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| − | + | The Kh-23M is a modernized variant of the Kh-23, which itself is an evolution of the Kh-66. The 23M is designed to attack small ground and naval targets. Controlled by command radio guidance, a tracer element was used to determine the position of the missile as it was guided to the target. The warhead is a 108kg shaped charge/fragmentation warhead, capable of penetrating 250mm RHA. | |
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== History == | == History == | ||
| − | + | The story of the Kh-23M starts with the K-66. The K-66 used an K-8 missile air frame with the beam ridding guidance systems of the K-5 AAM. The K-66 was a stop gap measure as it required the pilot to maintain a dive to guide the missile. Regardless it entered service in 1968. Meanwhile development on the Kh-23 continued. Improvements to the motor were made, but the largest different was the switch from the beam guidance system to radio guidance, similar to that of the American bullpup system. The new guidance system allowed the missile to be fired form level flight. The Kh-23 entered service in 1973, a further advanced missile, the laser guided Kh-25, was developed form the Kh-23 with improvements being back-ported to form the Kh-23M which entered service in 1974. A continuous problem with the Kh-23M was the pilot had to pay active attention to guide the missile, meaning in hostile airspace guidance of the missile was usually deprioritized in favor of defensive maneuvers. | |
== Media == | == Media == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | * ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | ||
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:12, 31 August 2021
Contents
Description
The Kh-23M is a modernized variant of the Kh-23, which itself is an evolution of the Kh-66. The 23M is designed to attack small ground and naval targets. Controlled by command radio guidance, a tracer element was used to determine the position of the missile as it was guided to the target. The warhead is a 108kg shaped charge/fragmentation warhead, capable of penetrating 250mm RHA.
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General info
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Effective damage
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
The story of the Kh-23M starts with the K-66. The K-66 used an K-8 missile air frame with the beam ridding guidance systems of the K-5 AAM. The K-66 was a stop gap measure as it required the pilot to maintain a dive to guide the missile. Regardless it entered service in 1968. Meanwhile development on the Kh-23 continued. Improvements to the motor were made, but the largest different was the switch from the beam guidance system to radio guidance, similar to that of the American bullpup system. The new guidance system allowed the missile to be fired form level flight. The Kh-23 entered service in 1973, a further advanced missile, the laser guided Kh-25, was developed form the Kh-23 with improvements being back-ported to form the Kh-23M which entered service in 1974. A continuous problem with the Kh-23M was the pilot had to pay active attention to guide the missile, meaning in hostile airspace guidance of the missile was usually deprioritized in favor of defensive maneuvers.
Media
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 article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
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- https://www-airwar-ru.translate.goog/weapon/avz/x23.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=ajax,elem&_x_tr_sch=http
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-23_Grom
