Nanchang Q-5

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NAMC Q-5
NAMC Q-5 "Fantan"
NAMC Q-5 "Fantan"
Type: Fighter bomber
Design country:

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

Manufacturer:

NAMC (Nanchang)

First flight:

June 4, 1965

Commissioning:

1970

Number of pieces:

about 1000

The Nanchang Q-5 or A-5 ( NATO code name : "Fantan" ) is a single-seat light fighter-bomber built in China with a middle-decker design .

description

The fighter-bomber was created in 1958 as the successor to the licensed version of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 built in China as the Shenyang J-6 . At first glance, the Q-5 can be mistaken for a new design, the J-6 has been completely redesigned. The central air intake of the J-6 was moved in front of the wing roots on both sides of the cockpit, which gave the machine the at least theoretical option of installing an on-board radar.

The project was stopped for the time being in 1961 and started again in 1963, so that the first prototype could take off its maiden flight on June 4, 1965 in Nanchang . The machine was manufactured until 1992 and is still in use today; Chinese machines were seen doing an exercise in 2017. The Flug Revue counted 148 aircraft of the type for China at the beginning of 2019 and also named Egypt as the operator. The Q-5 (the export version is called A-5) was exported to various countries. The export version for Pakistan and Bangladesh (A-5C) received a more modern avionics system and Mk-10A ejection seats from Martin-Baker .

Versions

NAMC Q-5 in the Chinese Aviation Museum
  • Q-5A - nuclear weapon carrier
  • Q-5I - version with extended range
  • Q-5IA - improved version of the Q-5I with increased combat power
  • Q-5II - Version of the Q-5IA with radar warning receiver
  • Q-5III (A-5C) - Export version based on the Q-5I
  • A-5K Kong Yun - modernization program of the Q-5III (A-5C) running parallel to the A-5M
  • A-5M - modernization program of the Q-5III (A-5C) running parallel to the A-5K Kong Yun
  • Q-5B - torpedo carrier for the Chinese naval aviation PLANAF, prototype only
  • Q-5D - all weather version
  • Q-5E - modernized Q-5II
  • Q-5F - modernized Q-5II
  • Q-5D - EloKa - version
  • Q-5J - two-seat trainer

commitment

Export version A-5 of the Bangladesh Air Force on approach for landing

The Q-5 is used by both the Chinese Air Force PLAAF and the Chinese naval aviators PLANAF. With the designation A-5 (Attack-5) the Nanchang Q-5 was also exported. Customers for this were:

A total of about 1000 machines were produced.

Technical specifications

silhouette
Parameter Q-5III / Q-5D
crew 1
length 16.74 m (Q-5III) 15.65 m (Q-5D)
span 9.68 m
height 4.33 m
Wing area 27.95 m²
Wing extension 3.35
Wing loading
  • minimum (empty weight): 228 kg / m²
  • nominal (normal take-off weight): 339 kg / m²
  • maximum (max. take-off weight): 423 kg / m²
Empty mass 6,375 kg
normal takeoff mass 9,486 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 11,830 kg
Top speed
  • 1190 km / h (at an altitude of 10,975 m)
  • 1210 km / h (at sea level)
Service ceiling: 15,450 m (Q-5III) approx. 16,500 m (Q-5D)
Max. Rate of climb 103 m / s
Use radius
  • hi-lo-hi profile: 600 km
  • lo-lo-lo profile: 400 km
Range approx. 2000 km (with additional tanks)
Engines 2 × Wopen WP-6 - jet engines
Thrust
  • with afterburner: 2 × 36.78 kN
  • without afterburner: 2 × 29.42 kN
Thrust-to-weight ratio
  • maximum (empty weight): 1.18
  • nominal (normal takeoff mass): 0.79
  • minimum (max.start mass): 0.63

Armament

Fixed armament in the bow

Gun load of 2000 kg at 10 external load stations (four fuselage + six wing stations)

  • 2 × PL-2 - short-range air-to-air missiles
  • 2 × PL-5 - short-range air-to-air missiles
  • 2 × PL-7 - short-range air-to-air missiles

Unguided air-to-surface missiles

  • 4 × rocket launch containers (each 4 unguided air-to-ground missiles, 130 mm caliber)
  • 6 × rocket launch containers (each 16 unguided air-to-ground missiles caliber 90 mm)
  • 6 × missile launch containers (8 unguided air-to-surface missiles each caliber 57 mm)

Free falling bombs

  • 4 × 500 kg free fall bomb
  • 8 × 150 kg free fall bomb
  • 8 × 100 kg free fall bomb
  • 8 × 50 kg free fall bomb
  • 4 × BL755 cluster bomb
  • 4 × Matra Durandal anti-slope bomb

literature

  • Thomas Bättig: Modern warplanes: armament, use, identifying features 2nd edition Hamburg; Berlin; Bonn: Mittler, 2000, ISBN 3-8132-0717-X , p. 105

Web links

Commons : Nanchang Q-5  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ China deploys fighter jets in drills near North Korea , UPI, April 20, 2017
  2. ↑ 10: The Greatest Air Powers in the World , Flug Revue, January 11, 2019