In this episode of FTD facts
We'll be looking at the differences between the mig-21 and the Mirage 3 the mikoyan-gurevich
Mig-21 was designed by the mikoyan-gurevich
Design bureau in the soviet union. It was also nicknamed balalaika
now the Mirage 3 is a family of
Single-seat single-engine fighter aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the French Aircraft Company
Dassault Aviation
So let's take a look at some of the differences and see how these two
Legendary aircraft compare side-by-side. Hey guys, this is Leroy Kenton here and thanks for tuning in to another episode of
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Okay guys, so let's get into the nitty gritty into the meat and potatoes
Starting off with the mig-21. So the full name for the mig-21 is the mikoyan-gurevich
Mig-21 and this aircraft also goes by the nickname the fish bed
So the mig-21 was the Soviet Union's first truly modern
second-generation fighter jet testing for this aircraft began in the year 1956 and the first version entered into service between
1959 to 1960 and that one was the
Mig-21 F Soviet designers developed a unique tailed Delta
configuration with a very thin delta wing this gave the aircraft a lot of
Maneuverability and the ability to hit high speeds the aircraft had good medium altitude performance
As well as it had a pretty adequate takeoff and landing capabilities
Although these earlier mig-21s had advantages in cost
Durability and mid to high altitude performance. They also had
Advantages for example that some of these disadvantages was it had a short range
It had less advanced avionics and had a poor view for both the front and the rear as well as a type of armament
was very
inadequate now
The range problem was alleviated but not eliminated completely by adding saddle type auxilary fuel tanks
Avionics including radars were improved throughout the aircraft's career as well as better
armament was added and also the structure of the aircraft itself was built up and
strengthened now later versions of the mig-21 like Yugoslavia's version
They're still used in combat today
These aircrafts were build from the Year in 1959 up until the year
1985 and the number built was eleven thousand four hundred ninety six, so that was it
look at the
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Alright guys now. Let's take a look at the mirage 3
So it was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight way back during the year
1952 the French government called for something specific and this is what they wanted
They wanted a lightweight all-weather interceptor
So the successors of the Mirage 3 prototype resulted in an order for 10
pre-production mirage 3 a's fighters
Although this was to be initially created as an interceptor
this bache had been ordered with the
Intention of using them to develop the type for additional roles as well during October of 1958
That's when the aircraft achieved a top speed of mach
2.2 during one of its test flights thus becoming the first European
Aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. The number of these bills were
1422 so when we look at the specs of these aircraft for the mig-21
The wingspan is 23 feet and 6 inches
It has a length of 47 feet and 7 inches a height of 13 feet and 7 inches and it weighs over
11,000 pounds now the maximum speed of this aircraft is
1,300 85 miles per hour or Mach
1.05 the service ceiling of the mig-21 is 60 to 61 thousand feet
And when we look at the armament of the mig-21, it has one gun, which is the internal 23 millimeter
Grism then there's a shippin off gsh 23 L
autocannon with 200 rounds it has the capacity of up to
2,000 kilograms of stores and provisions to carry a combinations of
rockets and those are the s20 fours as well as it can carry missiles like air air missiles like the k13 k5 our
60 our 73 our 77 our
27 as well as air-to-surface
missiles like the k' age 66 Grom the k' age 25 and the k' age 31 and for the bombs it can carry a
kab 500
Krtv guided bomb and for 500 kilogram bombs now when we look at the specs for the Mirage 3. He has a span of
26.97 feet its length is 49 feet and it has a height of 14 point 7 6 feet and
now the weight of this aircraft is fifteen thousand five hundred and forty-two pounds its maximum speed that it can achieve is mach
2.2 which is around
2,350 kilometers an hour The Mirage 3 also has a
Ceiling of fifty five thousand seven hundred and seventy six feet. This aircraft also has a range of
1,550 kilometers now looking at the armament for guns it can carry to 30 millimeter deep of
552 cannon with 125 rounds per gun the rocket said he can carry
Well, they can carry two Matra. Jl 100 drop tank rocket packs each with
1968 millimeter SN eb rockets and
250 liters of fuel the missiles that it can carry are to AI m9
Sidewinder and these are a tereré missiles or it can also carry two matra
r550 magic
Aam s plus-1 mattre are 5:30 a.m. For the bombs the mirage three can carry
4,000 kilograms of payload on five external hardpoints
including a variety of bombs
So where can you find these aircrafts for the mig-21 the primary users were the soviet air force in history?
Now, of course, it's no longer Soviet. It's Russia
The also the Indian Air Force is the creation Air Force and the Romanian Air Force used the mig-21s
But one thing to note is that India is the largest operator of MIG 21s in 1964
The mig-21 became the first supersonic fighter jet to enter service with the Indian Air Force since 1963
India has introduced more than
1200 MIG fighters into their force and as of 2019
113 MIG 21 are known to be in operation in the Indian Air Force
so now when we look at the mirage 3 it was produced in large numbers for both the french air force as
well as a large number of
export customers some of the more prominent overseas operators of the mirage 3 include Argentina
Australia South Africa
Pakistan and Israel as well as a number of other nations
So when it comes to the mig-21 and the Mirage 3, these are probably some of the greatest and most
Versatile fighter jets that have ever been developed in human history
These aircrafts like when you take a look at them side-by-side
They are pretty much equal
So it would be extremely hard to tell which of these planes would win if you were to put them head-to-head in a dogfight
You know a lot of that would
And on who's piloting the aircraft and of course
you got a
Sprinkle in a little bit of luck who would win it's really hard to tell but let me know down below in the comment section
What are your craft do you think would win in a dogfight the mig-21 or the Mirage 3 sound off down below?
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