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Tupolev ANT-41
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The Tupolev ANT-41 was a prototype Soviet

twin-engined torpedo-bomber of the 1930s. A single
prototype was built, which was destroyed in a crash. No
production followed, with the Ilyushin DB-3 serving as a
torpedo bomber instead.

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ANT-41
Role

Torpedo-bomber

National origin

Soviet Union

Manufacturer

Tupolev

Designer

Vladimir Myasishchev

First flight

2 June 1936

Number built

Design and development

History
Specifications
Notes
Citations
References
External links

Design and development

In March 1934, the Tupolev design bureau (OKB) began work on a multi-role aircraft for Soviet Naval
Aviation, intended to serve as a high-speed, long-range torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and
"cruiser" (i.e. long-range heavy fighter), and available in both landplane and floatplane versions.[1][nb 1] The
task of designing the new aircraft, given the OKB designation ANT-41 and the Navy designation T-1
(Torpedonosets i.e. torpedo carrier) was assigned to the team led by Vladimir Myasishchev.[1][4]
The ANT-41 was of similar layout to the contemporary SB bomber, which had been designed by another
team (led by Alexander Arkhangelsky) at the Tupolev OKB, but was larger and more powerful. Like the SB,
it was a mid-winged cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed skin construction. It was powered by two
Mikulin AM-34 liquid-cooled V12 engines in close-fitting cowlings driving 3-bladed propellers and cooled by
radiators mounted inside the wings inboard of the engines, which were fed by narrow ducts on the leading
edge of the wing.[5][6] A long (6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)) weapons bay under the fuselage could hold two 880
kilograms (1,940 lb) torpedoes, or a single 1,700 kilograms (3,700 lb) torpedo or an equivalent weight in
bombs. The undercarriage of the landplane version was a retractable tailwheel undercarriage, based on that
of the SB but strengthened to deal with the ANT-41's greater weight.[1][6]

History
The first prototype ANT-41, a landplane, made its maiden flight from Khodynka Aerodrome, Moscow on 2
June 1936, with severe tail flutter encountered.[4][6][nb 2] It was destroyed in a crash during the 14th test
flight on 3 July 1936, with the test crew escaping by parachute. The accident was caused by flutter causing
wing failure, which was traced to inadequate aileron design.[5][8] Later that year, the Ilyushin DB-3 was
chosen to meet Soviet Naval Aviation's requirements for a torpedo bomber, and the ANT-41 was cancelled,
with the second prototype unbuilt.[1]

Specifications
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Data from Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft[9]

General characteristics
Crew: 4
Length: 15.54 m (51 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 25.73 m (84 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 88.94 m2 (957.3 sq ft)
Empty weight: 5,846 kg (12,888 lb)
Gross weight: 8,925 kg (19,676 lb)
Powerplant: 2 Mikulin AM-34 FRNV liquid-cooled V-12 engines, 951 kW (1,275 hp) each [1]

Performance
Maximum speed: 435 km/h (270 mph; 235 kn)
Range: 4,200 km (2,610 mi; 2,268 nmi)
Service ceiling: 9,500 m (31,168 ft)

Armament
Guns: 2 12.7 mm ShVAK machine guns and 1 20 mm ShVAK cannon[1]
Bombs: 2 torpedoes or 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of bombs[1]

Notes
1. The Tupolev ANT-7 served in similar roles, but by 1934 was becoming obsolete. [2][3]
2. Similar tail flutter had been encountered during prototype testing of the SB,[4] and had caused the prototype
Tupolev DB-2 long-range bomber to crash the previous year. [7]

Citations
1. Gordon and Rigmant 2005, p. 74.
2. Gunston 1995, pp. 388389.
3. Duffy and Kandalov 1996, p. 48.
4. Duffy and Kandalov 1996, p. 84.
5. Gunston 1995, p. 407.
6. Gunston Tupolev Aircraft since 1922 1995, p. 97.
7. Duffy and Kandalov 1995, p. 78.
8. Gunston Tupolev Aircraft since 1922 1995, p.98.
9. Duffy and Kandalov 1996, p. 209

References
Duffy, Paul and Andrei Kandalov. Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1996. ISBN
1-85310-728-X.
Gordon, Yefim and Vladimir Rigmant. OKB Tupolev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft.
Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-85780-214-4.
Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 18751995. London: Osprey, 1995. ISBN
1-85532-405-9.
Gunston, Bill. Tupolev Aircraft since 1922. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995, ISBN
1-55750-882-8.

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" -41 (-1)" (http://www.airwar.ru/enc/sww2/ant41.html). .(in Russian)
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