MiG-9 (l) (China) - Revision history

U4656018: Updated description with some duplications from MiG-9 introduction due to their identical introduction to PLAAF

2024-05-22T18:12:47Z

Updated description with some duplications from MiG-9 introduction due to their identical introduction to PLAAF

U30373277: removed the line in pros : "Has two engines, can still return to base if one is critically damaged" as one engine don't provide enough thrust to fly the plane alone

2024-01-19T11:55:13Z

removed the line in pros : "Has two engines, can still return to base if one is critically damaged" as one engine don't provide enough thrust to fly the plane alone

U38088265: /* Engine performance */

2023-03-19T21:58:29Z

‎Engine performance

U38088265: /* Engine performance */ Updated

2022-04-03T10:50:49Z

‎Engine performance: Updated

U38088265: /* Engine performance */

2021-10-17T11:03:08Z

‎Engine performance

U44629479: Edits

2021-08-10T23:50:13Z

Edits

U4656018: /* History */ history of the delivery and quick demise of MiG-9 in Mainland China

2021-08-09T15:34:29Z

‎History: history of the delivery and quick demise of MiG-9 in Mainland China

U38088265: /* Engine performance */ Updated engine mass

2021-03-29T10:56:32Z

‎Engine performance: Updated engine mass

U3312106: /* Details */

2021-02-18T09:49:40Z

‎Details

U3312106: /* External links */

2021-01-24T12:21:11Z

‎External links

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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Chinese jet fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.91 "Night Vision"]].
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' , alongside with its [[MiG-9 (China)|earlier variant]], was the very first jet aircraft arrived at China and the first jet for PLAAF by 1950. To quickly upgrade PLAAF for the upcoming Korean War and the dire need for major cities air-defense operations from Nationalist bombers, VVS transferred 9 divisions of MiG-9 series to PLAAF which also made the officials decided to purchase extra MiG-9 to arm the air force. The aircraft was deemed sufficient to handle earlier jets such as F-84B or F-80 series, soon after the introduction of state-of-the-art F-86 series in USAF service and the eventual introduction of MiG-15 in PLAAF service, these MiG-9s were soon retired from frontline and served as PLAAF's jet "lead-in trainer" before their ultimate decommission in 1959.
 == General info ==

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 * Engines do not overheat at 100% throttle
 * Is able to land quite well on engines like the Me 262
 * High rip speed for an early Soviet jet (a little over 1,000 km/h)
 * Can outrun almost anything it fights
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=mig-9_late_china Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

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 ! colspan="2" | {{Annotation|Basic mass|Mass of the aircraft with pilot and engine oil, but no fuel or weapons load}} || colspan="3" | Wing loading (full fuel)
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Klimov RD-20A-2 || 2
+| colspan="2" | Klimov RD-20F || 2
 | colspan="2" | 3,790 kg || colspan="3" | 279 kg/m<sup>2</sup>
 |-
 ! colspan="3" | Engine characteristics
-! colspan="4" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff<br>Weight
+! colspan="4" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | {{Annotation|Max Gross<br>Weight|Mass of the fully equipped aircraft with heaviest weapons load}}
 |-
 ! Weight (each) || colspan="2" | Type
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 |-
 | 670 kg || colspan="2" | Axial-flow turbojet
-| 4,177 kg || 4,597 kg || 5,001 kg || 5,079 kg || 5,590 kg
+| 4,177 kg || 4,597 kg || 5,001 kg || 5,079 kg || 5,134 kg
 |-
 ! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
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 |-
 ! Condition || 100% || 108%
-! 9m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 31m fuel || MTOW
+! 9m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 31m fuel || MGW
 |-
 | ''Stationary'' || 898 kgf || 1,000 kgf
-| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.36
+| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.39
 |-
 | ''Optimal'' || 898 kgf<br>(0 km/h) || 1,000 kgf<br>(0 km/h)
-| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.36
+| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.39
 |-
 |}

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 ! 9m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 31m fuel
 |-
-| 900 kg || colspan="2" | Axial-flow turbojet
+| 670 kg || colspan="2" | Axial-flow turbojet
 | 4,177 kg || 4,597 kg || 5,001 kg || 5,079 kg || 5,590 kg
 |-

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 |-
 ! colspan="3" | Engine
-! colspan="4" | Aircraft mass
+! colspan="5" | Aircraft mass
 |-
 ! colspan="2" | Engine name || Number
-! colspan="2" | Empty mass || colspan="2" | Wing loading (full fuel)
+! colspan="2" | {{Annotation|Basic mass|Mass of the aircraft with pilot and engine oil, but no fuel or weapons load}} || colspan="3" | Wing loading (full fuel)
 |-
 | colspan="2" | Klimov RD-20A-2 || 2
-| colspan="2" | 3,655 kg || colspan="2" | 274 kg/m<sup>2</sup>
+| colspan="2" | 3,790 kg || colspan="3" | 279 kg/m<sup>2</sup>
 |-
 ! colspan="3" | Engine characteristics
-! colspan="3" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff<br />Weight
+! colspan="4" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff<br>Weight
 |-
 ! Weight (each) || colspan="2" | Type
-! 8m fuel || 20m fuel || 28m fuel
+! 9m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 31m fuel
 |-
 | 900 kg || colspan="2" | Axial-flow turbojet
-| 4,068 kg || 4,621 kg || 4,989 kg || 5,590 kg
+| 4,177 kg || 4,597 kg || 5,001 kg || 5,079 kg || 5,590 kg
 |-
-! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB / SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
+! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
-! colspan="4" | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (108%)
+! colspan="5" | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (108%)
 |-
 ! Condition || 100% || 108%
-! 8m fuel || 20m fuel || 28m fuel || MTOW
+! 9m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 31m fuel || MTOW
 |-
 | ''Stationary'' || 898 kgf || 1,000 kgf
-| 0.49 || 0.43 || 0.40 || 0.36
+| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.36
 |-
-| ''Optimal'' || 898 kgf<br />(0 km/h) || 1,000 kgf<br />(0 km/h)
+| ''Optimal'' || 898 kgf<br>(0 km/h) || 1,000 kgf<br>(0 km/h)
-| 0.49 || 0.43 || 0.40 || 0.36
+| 0.48 || 0.44 || 0.40 || 0.39 || 0.36
 |-
 |}
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 * Powerful armament for bomber hunting
 * All armour is in the front of the aircraft to protect against defensive weapons
 * Engines do not overheat at 100% throttle
-* Is able to land quite well on engines like in the Me-262
+* Is able to land quite well on engines like the Me 262
-* Has two engines, can return to base if one is dead/critically damaged
+* Has two engines, can still return to base if one is critically damaged
 * High rip speed for an early Soviet jet (a little over 1,000 km/h)
 * Can outrun almost anything it fights
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 == External links ==
-<!--''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
+<!-- ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
-* ''other literature.''-->
+* ''other literature.'' -->
 * [https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/264954-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-9-late/ Official data sheet - more details about the performance]

