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The Ilyushin Il-40 (NATO reporting name: Brawny) was a two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses disturbed the airflow into the engines and caused them to flameout or hiccup. Remedying this problem took over a year and involved the radical change of moving the engine air intakes all the way to the very front of the aircraft and repositioning the guns from the tip of the nose to the bottom of the fuselage, just behind the nose wheel. The aircraft, now resembling a double-barreled shotgun from the front, was ordered into production in 1955. Only five production aircraft had been completed before the entire program was canceled in early 1956 when the VVS discard

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  • Ilyushin Il-40
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  • The Ilyushin Il-40 (NATO reporting name: Brawny) was a two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses disturbed the airflow into the engines and caused them to flameout or hiccup. Remedying this problem took over a year and involved the radical change of moving the engine air intakes all the way to the very front of the aircraft and repositioning the guns from the tip of the nose to the bottom of the fuselage, just behind the nose wheel. The aircraft, now resembling a double-barreled shotgun from the front, was ordered into production in 1955. Only five production aircraft had been completed before the entire program was canceled in early 1956 when the VVS discard
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 38810.0
loaded weight main
  • 16600.0
Guns
  • **4 × AM-23 23 mm cannon in the fuselage nose. **1 × AM-23 23 mm cannon in remotely controlled rear turret.
length alt
  • 56(xsd:integer)
span main
  • 17 m
Status
  • Prototype
thrust alt
  • 5730(xsd:integer)
height alt
  • 18(xsd:integer)
Type
loading main
  • 31(xsd:double)
range alt
  • 808.0
length main
  • 17.215 m
area main
  • 54.1
bombs
  • up to of bombs in four wing bomb bays and four underwing pylons carrying bombs, rockets or drop tanks.
height main
  • 5.76 m
span alt
  • 55(xsd:integer)
range main
  • 1320.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 993.0
ceiling main
  • 11,600 m
National Origin
  • Soviet Union
empty weight main
  • 8500.0
afterburning thrust alt
  • 7170(xsd:integer)
type of jet
  • turbojet
loaded weight alt
  • 36600.0
area alt
  • 582.4
First Flight
  • 1953-03-07(xsd:date)
engine (jet)
  • Tumansky RD-9V
max speed alt
  • 617.0
jet or prop?
  • jet
loading alt
  • 64(xsd:double)
empty weight alt
  • 18750.0
number of jets
  • 2(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 38000.0
max takeoff weight main
  • 17600.0
Crew
  • two
Number Built
  • 7(xsd:integer)
ref
  • Gordon, OKB Ilyushin: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft
abstract
  • The Ilyushin Il-40 (NATO reporting name: Brawny) was a two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses disturbed the airflow into the engines and caused them to flameout or hiccup. Remedying this problem took over a year and involved the radical change of moving the engine air intakes all the way to the very front of the aircraft and repositioning the guns from the tip of the nose to the bottom of the fuselage, just behind the nose wheel. The aircraft, now resembling a double-barreled shotgun from the front, was ordered into production in 1955. Only five production aircraft had been completed before the entire program was canceled in early 1956 when the VVS discarded its close air support doctrine in favor of tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield.
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