Mig 21 Fishbed: Most Iconic Soviet Fighter
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Mig 21 Fishbed: Most Iconic Soviet Fighter
The MiG-21 Fishbed is unquestionably one of the greatest fighters of the post Second World War era. Not only was it Russia's first operational Mach 2-capable interceptor, but it also served as the stepping stone that enabled many nations to enter the age of supersonic air combat.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:34 The First Truly Modern Second Generation Interceptor
04:18 What is the Design of the MiG-21 like?
08:28 So How did the MiG-21 Fishbed perform at War?
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It's the most iconic Cold War era Soviet fighter. Right ahead of the MIG-15.
Mig21, the feared foe to the F4 phantom. Despite it being an old design, it’s still a great post Cold War fighter, it’s one of the many Soviet era weapons that doesn’t seem to disappear anytime soon and it’s influence has inspired many other planes like the F16.
Classic Soviet jet fighter, that deserves much respect, to this day! A real beauty.
Love it or not. You have to admit. The Mig 21 IS one of the best fighters EVER let alone post WW2.
Helluva plane. A legend.
Right hands well maintained still dangerous.
It seems that Soviet designers were great proponents of the KISS method. Their tanks, especially in WWII, the AK-47 and the MIG21 are robust pieces of equipment designed to last and easy to operate. This plane seems to have some problems but on the whole it fulfills what it was designed to do.
I heard that Soviets would store their jet fighters outside in frost and then before flight beat the ice off the plane with sledge hammers. What I do know for certain though is what issues Poland had when switching from Soviet MiGs and SUs to F-16. It turned out that our airfields were too bumpy and too dirty for F-16. That is because Soviet jets had heavier, more robust frame and suspension, titanium shielding and sometimes alternative, over the wing air intakes to be able to operate from bombed airfields, so they didn't need well maintained airfields either.
A similar principle was adopted in design of all Polish jet fighter 'Kobra 2000', that had main intake over the wings and was capable of the cobra maneuver, hence the 'Kobra' name. It never got funding though.
This is the best method when your main tactic is to overwhelm the enemy with nearly endless supply of expendable slightly trained life force.
The very tactic that russian military use up to date.
@@SroedingerCat they do, with equipment not made for such "tactics" tho. .
Name another non-NATO country as capable as Russia/Soviet Union. I'll wait! @@SroedingerCat
@@SroedingerCatIt's also the best tactic when you want to have more weapons and armor than the enemy. Kind of what everyone wants really.
Thanks comrade, for making an amazing video on me. Very comprehensive and to the point research on yours truly.
Scrolled through the comments just to see if you'd commented. Was not disappointed lmao
Amazing, beautiful aircraft. "Fishbed" is up there with "Frogfoot" as dumbest NATO reporting names. But the aircraft itself is a legend.
Mig 15 "Fagot" is pretty dumb too. Russians do like the NATO "Fulcrum" nickname given the Mig 29.
It is a beautiful fighter. I think "fishbed" works with the long fuselage segment from cockpit to tail, even though it's not a real fishbed (circular bare spot on the bottom lol)
If you think "Fishbed" is dumb, wait until you see the NATO reporting name for the MiG 15 and the AN-22.
The MIG15 "FAGOT" takes the crown for worst NATO name, IMO 😆
For fixed-wing aircraft, single-syllable words denoted piston-prop and turboprop, while multiple-syllable words denoted jets. Bombers had names starting with the letter 'B' and names like "Badger" (Tupolev Tu-16), "Blackjack" (Tupolev Tu-160) and "Bear" (Tupolev Tu-95) were used. "Frogfoot," the reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-25, references the aircraft's close air support role. Transports had names starting with 'C' (for "cargo"), which resulted in names like "Condor" for the Antonov An-124 or "Candid" for the Ilyushin Il-76.
I watch and listen to them almost every day, all my life. Unfortunately, not for long, another year or two max, they will soon be replaced by Rafales. In addition to the base, their repair center is also nearby. I will miss when Tumanski thunders at 7 in the morning, it's a wake-up call you can't snooze.
when i was a kid we lived for a very long time close to a military airbase . in summer time i used to go hide myself into some cornfield close to runway and watching the amazing take off they used to do, with after burn helping the take off. it was a great feeling for me as a child ! still is iconic for me !
I was a crew chief of MiG 21Bison of No 21 Sqdn of IAF.
I loved this a/c.It takes less time for TRS and LRS.
Ex Sgt V Kumar.
MIG-21 Bison the Falcon Slayer
🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@vikrantsatpute9984 in your wet dream i.e.
