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Original designation BB-1. ShB ( Russian : ШБ — Штурмовик Бомбардировщик; "Attack aircraft-bomber" ) A proposed ground-attack version with an M-88A engine, modified landing gear which rotated 90° before retracting to the rear into the wings (like the American Curtiss P-40 ).
The BB-1 was approved and under a July 29, 1939 government resolution, the Sukhoi OKB, designated as OKB-51, also known as the Sukhoi Design Bureau, was developed in order to set up production for the aircraft. The BB-1 was introduced and later adopted by the Soviet Air Forces in the same year. A year later, the BB-1 was later designated the ...
LBSh (Russian: ЛБШ, initially known simply as Ш, short for shturmovik) was a light ground attack aircraft (shturmovik) designed in 1939 by Sergei Aleksandrovich Kochyerigin. [1] A low-wing monoplane of mixed construction with fixed undercarriage, the design proved underpowered although decently armed. [1]
A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that an intentional explosion caused the plane crash presumed to have killed a mercenary leader who was eulogized Thursday by Vladimir Putin ...
Budd BB-1 Pioneer, an experimental flying boat produced by the Budd Company in the 1930s; Peugeot BB1, an electric concept car introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009; Big Brother 1, a television programme in various versions; BB-1, the prototype name of the Soviet World War II light bomber, the Sukhoi Su-2
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly ...
The deadly Christmas Day crash of an Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan may have been caused by a Russian air defence system, a US official said on Friday.. It comes after sources close to Azerbaijan ...
Data from The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 General characteristics Crew: 3 Length: 9.34 m (30 ft 8 in) Wingspan: 14 m (45 ft 11 in) Wing area: 29.4 m 2 (316 sq ft) Empty weight: 4,043 kg (8,913 lb) Gross weight: 5,380 kg (11,861 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Klimov M-103 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 716 kW (960 hp) each Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers ...