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PAK FA will be armed with an existing cannon with new ammunition

Russian Aviaton » Tuesday August 18, 2015 09:10 MSK

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Russian PAK FA (T-50) fifth-generation fighter will be armed with a rapid-fire cannon already installed on other aircraft, but the weapon will use new heat-resistant ammunition, TASS reports with reference to NPO Pribor (part of Tekhmash) CEO Oleg Chizhevsky.

According to Russian air forces, deliveries of production PAK FA fighters will be started in 2017; the jet is going to outmatch its US analogues. “The automatic rapid-fire aircraft cannon is used on all the jets and the new one (PAK FA) will also be fitted with it. Ammunition for these cannons offers maximum level of commonality, but deliveries of one of the latest types, which will be used by PAK FA, will be started soon; this refers to ammunition with a heat-resistant plastic rotating band,” Chizhevsky said. According to him, such ammunition will increase the efficiency and endurance of the cannon.

PAK FA fighter performed its maiden flight in 2010. It is expected that the jet will be put into service in 2016 and deliveries of production fighters of the type will start in 2017. According to Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Defense Forces Viktor Bondarev, the indigenous fighter will be as good as F-22 and F-35 jets. Moreover, it will outmatch these vehicles by many parameters”.

It was reported earlier that Russian air forces will take delivery of 55 PAK FA fighters by 2020, however, in spring Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov said that the contract for delivery of the fifth-generation fighter would be adjusted taking into account the current economic situation.

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