The 1998 Honda Civic of the skies. Cheap, easy to maintain and reliable!
except the MiG doesnt have vtec...😜
@@jordanaria2035 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You never know . . it's still faster than an F-16
@@athrunzala5337 not really the mig 21 can only go about Mach 1.6 to 1.8 without tearing apart the f16 can easily go Mach 2 and start getting damaged near Mach 2.1 also the f16 out accelerates it
@@cortney3280 could break mach 2 above 5000m
@@kylelemire6049 and? The mig 21 needed to be 6k meter
Saw a privately owned MiG21 at the 2016 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airshow - blew me away. Hope the owner will bring it back after 7 years to the show this July.
Half the video features SU 7 as the mig 21, too bad guys coz the text is good and detailed.
The development of the USAF 3rd generation fighters led by John Boyd in the late sixties was based on lessons learned from Iraqi Airforce Mig-21 after being flown by Munir Rawffa and landed in Israel.
The Mig was flown to the US, where every single system/component studied in depth and used later on to develop new concepts (Light Weight Fighter) to counter Soviet military air doctrine.
The F-16, F-18 was inspired by theses lessons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)
There is a Netflix movie about this event.
This Mig-21 was marked No. 007 in Israel.
What is the name of the movie on Netflix ?
F-16 and F/A-18 were developed completey counter to how he wanted them to be, same for F-15.
He advocated for a pure anti-air fighter, without missiles or even active radar.
That is .... somewhat different than how they turned out. :)
I would love to see a dog fight between a Mig 21 and an F-5E Tiger. I think that would be a really good fight!
Best video ever i saw about the famous Mig-21 ..thank you
Nice vid!!!!! Very informative....... learned a lot about the mig-21 that I didn't know before. Thanks !!!!!
Mig-21Bis is 3rd gen.
WWII Jets gen1
Korea jets Mig-15, F-86 Gen 2
Vietnam Era and Cold War Mig-21, F-Century series are 3rd gen., F-4
Late Cold War and 1990-1991 Gulf War and up to today. F-16, F-15, Mig-29, SU-27 are Gen -4
Today and near future : F-22, F-35, SU-57, J-20 are 5th Gen.
Typhoon, SU-35, Rafale, F-15EX, F-15E, F-16E/V are either Gen 4+, Gen 4++, or Gen 4.5 depending on criteria and politics.
Good video with technical details not to be seen in any other channel on the fighter jets.
Amazing and beautifully made video.
This aircraft is an enduring symbol of freedom and military might. In many parts of the world, the children draw a recognizable silhouette of a MiG-21 when you ask them to draw an airplane. Airshows in Serbia, where I am from, almost always feature a MiG-21 in one way or another. Now that we enter the supermaneuverable stealth fighter era, a MiG-21 is slowly but surely becoming a relic of a bygone age. As many other revolutionary machines, it will always be a beloved aircraft with pilots, ground crews and enthusiasts.
"Freedom"? Whose "freedom" does it exemplifly, exactly?
@@caribman10 Freedom to live as our own people, in our own country, for which we spilled blood of countless generations to obtain and preserve. Freedom to protect our borders, and not be subject to the whims of "World Powers" and their insidious schemes.
Unfortunately, if you imply the "universal idea of freedom" peddled by the United States, this will quickly turn into a heated debate in which I am not willing to participate.
It is my freedom not to share your point of view.
@@caribman10 Yeah, those countries that used it were surely not big on freedom.
@@caribman10Socialism provides freedom, capitalism on the other hands only results in unemployment, homelessness, drug abuse, pornography, wars, violent crimes, racism, sexidm, and all other pathologies.
A balanced presentation. Thank you.
Awesome video. Very informative. Thank you for sharing it.
definitely cool looking vintage jet
0:29 to 0:31 thats a Su-7
the plane will go down in aviation history as a legend
As always, a jet that don't need 2 miles of regularly swept concrete runway gets points with the guerillas
Nice video ❤
Great content
Absolute beast
With upgrades, it's still relevant in secondary roles today
Most Likley no. The best bet on the mig 21 is Cas
100%
The AK 47 of the sky
With a large RADAR the inlet becomes a thin slit: lots of surface with friction. There is a long, unswept leading edge. The Mirage III uses a cone as small as possible.
On a larger plane this intake may still work. A short, stubby, but wide fighter? With a high bypass engine.
The content looks similar to Mustard! Very clean documentary video!
