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Zveno (Russian: Звено, a military unit "Flight") was a parasite aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. It was the brainchild of the aviation engineer Vladimir Vakhmistrov . It consisted of a Tupolev TB-1 or a Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber mothership and two to five fighters.
The list of aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union and Russia includes all aircraft carriers built by, proposed for, or in service with the naval forces of either the Soviet Union or Russia. Although listed as aircraft carriers, none of them (with the exception of the never-built Ulyanovsk ) is a "true" aircraft carrier ( supercarrier ).
This article is part of a series that covers World War II from the vantage point of aircraft carrier operations and is focused upon the types and names of the carriers themselves. It contains complete lists of aircraft carriers that operated at some point during the period from 1937 to 1945.
Aircraft carriers of World War II by country. Aircraft carriers serve as a seagoing airbases, equipped with a flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying and recovering aircraft. [1] Typically, they are the capital ships of a fleet, as they project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for operational support ...
Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Bombload Armament 7.62mm /.30-cal. 12.7mm /.50-cal. Cannon Arkhangelsky Ar-2: Inline V-12 × 2: Klimov 313 mph
The table below lists the principal carrier-launched fighters and bombers used during World War II. They are listed within each aircraft type in chronological order of their introduction to service. Allied reporting names such as "Val" and "Kate" are included for IJN aircraft. Neither Germany nor Italy put carriers or carrier-launched aircraft ...
Bell P-39 Airacobra (5,007 supplied from the United States, 4,719 reached Soviet Union) Bell P-63 Kingcobra (2,421 supplied from the United States) Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Tomahawk (2,425 supplied from the United States) Hawker Hurricane (2,952 supplied from UK) Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 (100) Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (6,528)
This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era. It also includes both native Soviet designs, Soviet-produced copies of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of the Union of ...