Su-25

Fiche

Pertinence pour les conflits

Ceci est la fiche unique du catalogue pour ce système. Il est pertinent pour les modules ci-dessous ; le Force Atlas de chaque module montre comment il y est employé.

Opérateurs

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa): Small number delivered by Russia from August 2022; at least one lost in a 2023 crash. · Georgia: Georgia operated the type and hosted its Soviet-era production line at Tbilisi; employed in the 2008 war. · Azerbaijan: Long-standing operator; employment documented in the 2020 Second Karabakh War. · Ukraine: Flown in very low-level lofted-rocket attacks to survive dense air defence; losses have been heavy. · Russia: Su-25SM variants used in the same low-level attack profile.

Rôle sur le champ de bataille

Close air support and armed overflight: effective against fixed positions and columns, and a blunt instrument against a dispersed enemy that does not mass.

Points forts

Rugged, simple to operate from austere fields; genuine payload; psychological weight over towns no insurgent aircraft can contest.

Limites

Unguided-ordnance delivery demands exposure at low level, where the aircraft is most vulnerable; precision depends on the targeting process behind it, not the airframe.

Pertinence pour les campagnes

Dérivé : une organisation participant à ces campagnes porte une association d’équipement typée avec ce système. Ce n’est pas la même chose qu’un emploi documenté du système dans la campagne elle-même.

• Les conflits territoriaux de la Géorgie — Abkhazie et Ossétie du Sud Depuis 1991

  via Georgian Defence Forces (Historically associated, high confidence)

Identification visuelle

Straight wing with wingtip pods, twin engines flanking the fuselage, single tail — the classic “flying tank” silhouette.

Emploi documenté dans les conflits

Publicly displayed at deliveries in Bamako from 2022 and reported in strike operations in the northern and central campaigns; one airframe destroyed in a September 2023 crash at Gao airport.

Opérateurs par composante et par service

• Armenian Air Force and Air Defence Documenté
• Georgian Defence Forces Associé historiquement
• Malian Air Force (Armée de l’Air) Documenté

Reported & historical formation associations

• Georgian Aviation and Air Defence Command Historically associated · high confidence

  Operated the type and hosted its Soviet-era production line at Tbilisi; 2008 war employment documented.