AEW, C2 & ISR
Il-22 family
Coot-B (Il-22M / Il-22PP)
Medium-high
RU
Airborne command post and EW aircraft
Family based on the four-engined Il-18: the Il-22M is an airborne command post and relay aircraft, the Il-22PP 'Porubshchik' (in service October 2016) an EW and reconnaissance aircraft. In 2022 Russia had 12 Il-22Ms and 10 older Il-22s. One was shot down in June 2023 during the Wagner rebellion (10 killed); a second was heavily damaged over the Sea of Azov on 14 January 2024.
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- Length × wingspan × height
- ≈ 35.9 × 37.4 × 10.2 m (Il-18 airframe)
- Max. take-off weight
- ≈ 64,000 kg (Il-18)
- Recognition
- Four turboprops, straight wing, antenna fairings under and above the fuselage
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia
General
- Role
- Command post, communications relay (Il-22M); jammer and ELINT (Il-22PP)
- Manufacturer
- Ilyushin (Il-18 airframe)
- Variants
- Il-22, Il-22M (M11), Il-22PP Porubshchik
- Numbers
- 12 Il-22M + 10 Il-22 (Military Balance 2022)
Systems
- Il-22PP
- Jams radars and datalinks (incl. air defence and drones) and collects ELINT
- Il-22M
- Airborne command post with long-range communications
Threat
- Combat record
- Shot down June 2023 (Wagner rebellion); heavily damaged Jan 2024 over the Sea of Azov
- Countermeasure
- Frequency-agile radars and datalinks; long-range SAM against the aircraft
- Threat level
- Medium-high — mainly because of EW (Il-22PP)
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