Amazing, beautiful manned target drone
"Short legs" doesn't mean low landing gear, as shown in the video, but small combat radius.
the American f104 and Russian mig 21 were such amazing fighter interceptors considering they were made starting in the 50s, less than a decade after jet engines were even available for those nations
Awesome... I seen a MiG-21 here in NZ 👍🇳🇿
It was amazing fighter, I respect it very much, Mac 2 on that old fighter, 👌 👏 😍 👍 wow
Very informative and unbiased video. What is the software you used to make this video ?
A very fast jet. Would make an excellent interceptor. Really only need good upgraded
Still flight Mig21 in Romanian airforce, Croatian, Indian, and China! Some countries have MiG21 in reserve.
The Bangladesh Air Force got the last production branch of J7s(Chinese Fishbeds), which means there's still some decades of me in service!
You deserve more RUclips traffic and algorithm bro
Un bel aereo valido alla pari del Phantom..F16...Mirage...con avionica aggiornata
Beautiful fighter!
I love this plane so much. favorite soviet Era jet besides the frogfoot 🐸
best budget work horse on air. love it; hate it just can't ignore it.
I wish you had mentioned/researched fishbed in Iran/iraq war of 1980s more. It was extensively used by iraq and similar to Vietnam war the opponent Iranian fighters were phantom f4. I understand Iranians f4 were overall superior but unlike Arab-Israeli wars fishbeds performed pretty good against Iran’s American made planes. Could also be due to lack of technical support for Iranians which lost US support.
Today , it is called the "Flying coffin" !
subscribed :)
@Pancake Thank you, much appreciated:)
the video keeps showing the Su-7, which was a fighter bomber.
It's a beauty all right...
Like you noted. The AK-47 of fighters!
I'm in Israel.In1966,following a spectacular espionage/intelligence operation,Israel was able to bring the defection of an Iraqi air force pilot with the Mig21 he was flying,to Israel.Thus giving Israel and the U.S(American speciallists,landed here less than12hours after the plane had landed here)the chance to thoroghly inspect and study the plane.Israeli airforce pilots practiced dog fights against the Mig21...
One of the first models I built
Super great jet
We see in the pics mister Gurevich. But where is mister Mikoyan?
You forgot to mention the Indian Air force Mig-21 that shot down the PAF F-16.
*Claimed to have shot down
In my opinion, the mig-21 fishbed conceptually remains one of the most effective combat aircraft of the jet era. Here we see Russian and American aerial self-confidence. Both Russia and especially America demonstrate greed and a deceptive overestimation of the production of weapons as a means of earning money by officials, businessmen and generals. The state budget is the largest monetary resources.
An example is the latest generation of F35 combat aircraft. As if this plane can guarantee air superiority. These are mostly assumptions. Of course, something new always gives some kind of psychological confidence and motivation. But it's mostly emotions.
Mig 21 and F 35 and all other types of aircraft fundamentally and technologically differ little from each other. Both the Mig-21 and the F35 are part of a very complex and sophisticated system that requires great moral and physical effort to maintain balance and solve any problems. For example, the same Mig-21 can fight and intercept the same F 35 in aerial combat at long, medium, short and contact distances. Provided that the pilot has passed all the necessary training and education, which gave him a clear and sober picture of the situation with all the pros and cons of the upcoming and full-fledged battle.
And, of course, a well-organized organic system with proper management, maximum training and a brave team to solve any problems. Especially when the pilot fits exactly into the available time and space, and also makes good use of the current conditions and instantly decides how to safely get out of a dangerous situation.
In particular, in contact air combat, a modern or superior radar system, avionics and weapons are not critical, one can even say that they are useless in a stressful situation.
Development and updating take place inside the machine. The machine is practically powerless before external forces and factors such as wind, temperature, turbulence, gravity, air density, optical distortion and so on.
Detailed analysis
Finland was forced to buy these early 60s when the model was brand new. But it was a good bargain. What a beauty, the most beautiful fighter along with Mirage 3.
I agree.
Indian Air Force still has several squadrons of MIG21 Bison varients and recently acheived a kill against F16 Block 15 varient of Pakistani Airforce
fake news, We counted Pakistani F16s, none of them got shot down by that Indian crap
As claimed by Indian Air Force. No 3rd party have been able to confirm it
@@sorryi6685 yea ! You are right... Broad day dreaming...
I’m lucky enough to sit in one several years ago. That thing was UNcomfortable! Not a clue how the pilots managed to fly them 😱
😂 the most uncomfortably a fighting possition the better you stay awake!
