Topic: FMA IA 58 Pucará

[greenguy]

FMA IA 58 Pucará

The FMA IA 58 Pucará (Quechua: Fortress) is an Argentine ground-attack, counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft. A low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, with a retractable landing gear, it was manufactured by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones.

General characteristics:

Crew: 2
Capacity: 2
Length: 14.25 m (46 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 14.5 m (47 ft 6 in)
Height: 5.36 m (17 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 30.3 m² (326.16 ft²)
Empty weight: 4020 kg (8862 lb)
Gross weight: 6800 kg (14991 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Turbomeca Astazou XVIG turboprops, 729 kW (978 hp) each each
Performance

Maximum speed: 500 km/h (310 mph)
Cruising speed: 430 km/h (267 mph)
Range: 3710 km (2305 miles)
Service ceiling: 10000 m (31800 ft)
Armament

2 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.804 autocannons
4 × 7.62 mm FM M2-20 machine guns
3 × hardpoints for up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of gun pods, bombs, rockets, mines, or torpedoes

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Mas ok kaya ito na pampalit sa mga bronco natin?

[tonikoro[deactivated]]

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang ayaw nila sa Bronco,if you search google youll find out that it still is one of the best COIN
aircraft.

If ever na papalitan ang bronco,FMA ,Tucanos or even the vietnam era A1-skyraiders ay magandang pamalit.

[dragknot11]

kung papalitan lang ang bronco?! e di mag a-4 na lag sila, jet powered pa.... tingnan nio ung desyn nung eroplano. parang jetpowered xa tapos para makatipid, kinonvert to propd engine.... hehehe.