Mikulin AM-38
E346940
The Mikulin AM-38 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine developed during World War II, best known for powering ground-attack aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-2.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mikulin AM-35A | 1 |
| Mikulin AM-38 canonical | 1 |
| Mikulin AM-38F | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3310078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikulin AM-38 Context triple: [Ilyushin Il-2, engineModel, Mikulin AM-38]
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A.
Tachikawa Ki-36
The Tachikawa Ki-36 was a Japanese World War II-era single-engine army cooperation and light reconnaissance aircraft known for its use in observation and liaison roles.
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B.
Mitsubishi Ha-112-II
The Mitsubishi Ha-112-II was a Japanese World War II-era air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in late-war fighter designs.
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C.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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D.
Rogožarski IK-2
The Rogožarski IK-2 was a Yugoslav pre-World War II single-seat fighter aircraft notable for its advanced design and role in the Royal Yugoslav Air Force.
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E.
Kawasaki Ha-40
The Kawasaki Ha-40 was a Japanese liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine, a locally produced development of the German Daimler-Benz DB 601 used in World War II fighters such as the Ki-61.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikulin AM-38 Target entity description: The Mikulin AM-38 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine developed during World War II, best known for powering ground-attack aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-2.
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A.
Tachikawa Ki-36
The Tachikawa Ki-36 was a Japanese World War II-era single-engine army cooperation and light reconnaissance aircraft known for its use in observation and liaison roles.
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B.
Mitsubishi Ha-112-II
The Mitsubishi Ha-112-II was a Japanese World War II-era air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in late-war fighter designs.
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C.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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D.
Rogožarski IK-2
The Rogožarski IK-2 was a Yugoslav pre-World War II single-seat fighter aircraft notable for its advanced design and role in the Royal Yugoslav Air Force.
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E.
Kawasaki Ha-40
The Kawasaki Ha-40 was a Japanese liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine, a locally produced development of the German Daimler-Benz DB 601 used in World War II fighters such as the Ki-61.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V-12 engine
ⓘ
aircraft engine ⓘ piston engine ⓘ |
| AM-38F_powerOutput | approximately 1720 hp ⓘ |
| applicationRole | close air support ⓘ |
| bankAngle | 60 degrees ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Mikulin AM-35A
ⓘ
linked to:
Mikulin AM-38
|
| bore | 160 mm ⓘ |
| compressionIgnition | no ⓘ |
| configuration | liquid-cooled V-12 ⓘ |
| coolant | water-glycol mixture ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | liquid-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| cylinderConfiguration | V-configuration ⓘ |
| cylinders | 12 ⓘ |
| designedForRole | ground-attack aircraft ⓘ |
| designGoal | improved low-altitude power over AM-35A ⓘ |
| developer | Alexander Mikulin ⓘ |
| displacement | about 38.7 litres ⓘ |
| engineCycle | four-stroke ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| frontTypeOptimisation | low-altitude performance ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | carbureted ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most-produced Soviet V-12 aircraft engines of WWII ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | dual ignition ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Factory No. 24, Moscow
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Machine Building Plant Znamya Truda
|
| nationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| notableFeature | reinforced for continuous high-power operation at low altitude ⓘ |
| notableFor | powering the Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik ⓘ |
| numberOfBanks | 2 ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 1600 hp ⓘ |
| primaryUserAircraft |
Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Ilyushin Il-2
|
| productionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| propulsionType | propeller-driving piston engine ⓘ |
| stroke | 190 mm ⓘ |
| successor | Mikulin AM-42 ⓘ |
| supercharger | single-stage, single-speed supercharger ⓘ |
| usedBy | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Ilyushin Il-10
ⓘ
Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ Sukhoi Su-6 (prototypes) ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-6 prototype
Yakovlev Yak-7 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to:
Yakovlev Yak-7
|
| usedInConflict |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| valvetrain | four valves per cylinder ⓘ |
| variant |
Mikulin AM-38F
ⓘ
linked to:
Mikulin AM-38
|
| warTheater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mikulin AM-38 Description of subject: The Mikulin AM-38 was a Soviet liquid-cooled V-12 piston aircraft engine developed during World War II, best known for powering ground-attack aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-2.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mikulin AM-38
linked to: Mikulin AM-38