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    The Petlyakov Pe-8 (Russian: Петляков Пе-8) was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during...
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    The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World...
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  • The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range heavy fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed dive bomber used by the Soviet Union during World...
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  • Petlyakov assisted in designing the first Soviet heavy bombers TB-1, TB-3 (1930–1935), and a long-range high-altitude four-engine bomber, the Pe-8 (1935–1937)...
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  • Vladimir Petlyakov. Following his death in 1942, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in 1946. Pe-2 'Buck'/PB-100...
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    was used on the MiG-1 and MiG-3 World War II fighters as well as the Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bomber. The AM-35 was a high-altitude engine for fighters and...
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  • Tsentralnovo Nadduva - Centralised supercharger) installation on the Petlyakov Pe-8 bomber. Lyul'ka was responsible for designing the first Soviet gas turbine...
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    States Army Air Forces. The Soviet VVS air arm had the locally designed Petlyakov Pe-8 four-engined "heavy" in service at the start of the war, but only 93...
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    an economical engine to power the Soviet long-range bombers like the Petlyakov Pe-8 and the Yermolayev Yer-2. The ACh-30 was a development of the experimental...
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  • (typical long range missions), 3,600 kg or more (short range missions) Petlyakov Pe-8 4,990 kg (internal) B-52H Stratofortress: 31,500 kg Antonov An-225 Mriya:...
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  • aircraft diesel engine developed during World War II. It was used in a few Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bombers until August 1941 when it was removed, because it was...
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    Shvetsov ASh-82 (redirect from Dongan HS-8)
    (1941 Prototype) Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211 prototype Mil Mi-4 Petlyakov Pe-2 Petlyakov Pe-8 Polikarpov I-185 (Prototype) Sukhoi Su-2 Sukhoi Su-4 Sukhoi...
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  • ANT-42/TB-7: Four-engined heavy bomber prototype, 1936. Later built as Petlyakov Pe-8. ANT-43: Seven-seat army liaison aircraft/airliner project based on...
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    proposal in 1941 to use the MiG-3 as part of a Zveno combination with a Petlyakov Pe-8 mother ship. The four-engined bomber would carry two MiG-3SPB (Skorostnoy...
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  • to take-off from the ground, gliding flights were carried out from a Petlyakov Pe-8 mothership, similar to the way that the Bell X-1 was dropped from a...
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    Farman F.220 (9,240 lb (4,190 kg)) Heinkel He 177 (15,870 lb (7,200 kg)) Petlyakov Pe-8 (11,000 lb (5,000 kg)) Piaggio P.108 (7,700 lb (3,500 kg)) Weapons loads...
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    including the Beriev MBR-2, Tupolev TB-3, Tupolev TB-4, Tupolev ANT-20, Petlyakov Pe-8, Kalinin K-7, Polikarpov I-17, and Bolkhovitinov DB-A, as well as the...
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    was converted into a glider in 1942 and was designed to be towed by a Petlyakov Pe-8 or Tupolev TB-3 bomber and was to be used to provide partisan forces...
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    configuration, and era Boeing XB-15 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Dornier Do 19 Petlyakov Pe-8 Piaggio P.50 Piaggio P.108 Short Stirling Supermarine B.12/36 Related...
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    Petlyakov Pe-8—the sole heavy bomber operated by the Soviet Air Forces—first flew in 1936. Intended to replace the obsolete Tupolev TB-3, only 93 Pe-8s...
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    Fw 191C Heinkel He 177B Junkers Ju 290 Martin XB-33A Super Marauder Petlyakov Pe-8 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nakajima G8N Renzan. Notes Francillon...
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  • American B-25 Mitchell (862 supplied from the United States) Petlyakov Pe-2 Petlyakov Pe-8 Polikarpov Po-2 Sukhoi Su-2 Tupolev SB Tupolev TB-3 Tupolev...
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    T-60 was converted into a glider in 1942, intended to be towed by a Petlyakov Pe-8 or a Tupolev TB-3. The tank was lightened for air use by removing its...
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    Handley Page Halifax Heinkel He 177 Messerschmitt Me 264 Nakajima G5N Petlyakov Pe-8 Piaggio P.108 Short Stirling Supermarine B.12/36 Vickers Windsor Related...
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    B-17 Flying Fortress Consolidated B-24 Liberator Handley Page Halifax Petlyakov Pe-8 Related lists List of aircraft of World War II List of bomber aircraft...
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    series that powered the Yakovlev and Lavochkin fighters as well as the Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. Licensed production of the early models was also undertaken...
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    Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor Handley Page Halifax Heinkel He 177 Junkers Ju 290 Petlyakov Pe-8 Piaggio P.108 Short Stirling Quote: "One of the primary reasons we decided...
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    Olivier LeO 20 Martin NBS-1/MB-2 Mitsubishi Ki-20 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Petlyakov Pe-8 Tupolev TB-1 Tupolev TB-3 Vickers Virginia Avro Lancaster Avro Lincoln...
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  • 23 mm Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23. The flexible-mount ShVAK was used in the Petlyakov Pe-8 and Yermolayev Yer-2 bombers. The tank version was installed on the...
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    design Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Martin XB-16 Petlyakov Pe-8 Nakajima G5N Related lists List of bomber aircraft List of military...
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