Does anyone know what the 'AS' in MiG-17AS means?

[KatsuAwa]

I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'

Can any pros here help me out?

 

[tomo pauk]

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I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'[

Can any pros here help me out?

Until the pros chime in - seems like that 'A' in question relates to the engine version, ie. VK-1A, vs. the VK-1 engine as used on the early 17s as wel as on the MiG-15s:

• MiG-17A: With an improved VK-1A engine.

(from the Russian-language Wikipedia)

 

[fubar57]

"A tactical reconnaissance variant of the MiG-17F was built in small numbers,with the designation of "MiG-17R". The 37-millimeter cannon was deleted,though the two 23-millimeter cannon were retained. After first-line service life, MiG-17Fs were used in the close-support role, being fitted with an extra pylon inboard on each wing to carry an unguided rocket pod. Such conversions were given the designation of "MiG-17AS". As with MiG-15bis fighter-bomber conversions, they were really only an interim solution."

[2.0] Mikoyan MiG-17

 

[CATCH 22]

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I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'[

Can any pros here help me out?

АС-21 is the unguided rockets system used on that particular model. A=aviation C=system

 

[vandee]

AS is Russian for Suspended Armament.

 

[bf109xxl]

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I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'

Can any pros here help me out?

What is the source of this information? I have never heard of any MiG-15AS. There was an SD-21 aircraft - a MiG-15bis equipped with an AS-21 system with S-21 rockets (ARS-212) and an AP-21 sight. About 150 MiG-15bis aircraft were modified in this way.

 

[fubar57]

Possibly a typo. The tiny photo says MiG-17AC

 

[Sabrejet]

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I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'

Can any pros here help me out?

The first sentence after "MiG-17AS:" seems to end in "raket" so that seems to back up the theory.

 

[Wurger]

I agree with Yves' , the AS abbreviation seems to have nothing in common with the engine type. As stated by bf109xxl it should be assiocated with the AS-21 system allowing to use the S-21 ( ARS 212 Ovod ) rocket missiles. And that's the reason for using of the extension. Just my two cents.

 

[bf109xxl]

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I guess 'S' stands for rockets, but I really have no idea about the 'A'

Can any pros here help me out?

I apologize, somehow I assumed we were talking about the MiG-15. Here's my attempt to fix it:

To expand the combat capabilities of the MiG-17, in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Defense Industry dated July 15, 1953, in August, the OKB-155 design bureau modified aircraft No. 54210443, designated SI-21 by the design bureau, with the AS-21 aviation rocket system. Similar work had been carried out earlier on the MiG-15bis (SD-21), but unlike that aircraft, the missiles were mounted on PU-21 launchers attached to the fuel tank mounts.
State tests were completed at the end of the year with positive results, and factories in Tbilisi and Komsomolsk-on-Amur began retrofitting aircraft designated MiG-17AS.
In 1955, the MiG-17F fighter No. 0115324, retrofitted at OKB-155 for the AS-21 weapon system, was presented for control tests at the Air Force Research Institute.

 

[KatsuAwa]

What is the source of this information? I have never heard of any MiG-15AS. There was an SD-21 aircraft - a MiG-15bis equipped with an AS-21 system with S-21 rockets (ARS-212) and an AP-21 sight. About 150 MiG-15bis aircraft were modified in this way.
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sry，mig-17AS,i'm stupid

 

[KatsuAwa]

Possibly a typo. The tiny photo says MiG-17AC

yes,I was too tired and stupid at the time and spelled it wrong(

 

[elbmc1969]

Possibly a typo. The tiny photo says MiG-17AC

To state the obvious, "C" is the Cyrillic character for "S."

 

[fubar57]

To state the obvious, "C" is the Cyrillic character for "S."

Yep...I took 6 months of Russian 50yrs ago. About all I remember is the alphabet and the typo reference was for MiG-15. The thread title has now been corrected

 

[elbmc1969]

Yep...I took 6 months of Russian 50yrs ago. About all I remember is the alphabet and the typo reference was for MiG-15. The thread title has now been corrected

Ah! Sorry, I was confused because everything before it was "AS" and then "AC" suddenly popped up.