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It boasted three 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter cannon and had provisions for two under-wing packs of eight 55mm air-to-air rockets or 1,100 lbs. in gravity bombs. The gun camera on a U.S. aircraft shows a MiG-17 during an air battle.
4 Ιουν 2019 · Military Aviation. F-105 Vs MiG-17: how a badly damaged Thud gun killed a North Vietnamese Fresco. By Dario Leone. Jun 4 2019. Share this article. As the F-105 slowed without afterburner the MiG overshot and Tracy fired 200 rounds of 20 mm ammunition without the aid of a gunsight…
15 Ιαν 2021 · The MiGs encountered in Vietnam came in three varieties: models -17, -19, and -21. The MiG-17 has served in at least twenty fellow-traveling air forces around the world since its operational debut in 1953. It was probably the most numerous aircraft in the NVN inventory, for over half of all MiG kills were -17s.
While the MiG-17 was designed to shoot down slower American bombers, it showed surprising success when used by North Vietnamese pilots to combat American fighters and fighter-bombers during the Vietnam War, nearly a decade after its initial design.
26 Απρ 2024 · North Vietnamese aviators developed innovative combat tactics that leveraged the MiG-17’s strengths, often engaging in hit-and-run attacks against the enemy. By 1971, the aircraft had begun to see use as a fighter-bomber, with its primary targets being ships operated by the US Navy.
1 Οκτ 2019 · The single-engine MiGs were half the size of the F-4 and more agile. The MiG-17, an advanced version of the Korean War MiG-15, was no longer top of the line, but it performed well as an interceptor. The MiG-21 was North Vietnam’s best fighter and a close match in capability with the F-4.
Additionally, the North Vietnamese SAMs levied a heavy toll on the American fighters.20 The next F-4C MiG kill occurred on 23 April 1966; four F-4Cs engaged four MiG-17s and destroyed two of them after firing seven missiles—five Sparrows and two Sidewinders.
