Specifications (Il-4)
Data from From DB-3 To Il-4...The Soviet Long-Range Bomber
General characteristics
- Crew: 4 (pilot, bombardier/navigator, dorsal gunner/wireless-operator, ventral gunner)
- Length: 14.76 m (48 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 21.44 m (70 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 66.70 m2 (718.0 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 5,800 kg (12,787 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 9,470 kg (20,878 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky M-88B 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 410 km/h (255 mph; 221 kn) at 6,500 m (21,325 ft)
- Range: 3,800 km (2,361 mi; 2,052 nmi) (max internal fuel), 2,600 km (1,404 nmi; 1,616 mi) with 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombs
- Service ceiling: 8,700 m (28,543 ft)
- Time to altitude: 13.6 min to 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
Armament
- Guns: * 2 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns (1 in nose, 1 in ventral hatch)
- 1 × 12.7 mm UBT machine gun in dorsal turret
- Rockets: 2 × BETAB-750DS 305 mm rockets.
- Missiles: 1 × 940 kg (2,100 lb) Type 45-36 torpedo
- Bombs: Up to 2,700 kg (6,000 lb) of bombs or mines.
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