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Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
BO 105,
Defender 500.
Crew. Three.
Role. Transport (12 to 16 equipped troops), armed support, trainer.
Armament. Machine gun pod, rockets.
Dimensions. Length: 55 ft (16.8 m). Rotor diameter: 69 ft (21 m).
Wings. Large, four-blade main rotor mounted on top of fuselage midsection.
Engine(s). One piston engine mounted within the nose section.
Fuselage. Short, oval with solid, rounded nose and stepped-up cockpit. High-mounted, long, thin tail boom. Gun mount under belly (oil pan). Four-wheeled landing gear.
Tail. Small, three-blade rotor attached to right side of thin fin. Small flats forward of the fin.
Afghanistan, Albania (Z-5), Algeria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, North Korea, North Yemen, People’s Republic of China (Z-5), Poland, Romania, Somalia , South Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam.
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| Updated: 27 January 2008 |
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Born 09 September 2000 |