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Measured figures
MiG-17F · Length
Single source11.264 m (36 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | Sukhoi Su-33 |
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| Type | Fighter aircraft[source] | Carrier-based air superiority fighter with multirole capabilities[source] |
| National origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
| Manufacturer | Mikoyan-Gurevich[source] | Sukhoi , Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association[source] |
| Status | In limited service[source] |
21.19 m (69 ft 6 in)[source]
wing folded
Single source7.40 m (24 ft 3 in) wing folded[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; Empty weight
Single sourceGross; Gross weight
Single sourceMiG-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]
2 × Saturn AL-31F3 afterburning turbofan engines thrust each dry
Single sourcewith afterburner
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
In service[source]
| Primary users | Soviet Air Forces (historical) People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical) Polish Air Force (historical) Vietnam People's Air Force (historical)[source] | — |
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| Number built | 10,649 including Polish, Czechoslovak and Chinese variants[source] | 24 built total[source] |
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| Introduction date | October 1952[source] | 31 August 1998 (official)[source] |
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| First flight | 14 January 1950[source] | 17 August 1987 ( 1987-08-17 )[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] | — |
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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 × external hardpoints with a capacity of up to 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) of ordnance, 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 : 8 × R-27 R/ER/T/ET 4 × R-73 E Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Kh-41 Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-25 MP Kh-31 P Bombs: RBK-500 cluster bomb Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs[source] |
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| Airfoil | root: TsAGI S-12; tip: TsAGI SR-11[source] | — |
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| g limits | +8[source] | + 8[source] |
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| Wing loading | 268.5 kg/m 2 (55.0 lb/sq ft)[source] | 483 kg/m 2 (99 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | 0.63[source] | 0.83[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] | RBK-500 cluster bomb Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Russian Navy[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1987–1999[source] |
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| Variant | — | Shenyang J-15[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 9,500 kg (20,900 lb) internal[source] |
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| Stall speed | — | 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)[source] |
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| Landing speed | — | 240 km/h (150 mph; 130 kn)[source] |
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| Missiles | — | Air-to-air missiles : 8 × R-27 R/ER/T/ET 4 × R-73 E Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Kh-41 Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-25 MP Kh-31 P[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight
2 × Saturn AL-31F3 afterburning turbofan engines, 74.5 kN (16,700 lbf) thrust each dry, 125.5 kN (28,200 lbf) with afterburner[source]