* 러시아 해군 대잠 초계기(Maritime patrol and ASW(anti-submarine warfare) aircraft) - Ilyushin Il-38 'May'

Country of origin: Russia

Type: Il-18 - VIP & general transport. Il-20 - Elint platform. Il-22 Command Post. Il-38 - Maritime patrol and ASW aircraft

Powerplants: Il-38 - Four 3125kW (4190ehp) ZMKB Progress (Ivchenko) Al-20M turboprops, driving four blade propellers.

Performance: Il-38 - Max speed at 21,000ft 722km/h (390kt), max cruising speed at 27,000ft 610km/h (330kt), patrol speed at 2000ft 400km/h (216kt). Range with max fuel 7200km (3887nm). Patrol endurance with max fuel 12hr.

Weights: Il-38 - Empty 36,000kg (79,367lb), max takeoff 63,500kg (140,000lb).

Dimensions: Il-38 - Wing span 37.42m (122ft 9in), length overall 36.90m (129ft 10in), height 10.17m (33ft 4in). Wing area 1400m^2 (1 506.9sq ft).

Accommodation. Il-38 - Flightcrew of two pilots and flight engineer. Operational crew believed to be nine, which would include a tactical coordinator, sensor operators, MAD operator and observers.

Armament. Il-38 - Forward and aft internal weapons bays can carry homing torpedoes, sonobuoys; and nuclear and conventional depth charges.

Operators. Il-18 - China, North Korea, Romania, Syria, Vietnam. Il-20 & -22 - Russia. Il-38 - India, CIS.

History. llyushin's Il-18 turboprop airliner played a significant role in developing the USSR's air services in the 1960s and 1970s, and has also been adopted for a variety of military roles, ranging from transport , to command post, Elint and maritime patrol.

일류신 Il-18 터보프롭 여객기는 1960년대와 70년대 구소련의 여객 운송에 중요한 역활을 하기도 하였는데,
이 기체에 군사장비들이 더해져 수송, 지휘, 전자 정보 수집기(Elint), 해상 초계 등의 군사적 목적으로 범위가 넓어졌습니다.

The Il-18 was originally developed against a mid 1950s Aeroflot requirement for an economical 75 to 100 seat airliner. The Il-18 first flew on June 4 1957, and entered airline service with Aeroflot in 1959. Some 600 were built mainly for USSR and Soviet client state airlines, with a smaller number delivered for military service as VIP and general transports. Given the NATO reporting name 'Coot', a small number remain in military service.

The Il-18 airframe also serves as the basis of the Il-20 Elint/reconnaissance platform. The Il-20 ('Coot-N) was first observed in 1978 and features a variety of antennas, with a large ventral canoe presumed to contain a side looking radar. Blisters on either side of the forward fuselage are another obvious external feature.

Several Il-22 ('Coot-B') airborne command post aircraft were converted from surplus Il-18 airliners, and again feature a variety of antennas and external protuberances.

The most well known military adaptation of the Il-18 is the maritime patrol/ASW Il-38 'May'. The Il-38 is believed to have flown for the first time in 1967 and about three dozen serve with Russian naval aviation, while five were delivered to India in 1975. Details of the Il-38 are limited, but the airframe is stretched by 4m (1 3ft) over the Il-18 and the wings are moved forward. The tail contains a MAD, while under the forward fuselage a search radar (named 'Wet Eye' by NATO) is housed in a bulged radome. There are two internal weapons bays, one forward and one rear of the wing."

Il-38 기는 1967년에 첫비행을 한 것으로 보이며, 36대의 Il-38기가 구소련의 해군 항공대에 보급되었으며, 1975년에 5대의 Il-38이 인도 해군에 전달되었습니다..
자세히 알수는 없지만, Il-38기의 기체 프레임이 Il-18에 비해 약 4m 정도 늘어났으며, 주익이 좀더 앞쪽으로 위치했으며.....
꼬리날개는 MAD를 장착했고..동체 앞쪽으로 탐지 레이더(나토명 'Wet Eye' )가 돌출된 레이더돔안에 장착되었고...
주익의 앞쪽과 뒤쪽에 각각 내부 무기탑재 공간이 있다...음..?

(source: International Directory of Military Aircraft 1998-1999)

간단 제원 -

Name: IL-38 MAY
Constructor: ILLUSHIN
Armament:6000 kgs
Length: 36m90
Max Speed: 610km/h
Ceiling: 11000 m
height: 10m17
Weight Max: 63680 kg
Range: 7200 km
Span: 37m42
Crew: 12
Engines:4