-to-air only units and training units. Air-to-ground weapons are not parentheses. NATO designations are listed in square brackets. Most allowed without referee permission before a game. Two and only two R-73s readers will be more familiar with the Sukhoi designations, but these may be replaced with L-005 Sorbtsiya ECM pods are not official in any way. Before the ongoing Su-27SM upgrade program, the UB was Two-Seaters for Soviet/Russian Service and the Exports scheduled to receive a similar modification to a standard roughly The design of the Su-27UB combat capable trainer started analogous to the MiG-29SMT (first iteration). in the late 1970s and ended in 1980. Rolled out in 1985, the Su- After the Su-27SM upgrade was launched a concurrent 27UB, or Sparka, as it is commonly known by the pilots, entered update to the Su-27UB was initiated. This upgrade was designated service shortly thereafter. “Sparka” roughly translates to “double Su-27UBM taking over the canceled designation from the sticks.” The Su-27UB was used primarily for training in the VVS earlier upgrade program. Without weapons the Su-27UBM is and PVO. The AVMF also received a few for land based operations indistinguishable from the Su-27UB. Unlike the originally proposed to train pilots before moving onto the Su-27K carrier-borne version. Su-27SM program, the Su-27UBM is a single phase program from the start and the aircraft is not currently scheduled to receive any Su-27UB Sparka [Flanker C] Combat Trainer more advanced radar than the N-001V Meych. In game terms the Man Rtng: 4.5/3.5 Damage Value: 35 Su-27UBM regains all air to ground capabilities that were not used Size/Signature: Medium/Medium Bombsight: Ballistic previously as well as higher end precision guided munitions and Counterm: 2nd Gen D Inflight Refuel: N next generation air to air missiles. Sensors: N-001 Meych [Slot Back II] radar, 2nd gen RWR. IRST and laser rf linked to helmet-mounted sight. Throttle Setting (Speed in knots) Su-27UBM Sparka [Flanker C] Combat Trainer Altitude Cruise Full Mil Reheat Man Rtng: 4.5/3.5 Damage Value: 35 Low: 530 600 725 Size/Signature: Medium/Medium Bombsight: Computing Med: 530 680 1022 Counterm: 3rd Gen D Inflight Refuel: N High: 530 760 1149 Sensors: N-001V Meych [Mod Slot Back II] radar, 2nd gen IRST, TV & VHigh: 530 760 1149 laser designator, 3rd gen ESM. IRST and laser rf linked to helmet-mounted Ceiling: 17500 meters Engine Type: TF sight. Cruise Range: 1980 nm Int Fuel: 9575 kg Throttle Setting (Speed in knots) Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 6000 kg Altitude Cruise Full Mil Reheat Off Guns: 1 GSh-301 30mm (3.5) Low: 530 600 725 • 4 R-73 [AA-11 Archer], 2 R-27ET [Alamo D], 4 R-27ER [Alamo C] Med: 530 680 1022 • 6 R-73, 4 R-27ER High: 530 760 1148 • 8 FAB-500M62/ZAB-500Sh/BeTAB-500Sh or 16 OFAB-250-270 or 38 VHigh: 530 760 1148 OFAB-100-120, 4 R-73 Su-27UBM in 2009 Wikipedia Commons Sample file Naval SITREP Page 2 Issue #40 April 2011 Ceiling: 17500 meters Engine Type: TF The fun begins when Mikhail Korzhooyev, one of the leaders Cruise Range: 1980 nm Int Fuel: 9575 kg Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 8000 kg of the Sukhoi OKB in the 1990s, gets involved in the aircraft Off Guns: 1 GSh-301 30mm (3.5) modernization projects. He instigated the Su-30KN “low cost” • 4 R-73 [AA-11 Archer], 4 R-27R1/R-27ER1 [AA-10 Alamo], 2 R-27T1/R- upgrade of the Su-27PU for the VVS. Nobody knows what KN 27ET1 [AA-10 Alamo] stands for, nor why the VVS would want to do a major mid-life • 4 R-73, 6 R-77-1 [AA-12 Adder] (Post 2013) • 28 FAB-250M54 bombs, 4 R-73 update for 7 total aircraft built for the VVS. However, the KN, • 38 OFAB-100-120 bombs, 4 R-73 now a product of IAPO, was created for just such a situation. It is a • 8 FAB-250M62 or FAB-500M62 bombs, or ZB-500 napalm tank, 4 R-73 minimal change update to the Su-27PU to integrate air to ground • 6 B-13MT or B-8M rocket pods, 2 R-77, 2 R-73 weapons and the R-77 AAM.