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Measured figures
Q-5D · Length
Single source15.65 m (51 ft 4 in)[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Nanchang Q-5 | Sukhoi Su-30 |
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| Type | Ground-attack aircraft[source] | Multirole fighter[source] |
| National origin | China[source] | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
| Manufacturer | Nanchang Aircraft Mfg. Co.[source] | Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Yakovlev Corporation[source] |
| Status | In service with the Myanmar Air Force[source] |
21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)[source]
Empty; Q-5D · Empty weight
Single sourceGross; Q-5D · Gross weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; Q-5D · Max takeoff weight
Single source6,375 kg (14,054 lb)[source]
9,486 kg (20,913 lb)[source]
11,830 kg (26,081 lb)[source]
Empty; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Empty weight
Single sourceGross; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Gross weight
Single sourceQ-5D · lo-lo-lo with maximum payload
Single source400 km (250 mi, 220 nmi) lo-lo-lo with maximum payload[source]
Q-5D · 2 × Liming Wopen-6A afterburning turbojet engines thrust each dry
Single sourceQ-5D · with afterburner
Single source2 × Liming Wopen-6A afterburning turbojet engines, 29.42 kN (6,610 lbf) thrust each dry, 36.78 kN (8,270 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.
In service[source] |
| Primary users | People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical) People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force (historical) Pakistan Air Force (historical) Myanmar Air Force[source] | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Algerian Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | 1,300 (approx.)[source] | 630+ (as of 2019 )[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1969–2012[source] | 1992–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1970[source] | 1992 (Su-30) 2013 (Su-30SM)[source] |
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| First flight | 4 July 1965[source] | 31 December 1989 ( 1989-12-31 )[source] |
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| Retired | 2017 by PLA Air Force 2011 by Pakistan Air Force 2015 by Bangladesh Air Force[source] | — |
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| Developed from | Shenyang J-6[source] | Sukhoi Su-27[source] |
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| Wing loading | 423.3 kg/m 2 (86.7 lb/sq ft)[source] | 401 kg/m 2 (82 lb/sq ft) with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | 0.588[source] | 1 with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Guns | 2× Norinco Type 23-2K 23 mm (0.906 in) cannon , 100 rounds per gun[source] | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds[source] |
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| Hardpoints | 10 (4× under-fuselage, 6× under-wing) with a capacity of 2,000 kg (4,400 lb), with provisions to carry combinations of:[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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| Rockets | 57 mm, 90 mm, 130 mm unguided rocket pods[source] | S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU[source] |
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| Missiles | PL-2 , PL-5 , PL-7 air-to-air missiles[source] | 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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| Others | Fuel tanks: 400 L (105 U.S. gal), 760 L (200 U.S. gal), 1,100 L (300 U.S. gal)[source] | — |
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| Fuel tanks | 400 L (105 U.S. gal), 760 L (200 U.S. gal), 1,100 L (300 U.S. gal)[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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| Variants | — | Sukhoi Su-30MKI Sukhoi Su-30MKK Sukhoi Su-30MKM Sukhoi Su-30MKA[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 9,400 kg (20,723 lb) internal[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 9[source] |
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| 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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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]