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The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, "gull") is a late 1930s Soviet sesquiplane fighter. Developed from the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one of the major Soviet fighter types in the early years of the Second World War.
Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB ... I-15-3/I-153 Chaika biplane fighter; I-17 fighter prototype, 1934; I-180 prototype fighter developed from the I-16, 1938;
Polikarpov I-15; Polikarpov I-153; Polikarpov I-16; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (195 supplied from the United States) Supermarine Spitfire (1,331 supplied from UK)
The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, "gull") because of its gulled upper wings, [2] [3] it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet Air Force, and together with the Polikarpov I-16 monoplane, was one of the standard fighters of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, where it was called ...
Pages in category "Polikarpov aircraft" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Polikarpov I-17; Polikarpov I-153; Polikarpov I-180 ...
During the month, it was reorganized to a three-squadron structure authorized thirty aircraft, [2] transferring the I-153-equipped 4th Squadron to the 192nd IAP and the I-16-equipped 5th Squadron to the 195th IAP. While still flying missions, it converted two squadrons to the MiG-3 and one squadron to the Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighter.
The ShKAS was the fastest-firing rifle calibre aircraft armament in general service in World War II. A one-second burst from the four ShKAS of a Polikarpov I-153 or Polikarpov I-16 placed 120 bullets within 15 angular mils at 400 meters (1,312 feet) giving a firing density of 5 bullets per square meter of the sky. Moreover, the ShKAS was ...
Polikarpov I-15 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 228 mph 320 mi 32,200 ft 4 Polikarpov I-153 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 185 mph 290 mi 35,100 ft 4 Polikarpov I-16: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 288 mph 497 mi 31,800 ft 2 2 × 20mm Polikarpov I-185: Radial 18-cyl: Shvetsov 390 mph 519 mi 36,000 ft 3 × 20mm Republic P-47 Thunderbolt