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Lun-class Ekranoplan
Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau · Wing-in-Ground Effect · USSR · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Lun-class ekranoplan is the only ground effect vehicle (GEV) to ever be operationally deployed as a warship, deploying in the Caspian Flotilla. It was designed by Rostislav Alexeyev in 1975 and used by the Soviet and later Russian navies from 1987 until sometime in the late 1990s.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Wing-in-Ground Effect
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- USSR
- Manufacturer
- Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau
- Operator
- USSR military
- Primary Role
- Wing-in-Ground Effect
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1987
- Produced
- 1
- Propulsion
- Turbofan
- Engine
- 8x Kuznetsov NK-87 turbofan
- Thrust / Power
- 220,000 lbf total
- Launch
- Water
- Length (ft)
- 242
- Wingspan (ft)
- 144
- MTOW (lb)
- 838,000
- Endurance (hr)
- 5
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 15
- Range (mi)
- 1242
- Max Speed (mph)
- 340
- Armament
- 6x P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 Sunburn) anti-ship missiles