USA - Naval aviation and armament
Ling Tempko Vought / Northrop Grumman A-7 Corsair II attacker
A-7E Corsair II
| Modification | Purpose | Deliveries | Number of commissioned | Discarding | Differences from the previous modification |
| A-7A | attacker | 10/1966 - 1968 | 199 | 6/1992 | 1 seat, Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-6 engine (4954 kgf), 2 20-mm guns, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 2 Mk28 or Mk61 nuclear bombs or 2 Mk57 nuclear depth charges or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets), APQ-116 radar |
| A-7B | 2/1968 - 5/1969 | 196 | TF30-P-8 engine (5327 kgf), later TF30-P-408 engine (5847 kgf), 2 20-mm guns, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets or 2 twin 20-mm guns) | ||
| A-7C | 1969 - 1969 | 67 | 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets or 2 twin 20-mm guns), AVQ-126(V) radar | ||
| A-7E | 7/1969 - 3/1981 | 596 | Allison TF-41-A-2 engine (6553 kgf), 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets or 2 twin 20-mm guns or 2 Harpoon ASM or 3 HARM ARM or 2 Skipper ASM or 2 Mk28 or B43 or Mk61 nuclear bombs or 2 Mk57 nuclear depth charges or 2 quadruple 30-mm guns), APQ-126(V) radar | ||
| A-7E FLIR | 1980s | 144 - 231 modified from A-7E | IR scanner | ||
| TA-7C | training attacker | 10/1976 - 1980s | 24 modified from A-7B + 36 modified from A-7C + 20 modified from A-7E | 2 seats, 36 planes with Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-8 engine (5327 kgf), 44 planes with Allison TF41-A-2 engine (6553 kgf), 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets or 2 twin 20-mm guns), AVQ-126(V) radar |
| Modification | A-7A | A-7E |
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Wing span, m |
11.80 | 11.80 |
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Length, m |
14.06 | 14.06 |
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Height, m |
4.93 | 4.93 |
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Wings area, m2 |
34.83 | 34.83 |
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Empty mass, kg |
7214 | 8668 |
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Full flying-off mass, kg |
17237 | 19050 |
| Engine | 1 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-8 | 1 Allison TF41-A-2 |
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Force, kgf |
5327 | 6553 |
| Maximal speed, km/h | 920 | 1102 |
| Cruise speed, km/h | 831 | 970 |
| Flying range, km | 4100 | 4604 |
| Vertical speed, m/s | ||
| Maximal altitude, m | 16000 | 12800 |
| Complement | 1 | 1 |
| Armament | 2 20-mm guns, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 2 Mk28 or Mk61 nuclear bombs or 2 Mk57 nuclear depth charges or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets) | 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6805 kg of combat load (2 227-kg hull points with 2 Sidewinder AAM or 4 127-mm Zuni; 2 1587-kg and 4 1134-kg wing points with 2 Shrike ARM or 2 Standard-ARM ARM or 6 Maverick ASM or 2 Walleye guided bombs or 6 Mk82 or 6 Mk84 guided bombs or 6 907-kg bombs or 12 340-kg bombs or 24 227-kg bombs or 4 GBU-12/46 bomb cassettes or 6 GBU-30/38 bomb cassettes or 24 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 114 68-mm rockets or 24 127-mm Zuni rockets or 2 twin 20-mm guns or 2 Harpoon ASM or 3 HARM ARM or 2 Skipper ASM or 2 Mk28 or B43 or Mk61 nuclear bombs or 2 Mk57 nuclear depth charges or 2 quadruple 30-mm guns) |
A-7A Corsair II
A-7D Corsair II
© Ivan Gogin, 2008