Lockheed AC-130 vs Sukhoi Su-30: Specs Compared

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Lockheed AC-130 — licensed reference photograph

ACombat aircraft

Lockheed AC-130

Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship for SOF teams

Credit

MSgt Christopher Boitz · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BCombat aircraft

Sukhoi Su-30

Multirole fighter

Credit

Alex Beltyukov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Lockheed AC-130AC-130 · Length

29.79 m

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Sukhoi Su-30Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length

21.935 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 43 rows sourced on both sides

29.79mAC-130 · Length

21.94mSu-27PU/Su-30 · Length

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All recorded figures & sources

29.79 m

AC-130 · Length

Single source

97 ft 9 in (29.79 m)^[source]

21.935 m

Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length

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Configuration

Details

Lockheed AC-130 and Sukhoi Su-30 configuration
Specification	Lockheed AC-130	Sukhoi Su-30
Type	Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship for SOF teams^[source]	Multirole fighter^[source]
National origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union Russia^[source]
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin Boeing^[source]	Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Yakovlev Corporation^[source]
Status	In service (AC-130J)^[source]	In service

Primary user	United States Air Force^[source]	—

Introduction date	AC-130A: 1968 AC-130H: 1969 AC-130U: 1995 AC-130W: 2012 AC-130J: 2017^[source]	1992 (Su-30) 2013 (Su-30SM)^[source]

First flight	AC-130A: 1967^[source]	31 December 1989 ( 1989-12-31 )^[source]

Retired	AC-130A: 1995 AC-130H: 2015 AC-130U: 2020 AC-130W: 2022^[source]	—

Developed from	Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules^[source]	Sukhoi Su-27^[source]

Officers	4 (Two Pilots, Two Combat Systems Officers)^[source]	—

Enlisted	3 (Special Mission Aviators)^[source]	—

Propellers	6-bladed Dowty R391 featuring ARA-D/A airfoils^[source]	—

Navigation systems	Teledyne Ryan (now part of Northrop Grumman ) AN/APN-218 radar – doppler navigation radar^[source]	—

Previously installed systems	AN/APN-59 radar – search and weather radar^[source]	—

Mission systems	Raytheon AN/APQ-180 multimode attack radar – enhanced version of AN/APG-70 radar (used on F-15E Strike Eagle ) incorporating several enhanced air-to-ground modes such as fixed target track, ground moving target indication and track, projectile impact point position, beacon track, and a weather detection Raytheon AN/AAQ-26 IDS – LWIR FLIR (mounted on port side of the nose landing gear door) Lockheed Martin AN/AAQ-39 Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GMS2) – EO/IR fire control system consists of mid-wave infrared (MWIR) FLIR, two Image-Intensified Television (I2TV) cameras ( CCD-TV ), laser target designator/rangefinder with eyesafe mode (1064 and 1570 nm dual mode laser emitter), and near-infrared (NIR) laser pointer/marker (860 nm laser emitter) (mounted under the nose of port landing gear sponson)^[source]	—

Countermeasures	Raytheon AN/ALR-69 – digital Radar warning receiver (RWR) L-3 Communications AN/AAR-44 – UV-based Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) ITT Exelis AN/ALQ-172 – Digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer-based Electronic countermeasure (ECM) incorporating integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection function of detection, processing, warning, prioritization, jamming, and threat display BAE Systems AN/ALQ-196 Low-Band Jammer (LBJ) – low frequency DRFM jammer-based ECM Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis – laser-based Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) (mounted on the port and starboard rear fuselage) BAE Systems AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System (CMDS) – chaff/flare dispenser^[source]	—

Designer	—	Sukhoi^[source]

Built by	—	KnAAPO Irkut Corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (built by HAL in India under license)^[source]

Primary users	—	Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Algerian Air Force^[source]

Number built	—	630+ (as of 2019 )^[source]

Manufactured	—	1992–present^[source]

Variants	—	Sukhoi Su-30MKI Sukhoi Su-30MKK Sukhoi Su-30MKM Sukhoi Su-30MKA^[source]

Fuel capacity	—	9,400 kg (20,723 lb) internal^[source]

Guns	—	1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds^[source]

Hardpoints	—	12 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 8,000 kg (18,000 lb), with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU Missiles: Air-to-air missiles : R-27 R/ER/T/ET/P/EA R-73 E/M RVV-AE (R-77)-1/M R-37M (on the SM2 variant) Air-to-surface missiles : Kh-29 TE/L Kh-59 M/ME Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-31 P Bombs: KAB-500KR general-purpose bomb KAB-500OD bomb KAB-1500KR GP bomb KAB-1500L laser-guided bomb FAB-500T GP bomb BETAB-500 SHP bomb ODAB-500PM bomb OFAB-250-270 bomb OFAB-100-120 bomb P-50T bomb RBK-500 cluster bombs SPBE-D bomb^[source]

g limits	—	+ 9^[source]

Wing loading	—	401 kg/m 2 (82 lb/sq ft) with 56% fuel^[source]

Thrust/weight	—	1 with 56% fuel^[source]

Rockets	—	S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU^[source]

Missiles	—	Air-to-air missiles : R-27 R/ER/T/ET/P/EA R-73 E/M RVV-AE (R-77)-1/M R-37M (on the SM2 variant) Air-to-surface missiles : Kh-29 TE/L Kh-59 M/ME Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-31 P^[source]

Bombs	—	KAB-500KR general-purpose bomb KAB-500OD bomb KAB-1500KR GP bomb KAB-1500L laser-guided bomb FAB-500T GP bomb BETAB-500 SHP bomb ODAB-500PM bomb OFAB-250-270 bomb OFAB-100-120 bomb P-50T bomb RBK-500 cluster bombs SPBE-D bomb^[source]