IAF mig21 pilot shot down F16, just to remind that
I love this plane
was it efficient or not, but no shit the Fishbed was one of the hottest fighter jets ever built
10:40 you mean on people!!!
nice DCS footage XD
Sri Lanka also use Mig 21. Still in good condition with upgrades
Érd city Hungary .Crashed 1 mile from our house on April 22, 1985, 2 dead, 2 houses missing. The case became secret.
😮 Highly under rated! Jack of all trades, 🙄 it's up there with B52, Volkswagen beetle and tardigrades.
The ultimate and bad ass mig
0:28 Su-7B Fitter-A
How ratio fight Mig 21 : F4 and How Old of Nuen Van Kok ?
Fifty-four MiG-21s and 103 F-4s were shot down in aerial combat.
And pilot Nguyen is 80 years old. On which I congratulate him.
Теперь икона российского военного авиастроения это самолёты семейства Су 27, су35. И я рад, отличный самолёт. Теперь работать только над вариантами вооружения.
Iam amazed by it. They are bumps, panels the don't fit. It just brut power. Like the f4 Phantom the school bus with massave power.
Ah the Mig 21, not the most effective interceptor in the world, but it was cheap and easy to operate. The ability of the Soviets to produce them in large numbers and export them cheaply definitely was an effective part of their Cold War strategy.
The 1968 Alfa Romeo. Your Phantoms wouldn't get you far.
Imagine the Mig 21 with a glass cockpit, AESA radar and an F110GE engine.
Where do you put the radar?
@@scootergeorge7089 Good Point. The Mig-21 2000 is an upgraded version developed by Israel Aerospace Industries fitted with an EL/M 2032 radar. The radar uses a low sidelobe planar array antenna and pulse doppler beam sharpening which provides all altitude, all aspect look-up/look down and shoot down capability. The Mig-21PF was the first version to deploy an airborne radar (RP-21) housed in an updated nose cone.
That would turn it into an F-16
JF-17 has entered the chat.
Then it is JL9G. (export veersion is FTC 2000G). It has the nose intake replaced by a pair of DSI. Wing is also modified to double delta. Still in production.
It has Aircon too.😅
@2.17 now that’s a Sri Lanka Air Force Chinese built Chengdu F-7GS
Ahead of its time
I vote for the Mig 15.
He flew a 25 year old MIG 21..!!!
I didn';t make it ten seconds before I was asking, "What?"
Fighter shown in 00:58 is Su-9 and not MiG 21. It has a bubble canopy.
If you look a little closer you’ll see it’s an Su-7. Swept wings with prominent fences, gun blast fuselage reinforcements at the leading edge wing roots, and it has Czechoslovakian markings. The Su-9 was only used by the Soviet Union.
@@numberstation Thanks for the information.
@@dashsidhartha You’re welcome 👍
Very often a Su-7, or Su-9 is shown as a Mig-21.
I would love to fly one!
04:22 the jet taking off is SU-9 😂
मिकोयान-गुरेविच मिग- २१ , सरलता ही दिव्यता है।
Always been a brutal challenge for american Aircrafts
MiGs 21 was used in Yugoslav wars....1991/1995.
Few are still in use with Sebia and Croatia.....but on the exit doors
Serbia switching with MIG 29.....and Croatia witf Dasault Rafale.
in 3:22 and 4:21 is Su-11 BtW
The metaphor here is the WW2 M-4 Sherman tank. It was never as tecnologically advanced as its German opposition. It never had as good a gun as its German opposition. But we made factors more of them than the Germans did theirs, and it was as simple to maintain as a car, whose engies it used in some models. As a result, the Israelis were using M-4 derivatives in the 70s.
*Well, if you compare tanks, then the M-4 Sherman is not very suitable for this; the T-34 is the most common tank of the Second World War and it delivered a lot of problems to German tankers; the Germans even tried to copy it when they made their T-V Panther tank !;-)*
1/6th of the video is of the SU-9
And i think size matters in this case
Based heavily on Electric Lightning
Good video without an annoying, clumsy robo-voice. Many Soviet designs were brutal on esthetics, Fishbed included. The cone inlet was practical but lacks the sleek design of Western aircraft. Function and quantity has its own quality.
Mig21 still serves in Romanian air force :)
Great plane...
I always loved the MiG-21. I wish Canada had ignored the U.S. and completed the purchase of the MiG-21. Instead we were saddled with American junk like the F-104 Starfighter, the F-5 Tiger and the somewhat better F-101 Voodoo.
Repeatedly shows SU-7 in the video, lol.