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ADrones & UAVs
Ababil-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-2 Ababil-B : Target drone Ababil-S : Surveillance and reconnaissance Qasef-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-3 , Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 : Surveillance and reconnaissanc
At a glance
Measured figures
Ababil-2 · Length
Single source2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | HESA Ababil | Tupolev Tu-141 |
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| Crew | none[source] | none[source] |
| Type | Ababil-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-2 Ababil-B : Target drone Ababil-S : Surveillance and reconnaissance Qasef-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-3 , Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 : Surveillance and reconnaissance Armed variant: Combat drone[source] | Remotely-controlled, UAV[source] |
| National origin | Iran[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Manufacturer | HESA Isfahan factory Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (Ababil-3)[source] |
14.33 m (47 ft 0.25 in)[source]
Range
Single source1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)[source]
Ababil-2 · Combat range
Single source120 km (75 mi, 65 nmi)[source]
Ababil-2 · 1 × WAE-342 twin-cylinder piston engine
Single source1 × WAE-342 twin-cylinder piston engine, 19 kW (25 hp)[source]
1 × Tumansky KR-17A thrust
Single source1 × Tumansky KR-17A , 19.6 kN (4,409 lbf) thrust[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Tupolev[source] |
| Designer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company[source] | — |
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| Status | In service[source] | Active with the Ukrainian armed forces[source] |
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| Primary user | Iran Iraq Sudan Syria (Historical)[source] | — |
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| Number built | Unknown (Hundreds)[source] | 152[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1980s–present[source] | 1979–1989[source] |
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| Introduction date | disputed[source] | 1979[source] |
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| First flight | 1986[source] | 1974[source] |
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| Capacity | 40 kg payload[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 16 liters[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 1 ¼ – 2 hr[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed[source] | — |
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| Primary users | — | Ukraine Soviet Union (formerly)[source] |
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| Developed from | — | Tupolev Tu-123[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Tupolev Tu-143[source] |
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