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Su-25K Attack aircraft

Su-25K  Attack aircraft © Konstantinos Panitsidis
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NATO reporting name: Frogfoot
Russian name: Grach (named after Rock (bird))
Letter “K” export versions

 

Su-25K and Su-25UBK export versions of the Su-25 and Su-25UB (exported to Angola, Iraq, the PDRK and Czechoslovakia during 1984-1989).

 


Technical specifications

DESIGNER OKB Sukhoi
COUNTRY
Russia
TYPE
Attack aircraft
CREW 1
POWER-PLANT Two turbojet engines R-195
Thrust, kgf 2x4.500
DIMENSIONS  
Length, m 15,36
Height, m 4,80
Wing span, m 14,36
Wing area, m2 33,70
WEIGHT  
Maximum take-off, kg 17.600
Normal take-off, kg 14.600
Empty aircraft, kg 9.500
Internal fuel, kg 5.000
Weight of transported fuel with external tanks, kg 2.000
Warload, kg 4.340
PERFORMANCE  
Maximum speed (at high altitude), km/h 1.004
Maximum speed, sea level km/h -
Maximum speed in low height, km/h 975
Range, km 1.850
Combat range, km  
- at high altitude 1.250
- in low height 750
Service ceiling, m 7.000-10.000
Maximum overload, g 6,5
ARMAMENT 30 mm two-barrel cannon GSh-30-2 with 250 rounds. Number external hardpoints: 8 (10). Transportation of weapons: 8-10x500, 250 kg bombs, 32x100 kg bombs, napalm tanks, rokets 8-10 ML UB-32-57 (320 (252)x57 mm) or 8-10 240 mm, packets UR S-5 (57 mm), S-8 (80 mm), S-24 (240-mm)xS-25 (340 mm).
Air-to-air missile, Air-to-surface missile Kh-25ML, Kh-29L and S-25L. SPPU-22 pods with 23 mm cannon GSh-23L with 260 rounds.