ASh-73 | |
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Type | Radial engine |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Shvetsov (OKB-19) |
First run | 1946 |
Major applications | Beriev Be-6 Tupolev Tu-4 |
Number built | 14,310 |
Developed from | Shvetsov M-71 |
The Shvetsov ASh-73 was an 18-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine produced between 1947 and 1957 in the Soviet Union. It was primarily used as the powerplant for the Tupolev Tu-4 heavy bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.