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The Il-38 is a medium-range antisubmarine warfare aircraft fitted with the Berkut ASW system and powered by four AI-20M 4,250-hp turboprop engines. The aircraft was derived from the Il-18D airliner, with its maiden flight made on 27 September, 1961.
It was in production between 1965 and 1972 at the Moscow-based Znamya Truda Machine-building Plant (nowadays MiG Aircraft Corporation's Voronin Production Centre). A total of about 60 aircraft were built, of which several ones were exported to India for the Indian Navy.
Since 1968, the Il-38 has been in service with the Soviet (now Russian) Navy. 2001 saw the manufacture of the first upgraded Il-38M patrol aircraft boasting a novel avionics suite.
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Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Ilyushin |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Patrol anti-submarine aircraft
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| CREW | 7 |
| POWER-PLANT | Four turboprop engines AI-20M |
| Power h.p. | 4x4.250 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
| Length, m | 39,60 |
| Height, m | 10,16 |
| Wing span, m | 37,42 |
| Wing area, m2 | 140,00 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 65.500 |
| Normal take-off, kg | - |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 33.700 |
| Internal fuel, kg | 30.000 |
| Warload kg | 5.000 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 650 |
| Patrol speed, km/h. | 350 |
| Cruising speed, km/h | - |
| Service ceiling, m | 10.000 |
| Range, km | 6.200 |
| Combat range, km | - |
| ARMAMENT | Capable of carrying 450 mm torpedoes, AT-1, AT-2, depth charges and other weapons. |