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Su-25 Frogfoot (T-8)
Sukhoi · USSR
The Su-25 was designed for the same mission as the A-10: close air support. It featured a heavily armored cockpit (the "iron bathtub") and twin engines spaced far apart to ensure that if one was hit by a missile, the other might survive to get the pilot home.
Technical Specifications
| First Flight | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Max Speed | 975 km/h |
| Range | 1,000 km |
| Ceiling | 7,000 m |
| Engines | 2x Tumansky R-95Sh turbojets |
Armament & Payload
1x 30mm GSh-30-2 cannon; 4,000 kg of rockets, bombs, and missiles.