Tuesday, November 25, 2008

MiG-17 (Fresco)


The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17) is a jet fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Licence production was carried out in East Germany, Poland (PZL-Mielec Lim-6) and the Peoples Republic of China (Shenyang J-5). USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 38", NATO reporting name "Fresco".

General characteristics
Crew: One
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,144 km/h at 3,000 m (711 mph at 10,000 ft (3,000 m))
Armament
1x 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon (40 rounds total)
2x 23x115mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of external stores on two pylons, including 100 kg (220 lb) and 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or fuel tanks.

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