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Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Armament 7.62 mm /.30-cal. 12.7 mm /.50-cal. Cannon Bell P-39 Airacobra: Inline V-12: Allison 389 mph [CONVERT] 525 mi [CONVERT] 35,000 ft [CONVERT] 4 1 × 37 mm Bell P-63 Kingcobra: Inline V-12: Allison 410 mph 450 mi 43,000 ft 4 1 × 37mm Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: Inline V-12: Allison 345 mph 800 mi 29,100 ...
The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Russian: Яковлев Як-9; NATO reporting name: Frank) [2] is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War.
The Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian: Яковлев Як-3) is a single-engine, single-seat World War II Soviet fighter. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by both pilots and ground crew. [ 2 ] One of the smallest and lightest combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war, its high power-to-weight ratio gave it excellent ...
1931 fighter armed with recoilless 76 mm cannons. Yakovlev Yak-36: 4 – Freehand: 1960s experimental VTOL aircraft; only 2 flown. Yakovlev Yak-141: 4 – Freestyle: VTOL fighter; only 2 flown; cancelled. Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) 2 – – Soviet attempt to make a early fighter jet.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) is a Soviet fighter-interceptor used during World War II.It was a development of the MiG-1 by the OKO (opytno-konstruktorskij otdel — Experimental Design Department) of Zavod (Factory) No. 1 in Moscow to remedy problems found during the MiG-1's development and operations.
[4] [5] That total would also make the Yak one of the most prolific aircraft in history, roughly equal to the best known Soviet ground attack type of World War II, the IL-2 Shturmovik. Losses were the highest of all fighter types in service in the USSR: from 1941 to 1945, VVS KA lost 3,336 Yak-1s: 325 in 1941, 1,301 the following year, 1,056 in ...
The SU-76M was the second most produced Soviet AFV of World War II, after the T-34 medium tank. Developed under the leadership of chief designer S.A. Ginzburg (1900–1943). This infantry support SPG was based on the lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with the ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun.
The Lavochkin La-5 (Лавочкин Ла-5) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.It was a development and refinement of the LaGG-3, replacing the earlier model's inline engine with the much more powerful Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine.