Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 - Variants

Variants

MiG-19 (NATO: "Farmer-A"; OKB: SM-9/1)

First production version armed with 3 × 23 mm NR-23 cannons.

MiG-19P (NATO: "Farmer-B"; OKB: SM-7)

Version equipped with RP-1 Izumrud radar in the nose and armed with 2 × 23 mm NR-23 (later 2 × 30 mm NR-30) cannons in the wings. Had provision for an unguided rocket pack under each wing, elongated tailfin fillet, all-moving tailplane, third airbrake added behind the ventral fin. Vympel K-13 (AA-2 'Atoll') air-to-air missile (AAM) capability was added late in its service life; entered production in 1955.

MiG-19PG

MiG-19P equipped with the Gorizont-1 ground control datalink.

MiG-19S (NATO: "Farmer-C"; OKB: SM-9/3)

Further development equipped with Svod long-range navigation receiver and armed with 3 × 30 mm NR-30 cannons. Had provisions for an unguided rocket pack or a FAB-250 bomb under each wing; entered service in 1956.

MiG-19R

Reconnaissance version of the MiG-19S with cameras replacing the nose cannon and powered by uprated RD-9BF-1 engines.

MiG-19SF

Late production MiG-19S powered by the same uprated RD-9BF-1 engines as the MiG-19R.

MiG-19SV

High-altitude version for intercepting reconnaissance balloons, reached 20,740 m (68,045 ft) on 6 December 1956; entered service in 1956.

MiG-19SVK

MiG-19SV with a new wing, small increase in altitude above MiG-19SV; did not warrant production.

MiG-19SU (OKB: SM-50)

High-altitude version to intercept the Lockheed U-2, equipped with a self-contained liquid-fuel booster rocket pack; appears to have been abandoned because of inability to control the aircraft at very high altitudes and the aircraft's tendency to enter supersonic spins.

MiG-19PF

Single-seat radar-equipped, all-weather interceptor fighter aircraft; built in small numbers.

MiG-19PM (NATO: "Farmer-E")

Variant with removed cannons, armed with 4 × Kaliningrad K-5M (NATO: AA-1 "Alkali") beam-riding missiles. Entered production in 1957.

MiG-19PML

MiG-19PM with Lazur ground control datalink.

MiG-19PU

Rocket pack fit similar to MiG-19SU.

MiG-19PT

A single MiG-19P equipped to carry Vympel K-13 (NATO: AA-2 "Atoll") missiles.

MiG-19M

Target drone converted from the MiG-19 and MiG-19S.

SM-6

Two MiG-19 Ps converted to flying laboratories for testing the Grushin K-6 developmental AAM (intended for the Sukhoi T-3 jet fighter) and Almaz-3 radar.

SM-12

New fighter prototype, developed into the MiG-21; four aircraft built.

SM-20

Missile simulator for testing the Raduga Kh-20 (NATO: AS-3 "Kangaroo") cruise missile.

SM-30

Zero-length launch (ZEL) version with PRD-22 booster rocket.

SM-K

Missile simulator for testing the Raduga K-10 (NATO: AS-2 "Kipper") cruise missile.

Avia S-105

Czechoslovak licenced built MiG-19S.

Shenyang J-6

Chinese-built version of the MiG-19. This version was inducted into the Pakistani Air Force as the F-6. The F-6 was later modified by the Pakistani Air Force to carry U.S.-built AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.