IMAGE: RIA Novosti
On March 30, Rusisa’s new Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane conducted its maiden flight.
The Il-112V is the first military transport plane designed in Russia from scratch during the post-Soviet era. The work on the project has been in progress since 2014.
The new plane is capable of carrying of up to 5 tonnes of cargo. It is designed to transport troops, military equipment and weapons.
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Thats not a Il-112, thats a testbed 76’er
Russia is wise enough to know that 100% of a nations health, strength and innovation stems from it’s family nucleus. https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/965e525d597d411dcbde0ffe1956e159/5D4071B4/t51.2885-15/e35/28435605_137161070444501_1123619816079360000_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram.com
5 tonnes of cargo? 3 cars?
Wiki also states 5 tonnes of cargo which is rather pathetic… German-French Transall C-160 from sixties can carry up to 16 tonnes of cargo also using just two propeler engines…
No, I bet that could carry 100 tons of cargo.