The NUSR Su-59 Ground Attack/Close Air Support Fighter




The original Su-39 update got approved in 2059 (Aka OGO 59 and the designation Su-59). "Sniper" seemed odd for its role, but there were no protests about it.

With a lower top speed, no canards, and no thrust veectoring to aid manuvering, it is not air-to-air threat and will be accompanied by Su-55s or Su-57s.

What it does have is a larger gun, the GSh-2-30K or DC, which has 2 barrels and 300 rounds.

Model Type: Su-59 Combat Aircraft.
Class: Gound Attack/Close Air Support Fighter.
Models: OGO40, OGO91, OGO98
The only difference between the OGO41 and OGO91 is the model of Autocannon the 40 used pre-rifts rounds, the 91 and 98 used the NUSR Two Stage rounds. Like the other jet combat craft the 98 did get a nuclear Power Supply, no more batteries. The change from 41s to 91s was done in a week, Due to the power supply change the upgrade to 98s took 3 months.

Crew: One.
M.D.C. By Location:
Rudders and Tailplanes (2 each) - 95
Main Wings (2) - 200
Main Body - 350
Pilots Compartment - 120
Landing gear (3) - 7
Ejection Seat - 3

Speed: Mach 2.0 Cruise/Mach 2.5 Afterburners
Afterburnner Fuel: 5 minutes/not capable of in flight refeuling.
Power Supply:
OGO41/OGO91 Batteries good for 72 hours of flight time. OGO98 Nuclear 8 years between refuelings.
Range: Effectively unlimited.
Doctorine does not allow for pilots to be in the air for more then 12 hours, the plane can do 16 hours before risking engine damage. It takes the engines an hour to cool down and then can be restarted safely. Doctorine would call for another hour for maintenance.

Statistical Data:
Height: 5.9m (19.36ft)
Length: 21.9m (71.85ft)
Wingspan: 14.7m (48.25ft)
Weight Empty: 22320kg (24.61tons)
Max Take-off Weight: 48800kg (53.8tons)
Black Market Cost: Unavalible, none have been captured, talks between Free Quebec and the NUSR have been in the area of 29 Million per OGO98 in quantity.

Weapon Systems:
1) Underbelly Heavy Bombs/Long Range Missiles: Mounted 2 per side like F-4 Phantom Sparrows.
DamageAs Per Bomb/Missile
RangeBombs, five miles if dropped ftom 25000 ft ot higher, 1/2 Mile at 500ft/As Per Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2
Payload4

2) Underwing Hardpoints: 5 hard points per wings, can have 5 short, 3 medium, or 1 long range missile/5 Small, 3 Medium, 1 Heavy bomb. Each Hardpoinnt must match its opposite.
DamageAs Per Bomb/Missile
RangeAs Per Bomb/Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2 or 4 Except heavy/long range, which can only use vollies of 2.
PayloadVaries by Bomb/Missile type

3) Wingtip Short Range Missles: .
DamageAs Per Missile
RangeAs Per Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2
Payload2

4) Short Range Gun: Mounted on the right side of the nose This gun will vary by OGO type.
OGO40/GSh-2-30k Autocannon
Damage4d4x10 M.D.C.
Maximum Effextive Range5000ft/1524m
Rate of Fire1 six shot burst/pilots HTH
Payload300 rounds/50 6 shot bursts

OGO91/OGO98 - GSh-2-30DC Autocannon
Damage4d6x10+20 M.D.C.
Maximum Effextive Range6000ft/1829m
Rate of Fire1 six shot burst/pilots HTH
Payload300 rounds/50 6 shot bursts




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