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Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21SMT Fishbed K – Blue 60, 296 IAP, Soviet AF, 1980

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Hobby Master 1/72 scale HA0196: MiG-21SMT Blue 60, 296 IAP, Soviet AF, Altenburg AB, East Germany, 1980. Production run of only 400 models.

Length: 8 inches   Wingspan: 4 inches

When the Soviet Union controlled East Germany they had three regiments of MiG-21SMTs located in country. These units were 33 IAP Wittstock, 296 IAP Altenburg and 733 IAP Damgarten. The use of the MiG-21SMT with its great range and other improvements it made it possible for these aircraft to be nuclear delivery capable. Not all the MiG-21SMTs were setup for nuclear use but were trained for ground attacks and strafing. The MiG-21SMT was used until the early 1980s and replaced by MiG-21MLD and MiG-27M.

Explanation of the SMT designation: S = Sapfir (referring to the Sapfir-21/RP-22 radar), M = Modernizirovannyy (“Modernised”), T = Toplivo (“Fuel,” referring to increased fuel capacity)

The MiG-21 was originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union with a NATO nickname Fishbed. No other jet has had as many planes produced as the Mig-21. Depending on the reference source 8,000 – 13,000 planes of all versions were made in the Soviet Union, under license to allied countries and China without license. A small, fast, agile, dependable and most importantly simple making it easy to turn out great numbers of the plane.

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