the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17,(NATO reporting name "Fresco") was a Cold War subsonic jet fighter developed from the MiG-15, was first produced in the USSR in 1952 and still finds use in 3rd world countries today, MiG-17s first saw combat in the Second Taiwan Straight Crisis, and proved to be a worthy opponent against more modern supersonic fighters of the U.S in the Vietnam War. Its top Speed was Mach 0.93, at 3,000 Metres (1,145kph/712mph), The climb rate was 65m/s (12,800 ft/min), and had a thrust to weight ratio of 0.63. The armament of a MiG-17 varied, from 2 23mm Nudelmann-Rikhter NR-23 autocannons, with 80 rounds per gun, and 1 37mm Nudelmann N-37 autocannon with 40 rounds, or 3 Nudelmann-Rikhter NR-23 autocannons, with 80 rounds per gun, and 2 Kaliningrad K-5 Beam riding Air To Air missles. 35 Countries operated the MiG-17 or variants of it, and most still use them to this day.
by MMikoyan-Gurevich July 16, 2017
Apr 21 trending
- 1. Watermelon Sugar
- 2. Ghetto Spread
- 3. Girls who eat carrots
- 4. sorority squat
- 5. Durk
- 6. Momala
- 7. knocking
- 8. Dog shot
- 9. sputnik
- 10. guvy
- 11. knockin'
- 12. nuke the fridge
- 13. obnoxion
- 14. Eee-o eleven
- 15. edward 40 hands
- 16. heels up
- 17. columbus
- 18. ain't got
- 19. UrbDic
- 20. yak shaving
- 21. Rush B Cyka Blyat
- 22. Pimp Nails
- 23. Backpedaling
- 24. Anol
- 25. got that
- 26. by the way
- 27. Wetter than an otter's pocket
- 28. soy face
- 29. TSIF
- 30. georgia rose

