The SOKO J-20 Kraguj (Sparrowhawk) was a small ground attack and counterinsurgency single-seat aircraft that was designed and built in the Former Yugoslavian Company SOKO. It was armed with two 7,7mm Colt-Browning machine guns (with 650 rounds each) mounted on the wings and it could also carry small bombs and rockets under the wings on hardpoints. Powered by a simple and reliable Lycoming GSO-480 engine producing 340hp, it had a maximum speed of 295km/h and a range of 800km.
The aircraft featured a fixed landing gear and was capable of STOVL (short take-offs and landings); in many ways it was a "Partisan" Aircraft, a plane capable of operating from unprepared runways or fields which could be easily repaired, rearmed and flown by people with the minimum of training.
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