Saturday, June 23, 2012

Familiar with Super Tucano warplanes

EMB-314 (Super Tucano) is a capable trainer aircraft COIN (counter insurgency) or attack aircraft made ​​by Embraer antigerilya Defense System, Brasilia.


Antigerilya attack aircraft (English: the water close support for counter-insurgency) is a specialized ground attack aircraft to provide support to ground troops in the face of guerrilla forces.

Generally, the aircraft used is a light aircraft, able to fly down and land weaponry and technology that is not too complicated compared to other attack aircraft, but appropriate, for example using a cannon with a caliber large enough for example over 20 mm.

EMB-314 Super Tucano is a development of the EMB-312 Tucano 650 units have been sold to 15 countries with Brazil as the main user has 130 units. Completion of aircraft previously performed include avionics systems, weapons systems and data communications systems. Since its introduction and use Brasilia in 2004, EMB-314 proved to be successful on a mission guarding the border in the Amazon region is notoriously prone to smuggling and narcotics trafficking activities.

Super Tucano has 2 machine guns located on the left and right, 5 station hook with the composition of each 2 pieces on the left and right and 1 in the fuselage with a total weight 1550 kg. All stations can be installed hook type MK-81 bombs and MK-82, multiple rocket launchers, and laser guided bombs

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