{
  "id": "su-25-grach",
  "name": "Su-25 Grach (Frogfoot)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Close air support aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1981,
  "operators": [
    "AGO",
    "ARM",
    "AZE",
    "BGR",
    "BLR",
    "CIV",
    "COG",
    "CZE",
    "ETH",
    "GEO",
    "GMB",
    "HRV",
    "IRN",
    "IRQ",
    "MYS",
    "NER",
    "PER",
    "PRK",
    "RUS",
    "SDN",
    "TCD",
    "TKM",
    "UKR",
    "UZB"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 25,
  "summary": "The Su-25, which is no longer in serial production, made its first flight in 1979. This single-seat ground-attack aircraft is a very durable airplane - it is fairly heavily armored -- and easy to service - all service equipment can be stored in a container and transported by the airplane itself.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Sukhoi",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 1,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hardpoints",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "11 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 4,400 kg (9,700 lb) of stores",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 15.53,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 4.8,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 14.36,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "33.70 m sq",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 9500,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 x Ryzhov (Tumansky) R-95",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "9,039 lb (4,100 kg) static thrust each",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Takeoff roll",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "930 m with max payload",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Rate of climb",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "4,320 m/min",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 7000,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Main Missile Systems: maximum weapons load",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4,400 kg",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "1 x Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2; Kh-23 Grom; NATO: A S-7 Kerry; Kh-25; NATO: AS-10 Karen; S-8; BETAB-500",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "1 x Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2",
      "role": "Autocannon",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Autocannon",
        "Caliber": "30 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "1,000-3,000 rpm"
      },
      "range_km": 1.8,
      "qty": "1 ea"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kh-23 Grom; NATO: A S-7 Kerry",
      "role": "Air-to-Air Missile",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Air-to-Air Missile",
        "Guidance": "Radio command guidance",
        "Warhead weight": "111 kg",
        "Speed": "2,160–2,700 km/h",
        "Length": "3.525 m"
      },
      "range_km": [
        2,
        10
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kh-25; NATO: AS-10 Karen",
      "role": "Air-to-Ground Missile",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Air-to-Ground Missile",
        "Guidance": "Laser guidance, passive radar, TV guidance, IIR, Satellite guidance, active radar homing depending on varian",
        "Warhead": "High explosive, shell-forming",
        "Warhead weight": "89.6 kg",
        "Speed": "1,370–2,410 km/h",
        "Length": "370.5 cm"
      },
      "range_km": 11
    },
    {
      "name": "S-8",
      "role": "HEAT Rocket",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "HEAT Rocket",
        "Warhead weight": "3.6 kg (0.9 kg of Hecphol-5/A-IX-10 explosive)"
      },
      "range_km": [
        1,
        4
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BETAB-500",
      "role": "Concrete-Piercing Bomb",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Concrete-Piercing Bomb",
        "Length": "2,200 mm"
      }
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Su-25",
      "text": "The basic version of the aircraft was produced at Factory 31, in Tbilisi, in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. Between 1978 and 1989, 582 single-seat Su-25s were produced in Georgia, not including aircraft produced under the Su-25K export program.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25K",
      "text": "The basic Su-25 model was used as the basis for a commercial export variant, known as the Su-25K (Komercheskiy). This model was also built at Factory 31 in Tbilisi, Georgia.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25UB",
      "text": "The Su-25UB trainer (Uchebno-Boyevoy) was drawn up in 1977. The first prototype, called \"T-8UB-1\", was rolled out in July 1985 and its maiden flight was carried out at the Ulan-Ude factory airfield on 12 August of that year.",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25UBK",
      "text": "From 1986 to 1989, in parallel with the construction of the main Su-25UB combat training variant, the Ulan-Ude plant produced the so-called \"commercial\" Su-25UBK, intended for export to countries that bought the Su-25K, and with similar modifications to that…",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25UBM",
      "text": "The Su-25UBM is a twin-seat variant that can be used as an operational trainer, but also has attack capabilities, and can be used for reconnaissance, target designation, and airborne control.",
      "src": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25UTG",
      "text": "The Su-25UTG (Uchebno-Trenirovochnyy s Gakom) is a variant of the Su-25UB designed to train pilots in takeoff and landing on a land-based simulated carrier deck, with a sloping ski-jump section and arrester wires.",
      "src": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25BM",
      "text": "The Su-25BM (Buksirovshchik Misheney) is a target-towing variant of the Su-25 whose development began in 1986. The prototype, designated T-8BM1, successfully flew for the first time on 22 March 1990, at Tbilisi.",
      "src": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Su-25T",
      "text": "The Su-25T (Tankovy) is a dedicated antitank version, which has been combat-tested with notable success in Chechnya. The design of the aircraft is similar to the Su-25UB.",
      "src": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "fighter",
  "image": {
    "file": "su-25-grach.jpg",
    "thumb": "su-25-grach-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Damien",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
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  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 2.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/su-25-grach.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-su-25-grach": {
      "title": "Su-25 Grach (Frogfoot) Russian Close Air Support Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Su-25_Grach_Frogfoot_Russian_Close_Air_Support_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}