Pchela-1T

	Pchela-1T
Faction	CDF; Russian Armed Forces
Type	UAV
Seats	None
Item capacity	Max: 3× Weapons; 20× Magazines;
Top speed	180 km/h
Service ceiling	~ 2,500 m
Fuel capacity	500 fuel units
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	Targeting: 1× Laser Designator;
Variants	None
Games

The Pchela-1T is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by both the Russian Armed Forces and CDF in ArmA 2.

Overview

Roles:
- Observation
- Laser targeting

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The Pchela-1T is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed in Russia. Its primary uses are surveillance and observation or target designation.

Armoury Description

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Design

The Pchela-1T is an unarmed, remotely-operated UAV designed to provide real-time surveillance of ground targets from a safe altitude.

Features
It serves as the primary UAV employed by the CDF and Russian military forces operating in Chernarus. Lacking armament, it is only capable of transmitting a live video feed from its camera back to its operator's UAV Terminal.

It is however, capable of utilising a built-in laser designator to help mark ground targets and structures for laser-guided bombs and other heavy ordnance, making it fairly useful as a Forward Air Control-oriented asset.

Drawbacks
The camera is unable to toggle thermal vision modes and is limited to either normal day/night vision, making it rather difficult to designate targets with any degree of accuracy.

Furthermore, its relative lack of armour plating makes the Pchela-1T extremely vulnerable to ground fire, and can be easily shot down by any kind of anti-aircraft weaponry. Since it doesn't carry any armament or defensive avionics like chaff/flare countermeasures, it is incapable of defending itself or fleeing from guided weapons.

Its sole advantage lies in its small airframe, which makes it nimble and relatively easy to handle while rendering it difficult to detect visually by air and ground threats. Nonetheless, this will only work for so long against non-technologically advanced foes as it will be spotted on radar and thermal just as quickly.

Camouflage

Woodland
Grey

Woodland: Two-tone olive/dark green camouflage scheme with a sky blue underbelly. Exclusive to Russian Pchela-1Ts.
Grey: Flat grey paint scheme. Only applied onto CDF Pchela-1Ts.

Protection

The Pchela-1T has a base armour value of 6.

Hull

The hull can withstand up to 6 points of damage. Depletion of its integrity will instantly result in a total loss.

Avionics

MAWS

The Pchela-1T does not have a Missile Approach Warning System and will not warn its operator of incoming missiles that are already in mid-flight.

RWR

The Pchela-1T does not possess a Radar Warning Receiver and cannot alert the operator of being locked-onto by radar-based targeting systems.

IWR

The Pchela-1T lacks an Infrared Warning Receiver, and will not warn its operator of being targeted by infrared-based weapon systems.

Trivia

After the release of the Combined Operations bundle, the Pchela-1T was seriously bugged and prevented the user from "disconnecting" from the UAV's control. It also tended to spontaneously explode violently (amusingly enough, with an explosion size equal to that of larger fixed-wing aircraft like the C-130) and often for no reason as well while taxiing on the ground.
- Along with being granted access to a laser designator, all in-flight stability issues were finally addressed with the latest Steam version patches (as part of the Community Configuration Project). However as a consequence of the update, the Pchela-1T was made significantly more fragile and has had its base armour reduced from 75 to just 6.
- The previously hidden and unused CDF variant was also added as extra content, making the Pchela-1T a multi-faction UAV as opposed to being REDFOR exclusive.
It is the first and only fixed-wing UAV available to an REDFOR faction in ArmA 2.
- The Pchela-1T would remain as the sole REDFOR drone in the entire series prior to the release of ArmA 3, which would finally include the K40 Ababil-3 and later, the KH-3A Fenghuang added with the Apex expansion pack for CSAT forces.

Gallery

External links

Wikipedia: Yakovlev Pchela

Vehicles of ArmA 2
Wheeled	9P117 SCUD-B • ATV • BRDM-2* • BTR-40 • BTR-60 • BTR-90 • BM-21 Grad* • Bus • Car • Dingo 2 CZ • Hatchback • HMMWV* • GAZ • Jackal 2 MWMIK • Kamaz • Lada* • LAV-25 • Military Offroad • Motorcycle* (Old moto) • Mountain bike (Old bike) • MTVR* • Offroad* • Pandur II 8x8 CZ • Pickup* • RM-70 • S1203 • Sedan • Stryker (MGS) • SUV (Armored SUV) • T810 • Tractor • Touring Car • Towing Tractor • UAZ-469* • Ural* • V3S* • Vodnik
Tracked	2S6M Tunguska • AAVP-7A1 • BMP-2 • BMP-3 • BVP-1 • FV510 Warrior • M1 Abrams* (M1A2 TUSK) • M113 • M2 Bradley • M270 MLRS • T-34* • T-55 • T-72* (T-72M4 CZ) • T-90 • ZSU-23-4*
Rotor-wing	AH-1Z • AH-6J Little Bird (AH-6X) • AH-11 Wildcat • AH-64D* (AH-1) • CH-47F Chinook (Chinook HC4) • Ka-52 • Ka-60 • Ka-137 • Merlin HC3 • MH-6J Little Bird • Mi-8MTV-3* (Mi-17) • Mi-24P (Mi-24D, Mi-24V*) • UH-1Y (UH-1H) • UH-60 Black Hawk (MH-60S)
Fixed-wing	A-10 Thunderbolt II* • An-2 • AV-8B Harrier • C-130J Hercules* • F-35 Lightning II • L-159 ALCA • L-39ZA (L-39C) • MQ-9 Reaper* • MV-22 Osprey • Pchela-1T • Su-39 (Su-25*) • Su-34
Aquatic	CRRC • Fishing Boat • PBX • RHIB • Small Boat
(Parenthesis) denote variants. * indicates partial DLC dependency. Operation Arrowhead \| British Armed Forces \| Private Military Company \| Army of the Czech Republic

Russian Armed Forces - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
Wheeled	BTR-90 • BM-21 Grad • Kamaz • Vodnik • UAZ-469
Tracked	2S6M Tunguska • BMP-3 • T-72 • T-90
Rotor-wing	Ka-52 • Mi-8MTV-3 (Mi-8MT) • Mi-24P
Fixed-wing	Pchela-1T • Su-39 • Su-34
Aquatic	PBX
(Parenthesis) denote variants.

CDF - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
Wheeled	BRDM-2 • BM-21 Grad • Motorcycle • UAZ-469 • Ural
Tracked	BMP-2 • T-72 • ZSU-23-4
Rotor-wing	Mi-17 (Mi-17-IVA) • Mi-24D
Fixed-wing	Pchela-1T • Su-25
(Parenthesis) denote variants.