AM-38 | |
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Preserved Mikulin AM-38F engine | |
Type | Liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine |
Manufacturer | Mikulin |
First run | 1941 |
Major applications | Ilyushin Il-2 |
Number built | 36,163 |
Developed from | Mikulin AM-35 |
Developed into | Mikulin AM-42 |
The Mikulin AM-38 was a 1940s Soviet aircraft piston engine. It was a further development of the Mikulin AM-35 design. The AM-38 was used on the Il-2 Shturmovik and Il-10 ground attack aircraft. The engine may also have been installed in MiG-3 aircraft, as a field modification, to improve the speed and performance
Data from Kotelnikov.