IA-58 PUCARÁ

The FMA IA 58 Pucará (Fortress) is a twin-engined counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft made in Argentina, flown for the first time on August 20, 1969. It is designed to be able to operate from small front-line airfields. This aircraft is unusual because of the tandem cockpit arrangement in a twin-prop-driven military aircraft.

Built by Fábrica Militar de Aviones (Argentina)
Crew 2
Length 14.25 m (46 ft 9 in)
Wingspan 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Height 5.36 m (47 ft 1 in)
Wing area 30.3m² (326.1ft²)
Weight (Empty) 4,020 kg (8,860 lb)
Maximum Takeoff 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Powerplant 2 Turbomeca Astazou XVIG 965 shp turboprops
Max Speed 750 km/h (466 mph)
Cruising Speed 480 km/h (298 mph)
Range 3,710 km (2,300 mi)
Wing Loading 132.7 kg/m² empty, 224.4 max takeoff
Thrust/Weight 0.4825 hp/kg empty, 0.2838 hp/kg max takeoff
Guns 2× 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.804 autocannons
4× 7.62 mm FM M2-20 machine guns
Bombs 3× hardpoints for up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of gun pods, bombs, rockets, mines, or torpedoes

Tags: Pucará, IA-58, FAA, Argentina