FMA IA 58 Pucará
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The FMA IA 58 Pucará is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable
An IA 58 Pucará of the Argentine Air Force
IA 58 Pucará with assorted armaments
A captured Pucará on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Helmet of pilot shot down by small arms fire from 2 PARA during the Falklands War
The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is a twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft with short takeoff and landing capability designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer
FMA IA 58 Pucará
…visibility, at least in the lateral and front quarters. The clean aerodynamic design allows the Pucará to reach relatively high speed, higher than the American OV-10 Bronco, another COIN aircraft. On the other hand, the IA 58 has no cargo bay inside the fuselage as requested for the American aircraft. Armour plating is…
A NASA OV-10D in 2009
An OV-10A of VAL-4 attacking a target in Vietnam
North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco cockpit
Engine installation on OV-10B Bronco