An-72P
Maritime / border patrol aircraftRole
A patrol-and-attack variant of the An-72 short-take-off-and-landing military transport, developed for the maritime border units of the USSR KGB Border Troops. It preserves the distinctive layout of the base aircraft — the two D-36 turbofans are mounted ABOVE the upper wing surface, which exploits the Coandă effect (the jet exhaust clinging to the flap to boost lift) and shields the engines from foreign-object ingestion on unpaved runways. This allows operation from austere airfields as short as 600—800 m. The patrol variant differs from the transport by carrying the “Kapyushon-1” search radar in an enlarged nose radome, additional communication and observation suites, an integral 23 mm GSh-23L cannon installation with the barrel extending under the starboard side, and two under-wing pylons for bombs and rockets. Adopted in 1990; principal operators — the FSB Border Service of Russia and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Specifications
- Crew 5 pers. (2 pilots, navigator, flight engineer, observer)
- Length 28,07 m
- Wingspan 31,89 m
- Height 8,65 m
- Wing area 98,6 m²
- Empty weight 19 050 kg
- Normal take-off weight 32 800 kg
- Max take-off weight 34 500 kg
- Engines 2 × D-36 ser. 1A
- Thrust 2 × 6 500 kgf
- Engine layout over-wing (Coandă effect)
- Max speed 720 km/h
- Cruise speed 550—600 km/h
- Loiter speed 350—500 km/h
- Service ceiling 10 100 m
- Range with external tanks 4 800 km
- Combat radius 1 500 km
- Loiter time до 5 h
- Take-off / landing run 650 / 380 m (from ground 800 / 500)
- Radar “Kapyushon-1” naval search
- Cannon 23 mm GSh-23L (starboard side, 250 rds)
- Hardpoints 2 under-wing
- Bombs FAB-100, OFAB-100
- Unguided rockets UB-32A (S-5), B-8M1 (S-8)
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