Su-27 Flanker
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| Su-27 Flanker | |
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| Role | Interceptor |
| Faction | USSR |
| Armament | 2x Vympel R-27E long range air-to-air missile 4x Vympel R-27 medium range a-t-a missile 4x Vympel R-73 short range a-t-a missile |
| Price | 3400 supplies units |
| Fuel usage | 26 units of fuel |
| Introduced at | Rank 4 |
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Description
- An advanced interceptor that is available at Rank 4.
- Can take out any air target it faces.
- Can be taken down by Fighters, SAMs, but not Anti-Air soldiers.
- Equipped with countermeasures that deploy when a missile is fired at it.
- Its countermeasures are not as effective as the USA countermeasures.
- Unable to engage ground targets.
Usage
- If the plane is heavily damaged, draw the enemy fighters near your base to allow your SAMs to help it.
- It can fire long range missiles and short range missiles, make sure to note waste your long range ones on helicopters.
- Never deploy in an area where enemy SAMs are deployed.
- Use MiG-29s as bait to draw their targets.
Against Aircraft
Use in pairs if you want to destroy called in strikers early. Deploy URAL Radar to detect other aircraft to target them more easily. Always micromanage your air battles.
How to defend against
- F-15s can take them out.
- In a Su-27 vs Su-27 battle, chances are equal but it also depends on who targets the other first.
- Early anti-air defenses are not as effective against the Su-27 as it is with the late defenses, stationary SAMs are the best defense against the Su-27 in this case.
- If you are desperate you can use your AH-6 Little Bird to try and shoot down the Su-27. This is usually a suicide mission, as the Su-27 carries a wide armament of different range missiles, so the AH-6 is likely to be shot while doing this.
