Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota

Origin

USA

Type

troop/cargo transport

Max Speed

200 kt / 230 mph

Max Range

2,575 km / 1,600 miles

Dimensions

span 29.11 m / 95 ft 6 in length 19.43 m / 63 ft 9 in height 5.18 m / 17 ft 0 in

Weight

empty 8,103 kg / 17,865 lb maximum take-off 11,793 kg / 26,000 lb

Powerplant

two 895-kW (1,200-hp) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial piston engines

Armament

AC-47D gunship version employed three General Electric MXU-470/A 7.62-mm (10.3-in) Miniguns firing through fuselage door and port-side windows, complete with 21,000 rounds of ammunition

Operators:

Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Madagascar, Mexico, Paraguay, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan