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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet strike aircraft {{Battle-rating}}. It has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Flight Performance ===
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=== Flight performance ===
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''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Maximum speed, maneuverability, speed and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.''
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{{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
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As with all Pe-2s and Pe-3s, the roll rate is great, but turn time leaves much to be desired. It is quite fast, and can outrun most fighters if downtiered.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
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! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,100 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(metres)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(metres/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(metres)
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|-
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! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
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|-
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! Stock
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| 517 || 502 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 27.4 || 28.7 || 7.5 || 7.4 || rowspan="2" | 326
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|-
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! Upgraded
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| 555 || 535 || 24.6 || 26.0 || 13.0 || 10.0
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|-
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|}
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==== Details ====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | Features
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|-
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! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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|-
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| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X    <!-- ✓ -->
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | Limits
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
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! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
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! colspan="2" | Max Static G
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|-
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! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
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|-
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| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || 500 || 470 || 320 || ~10 || ~5
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
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|-
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! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
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|-
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| < 380 || < 380 || < 440 || > 307
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|-
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|}
  
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Armour}}
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* 4 mm steel behind the pilot's butt
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* 6 mm steel beside and below gunner
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* 12 mm steel in front of gunner*
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* 13 mm steel below and behind pilot
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* 45 mm bulletproof glass in front of pilot
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* Self-sealing fuel tanks, with neutral gas pressurization system (3 in central fuselage, 4 in each wing)
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note, the gunner is rear-facing
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=== Modifications and economy ===
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{{Specs-Economy}}
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
 
=== Offensive armament ===
 
=== Offensive armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Offensive}}
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{{main|Berezin UB (12.7 mm)|ShKAS (7.62 mm)}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is armed with:
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* 2 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine guns, nose-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)
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* 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, nose-mounted (450 rpg)
  
 
=== Suspended armament ===
 
=== Suspended armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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|-
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! !! width="7%" | 1 !! width="7%" | 2 !! width="7%" | 3 !! width="7%" | 4 !! width="7%" | 5 !! width="7%" | 6
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| rowspan="6" width="30%" | <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Hardpoints_Pe-3.png]]</div>
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|-
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! [[FAB-100sv (100 kg)|100 kg FAB-100sv]] bombs
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| || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
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|-
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! [[FAB-250sv (250 kg)|250 kg FAB-250sv]] bombs
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| || || 1 || 1 || ||
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|-
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! [[M-13UK]] rockets
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| 3 || || || || || 3
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|-
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! [[RBS-132]] rockets
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| 3 || || || || || 3
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|-
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| colspan="7" | Maximum permissible loadout weight: 720 kg<br>Maximum permissible wing load: 360 kg<br>Maximum permissible weight imbalance: 280 kg
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|-
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|}
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{{Navigation-Start|Default weapon presets}}
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{{Navigation-First-Simple-Line}}
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* Without load
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* 4 x 100 kg FAB-100sv bombs (400 kg total)
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* 2 x 250 kg FAB-250sv bombs (500 kg total)
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* 6 x M-13UK rockets
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* 6 x RBS-132 rockets
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{{Navigation-End}}
  
 
=== Defensive armament ===
 
=== Defensive armament ===
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''Defensive armament with turret machine guns or cannons, crewed by gunners. Examine the number of gunners and what belts or drums are better to use. If defensive weaponry is not available remove this subsection.''
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{{Specs-Avia-Defensive}}
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{{main|ShKAS (7.62 mm)}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is defended by:
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* 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, dorsal turret (750 rpg)
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* 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, tail turret (250 rpg)
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== Usage in battles ==
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The Pe-3 (e) can be used for a variety of roles, depending on what you are comfortable with. In Air RB, the aircraft can be used as a high-speed base bomber, or bomber interceptor. For base bombing, you can choose the heaviest payload (2 x 250 kg and 2 x 100 kg), and, once spawned in, go into a shallow dive towards the base you are going for. Once over the base, drop your payload and break away. Remember to set your bomb fuse to at least 2 seconds, or else you will blow yourself to bits. However, the Pe-3 (e) can also be used as a bomber interceptor, although this may be harder. While the Berezins and the ShKAS both have a high rate of fire, there is limited ammo, and you might not be able to down the bomber before your ammo runs out. Instead, rockets could be a much better choice. You can load 6 x RS-132 rockets, or 6 x RBS-132s. For bomber-hunting, the RS-132 will be better-suited, as it has more explosive filler (4.9 kg vs 1.5 kg). While it is harder to hit moving targets in the air with rockets, with practice, you will be able to down any bomber in your sights. Setting a rocket activation fuse can also help (recommended at leat 500m), as it will guarantee the detonation of the rocket even with a near miss, improving your chances of hitting your target.
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The Pe-3 (e) can also be used as an attack aircraft in Ground battles. The RBS-132 rocket can penetrate 85 mm of armour, which is enough to penetrate all tanks at this BR form the sides or back. Or, you can load bombs, and dive onto your targets.
  
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== Usage in the battles ==
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=== Manual Engine Control ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | MEC elements
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Mixer
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! rowspan="2" | Pitch
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! colspan="3" | Radiator
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! rowspan="2" | Supercharger
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! rowspan="2" | Turbocharger
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|-
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! Oil !! Water !! Type
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| Controllable || Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Not controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Controllable<br>Auto control available || Separate || Controllable<br>2 gears || Not controllable
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* High speed
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* Great roll rate
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* Quite manoeuvrable
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* Can carry bombs and rockets ( including powerful anti-tank RBS-132 rockets that can penetrate ''85 mm'' of armour!)
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* Defensive ShKAS has a high rate of fire, and the Universal belt contains only incendiary tracers; can set any enemy on fire with careful aim
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
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* Low ammo count
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* One 7.62 mm MG is rather ineffective against better-armoured fighters
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* Turn time can't compete with anything
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* Fuel tanks are scattered all over the wings and fuselage, allowing them to be easily hit by any attacking fighter
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== History ==
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{{Navigation-Start|{{Annotation|Archive of the in-game description|An archive of the historical description of the vehicle that was presented in-game prior to Update 1.55 'Royal Armour'}}|expand=true}}
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{{Navigation-First-Simple-Line}}
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Petlyakov Pe-3 Heavy Twin-Engine Fighter.
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When the Great Patriotic War began in the summer of 1941, the Air Force of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army urgently needed a patrol/interceptor aircraft to fight the enemy's bombers and scouts. But with a war in progress, troops could only quickly receive a twin-engined fighter if it were based on some plane currently in production. The older Pe-2's fighter design fit this need perfectly.
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In August 1941, the Petlyakov Design Bureau was instructed to design a fighter version of the Pe-2. The first prototype Pe-3 fighter, redesigned from the production Pe-2 bomber, series 16, flew for the first time on August 7, 1941. Only seven days passed between the order for the aircraft and its delivery for trials.
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Structurally, the Pe-3 fighter differed from the Pe-2 in the layout of its forward and middle fuselage and its armament. Additional fuel tanks were put in the plane's fuselage, with one located in the bomb bay and two others replacing the gunner's cockpit. The plane was modified to be a two-seater.
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The fighter had increased offensive armament. The nose weapon mount of the prototype Pe-3 model consisted of two 12.7 mm Berezin BK machine guns with 150 rounds each and one 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 450 rounds. The TSS-1 upper mount in the navigator's cockpit consisting of a 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 750 rounds was kept unchanged from the Pe-2. Since there was no one to provide fire from the lower rear of the aircraft, a fixed tail mount with a 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 250 rounds, which had been tested before on the VI-100 high-altitude fighter, was installed.
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The plane's bombing armament was drastically simplified. Only four bomb racks remained from the Pe-2: two in the engine nacelle bomb bays and two (external) under the fuselage. The total bomb capacity was reduced to 400 kg for standard load and 700 kg (two 250-kg bombs and two 100-kg bombs) when overloaded. The brake covers under the wings were removed together with the gears, and, as a result, the ability to perform dive bombing was gone.
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Production Pe-3s had the ShKAS nose machine gun removed, but the magazine capacity of the BK machine guns was increased up to 250 rounds each.
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During armament testing of the nose mount, it was found that the Plexiglas fuselage nose section could not withstand the muzzle gas pressure, resulting in its destruction. Plexiglas was first replaced with duralumin and then with steel. The aircraft glazing was reduced when large observation blisters and the upper glass hatch of the gunner's cockpit were removed.
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The heavy fighters were delivered from the factory to the front lines with equipment corresponding to the main production Pe-3 aircraft. The total number of Pe-3s built in 1941 was 196; 11 more planes were assembled from available stocks of parts in April 1942.
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{{Navigation-End}}
  
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==
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== See also ==
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{{AirManufacturer Petlyakov}}
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{{USSR strike aircraft}}

Latest revision as of 23:03, 15 July 2023

Rank 7 USA
F-5C Pack
This page is about the Soviet strike aircraft Pe-3 (e). For other variants, see Pe-3 (Family).
Pe-3 (e)
pe-3_early.png
GarageImage Pe-3 (e).jpg
Pe-3 (e)
USSR flag.png USSR
I Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
2.0 2.3 2.0
Class:
Research:4 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:2 100 Specs-Card-Lion.png
Show in game

Description

The Pe-3 Early is a rank I Soviet strike aircraft with a battle rating of 2.0 (AB/SB) and 2.3 (RB). It has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 5 100 m535 km/h
Turn time26 s
Max altitude8 400 m
Engine2 х Klimov VK-105R
TypeInline
Cooling systemWater
Take-off weight8 t

As with all Pe-2s and Pe-3s, the roll rate is great, but turn time leaves much to be desired. It is quite fast, and can outrun most fighters if downtiered.

Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 5,100 m) 		Max altitude
(metres) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(metres/second) 		Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 517 502 8400 27.4 28.7 7.5 7.4 326
Upgraded 555 535 24.6 26.0 13.0 10.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
✓ ✓ ✓ X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
740 450 500 470 320 ~10 ~5
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 380 < 380 < 440 > 307

Survivability and armour

Crew2 people
Speed of destruction
Structural740 km/h
Gear450 km/h
  • 4 mm steel behind the pilot's butt
  • 6 mm steel beside and below gunner
  • 12 mm steel in front of gunner*
  • 13 mm steel below and behind pilot
  • 45 mm bulletproof glass in front of pilot
  • Self-sealing fuel tanks, with neutral gas pressurization system (3 in central fuselage, 4 in each wing)

*Note, the gunner is rear-facing

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB167 → 213 Sl icon.png
RB226 → 289 Sl icon.png
SB445 → 569 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications4 460 Rp icon.png
2 700 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost300 Ge icon.png
Crew training600 Sl icon.png
Experts2 100 Sl icon.png
Aces45 Ge icon.png
Research Aces110 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
10 / 30 / 60 % Sl icon.png
100 / 100 / 100 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
Mods aerodinamic fuse.png
Fuselage repair
Research:
180 Rp icon.png
Cost:
110 Sl icon.png
45 Ge icon.png
Mods radiator.png
Radiator
Research:
180 Rp icon.png
Cost:
110 Sl icon.png
45 Ge icon.png
Mods armor frame.png
Airframe
Research:
250 Rp icon.png
Cost:
150 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods compressor.png
Compressor
Research:
250 Rp icon.png
Cost:
150 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods aerodinamic wing.png
Wings repair
Research:
280 Rp icon.png
Cost:
170 Sl icon.png
70 Ge icon.png
Mods new engine.png
Engine
Research:
280 Rp icon.png
Cost:
170 Sl icon.png
70 Ge icon.png
Mods armor cover.png
Cover
Research:
480 Rp icon.png
Cost:
290 Sl icon.png
115 Ge icon.png
Mods metanol.png
Engine injection
Research:
480 Rp icon.png
Cost:
290 Sl icon.png
115 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
shkas_turret_belt_pack
Research:
180 Rp icon.png
Cost:
110 Sl icon.png
45 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
shkas_belt_pack
Research:
180 Rp icon.png
Cost:
110 Sl icon.png
45 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
DZ-40
Research:
180 Rp icon.png
Cost:
110 Sl icon.png
45 Ge icon.png
Mods turret gun.png
shkas_turret_new_gun
Research:
250 Rp icon.png
Cost:
150 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods weapon.png
shkas_new_gun
Research:
250 Rp icon.png
Cost:
150 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
ub_belt_pack
Research:
280 Rp icon.png
Cost:
170 Sl icon.png
70 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon rocket.png
RO-132
Research:
280 Rp icon.png
Cost:
170 Sl icon.png
70 Ge icon.png
Mods weapon.png
ub_new_gun
Research:
480 Rp icon.png
Cost:
290 Sl icon.png
115 Ge icon.png

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main articles: Berezin UB (12.7 mm), ShKAS (7.62 mm)

The Pe-3 (e) is armed with:

  • 2 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine guns, nose-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)
  • 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, nose-mounted (450 rpg)

Suspended armament

The Pe-3 (e) can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

1 2 3 4 5 6
Hardpoints Pe-3.png
100 kg FAB-100sv bombs 1 1 1 1
250 kg FAB-250sv bombs 1 1
M-13UK rockets 3 3
RBS-132 rockets 3 3
Maximum permissible loadout weight: 720 kg
Maximum permissible wing load: 360 kg
Maximum permissible weight imbalance: 280 kg
Default weapon presets
  • Without load
  • 4 x 100 kg FAB-100sv bombs (400 kg total)
  • 2 x 250 kg FAB-250sv bombs (500 kg total)
  • 6 x M-13UK rockets
  • 6 x RBS-132 rockets

Defensive armament

Main article: ShKAS (7.62 mm)

The Pe-3 (e) is defended by:

  • 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, dorsal turret (750 rpg)
  • 1 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, tail turret (250 rpg)

Usage in battles

The Pe-3 (e) can be used for a variety of roles, depending on what you are comfortable with. In Air RB, the aircraft can be used as a high-speed base bomber, or bomber interceptor. For base bombing, you can choose the heaviest payload (2 x 250 kg and 2 x 100 kg), and, once spawned in, go into a shallow dive towards the base you are going for. Once over the base, drop your payload and break away. Remember to set your bomb fuse to at least 2 seconds, or else you will blow yourself to bits. However, the Pe-3 (e) can also be used as a bomber interceptor, although this may be harder. While the Berezins and the ShKAS both have a high rate of fire, there is limited ammo, and you might not be able to down the bomber before your ammo runs out. Instead, rockets could be a much better choice. You can load 6 x RS-132 rockets, or 6 x RBS-132s. For bomber-hunting, the RS-132 will be better-suited, as it has more explosive filler (4.9 kg vs 1.5 kg). While it is harder to hit moving targets in the air with rockets, with practice, you will be able to down any bomber in your sights. Setting a rocket activation fuse can also help (recommended at leat 500m), as it will guarantee the detonation of the rocket even with a near miss, improving your chances of hitting your target.

The Pe-3 (e) can also be used as an attack aircraft in Ground battles. The RBS-132 rocket can penetrate 85 mm of armour, which is enough to penetrate all tanks at this BR form the sides or back. Or, you can load bombs, and dive onto your targets.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Not controllable
Not auto controlled 		Controllable
Auto control available 		Separate Controllable
2 gears 		Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • High speed
  • Great roll rate
  • Quite manoeuvrable
  • Can carry bombs and rockets ( including powerful anti-tank RBS-132 rockets that can penetrate 85 mm of armour!)
  • Defensive ShKAS has a high rate of fire, and the Universal belt contains only incendiary tracers; can set any enemy on fire with careful aim

Cons:

  • Low ammo count
  • One 7.62 mm MG is rather ineffective against better-armoured fighters
  • Turn time can't compete with anything
  • Fuel tanks are scattered all over the wings and fuselage, allowing them to be easily hit by any attacking fighter

History


Archive of the in-game description

Petlyakov Pe-3 Heavy Twin-Engine Fighter.

When the Great Patriotic War began in the summer of 1941, the Air Force of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army urgently needed a patrol/interceptor aircraft to fight the enemy's bombers and scouts. But with a war in progress, troops could only quickly receive a twin-engined fighter if it were based on some plane currently in production. The older Pe-2's fighter design fit this need perfectly.

In August 1941, the Petlyakov Design Bureau was instructed to design a fighter version of the Pe-2. The first prototype Pe-3 fighter, redesigned from the production Pe-2 bomber, series 16, flew for the first time on August 7, 1941. Only seven days passed between the order for the aircraft and its delivery for trials.

Structurally, the Pe-3 fighter differed from the Pe-2 in the layout of its forward and middle fuselage and its armament. Additional fuel tanks were put in the plane's fuselage, with one located in the bomb bay and two others replacing the gunner's cockpit. The plane was modified to be a two-seater.

The fighter had increased offensive armament. The nose weapon mount of the prototype Pe-3 model consisted of two 12.7 mm Berezin BK machine guns with 150 rounds each and one 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 450 rounds. The TSS-1 upper mount in the navigator's cockpit consisting of a 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 750 rounds was kept unchanged from the Pe-2. Since there was no one to provide fire from the lower rear of the aircraft, a fixed tail mount with a 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun with 250 rounds, which had been tested before on the VI-100 high-altitude fighter, was installed.

The plane's bombing armament was drastically simplified. Only four bomb racks remained from the Pe-2: two in the engine nacelle bomb bays and two (external) under the fuselage. The total bomb capacity was reduced to 400 kg for standard load and 700 kg (two 250-kg bombs and two 100-kg bombs) when overloaded. The brake covers under the wings were removed together with the gears, and, as a result, the ability to perform dive bombing was gone.

Production Pe-3s had the ShKAS nose machine gun removed, but the magazine capacity of the BK machine guns was increased up to 250 rounds each.

During armament testing of the nose mount, it was found that the Plexiglas fuselage nose section could not withstand the muzzle gas pressure, resulting in its destruction. Plexiglas was first replaced with duralumin and then with steel. The aircraft glazing was reduced when large observation blisters and the upper glass hatch of the gunner's cockpit were removed.

The heavy fighters were delivered from the factory to the front lines with equipment corresponding to the main production Pe-3 aircraft. The total number of Pe-3s built in 1941 was 196; 11 more planes were assembled from available stocks of parts in April 1942.


Media

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(Arcade): Pe-3 (e) - Fits the Bill - tx141TX

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V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau (Опытное конструкторское бюро Петлякова)
Fighters  Pe-3 (e) · Pe-3 · Pe-3bis
Bombers  Pe-2-1 · Pe-2-31 · Pe-2-83 · Pe-2-110 · Pe-2-205 · Pe-2-359 · Pe-8

USSR strike aircraft
IL-2  IL-2 (1941) · IL-2 (1942) · IL-2M (1943) · IL-2M type 3 · IL-2M "Avenger" · IL-2-37 · IL-2 M-82
IL-8  IL-8 (1944)
IL-10  IL-10 · IL-10 (1946)
Pe-3  Pe-3 (e) · Pe-3 · Pe-3bis
Su-2  BB-1 · Su-2 MV-5 · Su-2 TSS-1 · Su-2 (M-82)
Su-6  Su-6 · Su-6 (AM-42) · Su-6 (M-71F)
Su-8  Su-8
Tandem MAI  Tandem MAI
TIS MA  TIS MA
Tu-1  Tu-1
Yak-2  Yak-2 KABB

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