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The Chinese High Command of the Air Force published a tender on a short-range three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft as replacement of the Nanchan N1-R1.
The aircraft should have a defensive armament of at least one MG and have a bomb load of round about 250kg. In addition, the aircraft should be on the grounds of redundancy, equipped with two engines. Both engines are also required to obtain the necessary speed and agility. Furthermore, a good all-round vision is required.
Shaanxi Aircraft Ltd. presents its draft for this tender, the SH-25A.
General characteristics
Crew: 3 (pilot, observer / navigator, co-pilot / radio-operator)
Length: 12 m
Wingspan: 18.4 m
Height: 3.7 m
Wing area: 38 m²
Empty weight: 2,680 kg
Loaded weight: 3,950 kg
Powerplant: powered by two 700 hp Huang-Po radial engines.
Performance
Maximum speed: 352 km/h at 2,600 m
Range: 700 km
Service ceiling: 8,400 m
Armament
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns mounted in the wing roots, firing forward
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 in rear cone, flexible mount, firing rearwards
Bombload
4 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs
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