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MiG-17F · Length
Single source11.264 m (36 ft 11 in)[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | Sukhoi Su-30 |
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| Type | Fighter aircraft[source] | Multirole fighter[source] |
| National origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
| Manufacturer | Mikoyan-Gurevich[source] | Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Yakovlev Corporation[source] |
| Status | In limited service[source] | In service |
21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)[source]
Empty; MiG-17F · Empty weight
Single sourceGross; MiG-17F · Gross weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; MiG-17F · Max takeoff weight
Single source3,919 kg (8,640 lb)[source]
5,340 kg (11,773 lb)[source]
6,069 kg (13,380 lb)[source]
Empty; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Empty weight
Single sourceGross; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Gross weight
Single sourceMiG-17F · at 12,000 m (39,000 ft) with 2 × 400 L (110 US gal; 88 imp gal) drop-tanks
Single source2,020 km (1,260 mi, 1,090 nmi) at 12,000 m (39,000 ft) with 2 × 400 L (110 US gal; 88 imp gal) drop-tanks[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · at high altitude
Single source3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi) at high altitude[source]
MiG-17F · 1 × Klimov VK-1F afterburning centrifugal-flow turbojet engine thrust dry
Single sourceMiG-17F · with afterburner
Single source1 × Klimov VK-1F afterburning centrifugal-flow turbojet engine , 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust dry, 33.8 kN (7,600 lbf) with afterburner[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · 2 × Saturn AL-31FL /FP Afterburning turbofan engines thrust each dry
Single sourceSu-27PU/Su-30 · with afterburner
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | Soviet Air Forces (historical) People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical) Polish Air Force (historical) Vietnam People's Air Force (historical)[source] | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Algerian Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | 10,649 including Polish, Czechoslovak and Chinese variants[source] | 630+ (as of 2019 )[source] |
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| Introduction date | October 1952[source] | 1992 (Su-30) 2013 (Su-30SM)[source] |
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| First flight | 14 January 1950[source] | 31 December 1989 ( 1989-12-31 )[source] |
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| Developed from | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15[source] | Sukhoi Su-27[source] |
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| Variants | PZL-Mielec Lim-6 Shenyang J-5[source] | Sukhoi Su-30MKI Sukhoi Su-30MKK Sukhoi Su-30MKM Sukhoi Su-30MKA[source] |
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| Developed into | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19[source] | — |
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| Guns | 2 × 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 autocannon (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total) 1 × 37 mm Nudelman N-37 autocannon (40 rounds total)[source] | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds[source] |
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| Hardpoints | 2 pylons with a capacity of up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of stores, with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: 2 × UB-16 -57 rocket pods for S-5 rockets Bombs: 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs[source] | 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] |
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| Airfoil | root: TsAGI S-12; tip: TsAGI SR-11[source] | — |
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| g limits | +8[source] | + 9[source] |
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| Wing loading | 268.5 kg/m 2 (55.0 lb/sq ft)[source] | 401 kg/m 2 (82 lb/sq ft) with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | 0.63[source] | 1 with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Rockets | 2 × UB-16 -57 rocket pods for S-5 rockets[source] | S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU[source] |
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| Bombs | 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs[source] | 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] |
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| Designer | — | Sukhoi[source] |
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| Built by | — | KnAAPO Irkut Corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (built by HAL in India under license)[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1992–present[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 9,400 kg (20,723 lb) internal[source] |
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| 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] |
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Maximum take-off; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Max takeoff weight
Single source2 × Saturn AL-31FL /FP Afterburning turbofan engines, 74.5 kN (16,700 lbf) thrust each dry, 122.58 kN (27,560 lbf) with afterburner[source]