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 == History ==
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-==== Main article: [[MiG-9]] ====
+{{main|MiG-9#History|l1=History of the MiG-9}}
-====== The very first jet on Chinese soil ======
+=== The very first jet on Chinese soil ===
-After the outbreak of the Korean War, the very first major battle between the East and the West as well as jets, Mainland China was also involved in this 3-year war against the UN forces; one major problem for the newly-born PLAAF was that they have none jet aircrafts from any country. Also during the mid-1950, the Nationalist forces and USAF would often perform air raids to major cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou and the new capital of Beijing. Thus between August 1950 to January 1951, VVS transferred 13 fighter divisions, with 9 of them equipped with MiG-9s to defend these cities. This was the very first time Mainland China got their hands on jets and later they decided to purchase some MiG-9s from the Soviets as well, both PLAAF and VVS expected MiG-9 should be sufficient enough to handle new USAF jets.
+The Korean War saw the very first major battle between the East and the West as well as between jet fighters. Mainland China was involved in the 3-year conflict against the UN forces. One major problem for the newly-born PLAAF was that they had no jet aircraft. During the mid-1950, the Nationalist forces and the USAF would often perform air raids to major cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou and the new capital of Beijing. Between August 1950 to January 1951, the Soviet Air Force transferred 13 fighter divisions to defend these cities, with 9 of them equipped with MiG-9s. This was the very first time Mainland China got their hands on jets and later they decided to purchase some MiG-9s from the Soviets as well, both the PLAAF and the Soviet Air Force expected the MiG-9 to be sufficient enough to handle USAF jet fighters.
-====== Little jet that troubled PLAAF and its quick demise ======
+=== PLAAF service ===
-Later from April till June 1951, PLAAF received 358 out of the total of 369 MiG-9s in their service, where the VVS transferred them straight to PLAAF at Mainland's airfields, while there were some [[MiG-15 (Family)|MiG-15]]<nowiki/>s that came into service in PLAAF, most of the new divisions of PLAAF had only MiG-9s on their hands; while they might be handy and sufficient to shot down propellers, 4th division of PLAAF reported back that at the Korean theatre, MiG-9s were totally inferior than the late [[F-84 (Family)|F-84]]<nowiki/>s used by the USAF; let alone the later [[F-86 Sabre (Family)|F-86 Sabre]]. Thus in mid-1951, the Soviet Union decided to replace all the MiG-9s in service of 6 fighter divisions with MiG-15s for free. That is, the payment for the MiG-9s that was ordered in May 1951 would be upgraded to MiG-15s with no extra fees other than transportation cost of MiG-15s from Soviet mainland, making MiG-9s a "gift" of these MiG-15s. Although MiG-9s had very little contributions to the war due to its performance, but PLAAF saw it as a trainer to train propeller pilots into jet pilots, as the intermediate between La-9/11s and other captured fighters into the latest MiG-15 bis, with the rapid replacement with MiG-15s during July till October 1951, these jets were now mostly used as aforementioned, a jet trainer for new units before MiG-15s were delivered.
+Later from April till June 1951, the PLAAF received 358 out of the total of 369 MiG-9s in their service, where the Soviet Air Force transferred them straight to the PLAAF at Mainland's airfields, while there were some [[MiG-15 (Family)|MiG-15]] fighters that came into service in PLAAF, most of the new divisions of the PLAAF had only MiG-9s on their hands. While they were handy and sufficient to shoot down propellers, MiG-9s were inferior to the late [[F-84 (Family)|F-84]] used by the USAF, let alone the later [[F-86 Sabre (Family)|F-86 Sabre]]. Thus in mid-1951, the Soviet Union decided to replace all the MiG-9s in service of 6 fighter divisions with MiG-15. Although the MiG-9s had very little contributions to the war due to their performance, the PLAAF saw it as a trainer to train propeller pilots into jet pilots, and they were mostly used as a jet trainer for new units before MiG-15s were delivered.
-MiG-9s remained in PLAAF service till 1959 after its decommission order was effective since 3 November 1956 and 2 examples of this aircrafts remain till today in different places in Beijing.
+MiG-9s remained in PLAAF service till 1959 after its decommission order was effective since 3 November 1956 and 2 examples of this aircraft remain till today in different places in Beijing.
 == Media ==
-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+<!-- ''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.'' -->
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 <!--''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''-->

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 ! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
 |-
-| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 480 || 300 || ~11 || ~4
+| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 434 || 300 || ~12 || ~5
 |-
 |}