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All-weather multipurpose VTOL jet fighter Yak-141 will be the pinnacle of the Yakovlev fighter family in the Soviet tech tree with the upcoming “Sky Guardians” update!
Yak-141, Strike aircraft/Naval aircraft, USSR. Rank VIII
Features:
- Supersonic
- Deadly air-to-air missiles
- VTOL capability
- Advanced electronics
- Lacks air-to-surface guided munitions
An experimental carrier-based multi-purpose V/STOL aircraft has been developed at the Yakovlev Design Bureau since the mid-1970s. The aircraft was designed as an advanced carrier-based aircraft to replace the Yak-38 with performance characteristics close to light fighters from the 4th generation. This jet fighter should become the standard carrier-based aircraft of the Soviet aircraft carriers, including carrier cruisers being designed and under construction. During development, the project has undergone many iterations, including fundamental changes in the aerodynamic schemes. Due to multiple issues and delays in the development of a power plant, the Yak-141 made its maiden flight only in March 1987, and deck tests on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft-carrying cruiser began only at the end of 1991. Due to the economic crisis and lack of funding, the project was closed. The aircraft also did not arouse commercial interest among potential foreign operators. In total, four prototypes of the Yak-141 were built, including two flight ones, which are on display in two museums near Moscow.
The new Soviet carrier-based multi-role jet fighter Yak-141 (NATO reporting name “Freestyle”) , which will appear in the War Thunder “Sky Guardians” update, will become the most advanced V/STOL carrier-based aircraft of the USSR tech tree and the pinnacle of Yakovlev aircraft in the game. Vertical takeoff and landing, speed of about Mach 1.7, excellent air-to-air missiles and good ground attack capabilities are the main features of the new aircraft!
VTOL aircraft are quite widely known in the game and are mastered by a large audience of pro pilots who find more and more new tactics due to the unique ability of changing the thrust vector. The common problem of such aircraft is the relatively low maximum speed, which at their ranks does not allow full-fledged competition with light and almost twice as fast opponents. Well, here comes the Yak-141! Possessing an excellent climb rate, this jump jet very quickly breaks the sonic barrier, and at high altitude is able to speed up over 1,800 km/h at minimal payloads. Add to this very sensitive controls, satisfying roll and turn speeds, a radar and a RWS… a winning formula for an interceptor, no?
But a top-tier interceptor cannot be good without effective missiles. Again, the Yak-141 is locked and loaded! The R-60 missiles for close combat and the R-27 family of medium-range missiles in three versions: the radar-guided R-27R, the thermal R-27T, as well as one of the best in the game R-27ER missiles are at your service. It's pleasant that there are four suspension points for air-to-air missiles, so the pilot can combine missiles of different ranges and different target acquisition principles. The GSh-30-1 rapid-firing cannon with a modest 120 rounds of ammunition will help in the snap-shoot face offs.
Since the Yak-141 was also supposed to provide fire support to the troops from the air, a rather high payload of conventional armaments could be suspended on the wings, from incendiary and HE bombs up to 500 kg, gun pods, to a variety of unguided rockets, including heavy S-24B . But there are no air-to-surface guided armaments here, so it is still better to choose the Yak-38 for hunting tanks in a hover.
The cockpit of the brand new Yak-141s will be waiting for their pilots with wide open canopies upon the release of the “Sky Guardians” update very soon. Keep an eye on the Devblog series for the most interesting news about the patch. See you in the War Thunder skies!
You can greatly speed up the research on this vehicle with:
- MiG-23ML (Rank VII, USSR)
- 2500 Golden Eagles
- Premium account for 20 days
Comments (37)
Comments will be premoderatedthis is one awesome addition, my all times favorite aircraft.. However. Why to stick with the bogus title of 141, it was only invented as a spoof for the west, officially it was Yak-41M Where is the R-73... Where is the Kh-25 and 35 or the central drop tank? Also, a question, how to - IF it is possible - to make additional skins? I have two specific paint jobs for this aircraft I did for this aircraft in another flight sim.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Custom_skins
This is such a strange aircraft to introduce. It was a prototype that served to give Lockheed an equation for it's jump jets. It also continues the trend of giving very weird prototypes when the resources can be put elsewhere. Are other nations going to get more prototypes instead of just a few cherry picked? Nations like Japan can certainly need them, France, Italy, and Sweden have unique prototypes as well.
Will be my first air purchase! Awesome!
Well seeing as you've just started rank 4 aircraft in the Russian Tech Tree and this is going to come after the Yak-38M. You may have to wait a couple months and purchase a few other aircraft in the TT first. But nice to see the enthusiasm regardless.
THX! I was waiting for this!
the only thing ingame that beats the thrust output is the F-14 and that is only because it has 2 engines
It won't have any opponents to shoot at...
whats your documentation for the Yak 141 being able to run afterburners in VTOL? I can't find anything that corroborates that
Yes the Yak-41M could, from all engines. there are photos on it. It broke the worltd record on vertical rate of climb
They say it’s good at turning, but then I go and beat it over and over again in turn fights with a MiG-23MF, seems it’s not quite as maneuverable as people might expect.
If you realy wanted to add this it should be an event vehicle
So now that this thing is obviously going to be the best aircraft in the game, can we get the g limiter removed from the F-16? Only aircraft in the game that is artificially limited like that, while it is not the only one that was historically limited.
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