...s were introduced in 1912. Modifications of the machine gun, both army and aviation, were produced from 1917 at the Vickers factories until 1940, when they beg
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...shaks]]. Yakovlev was part of a Soviet delegation on a visit to the German aviation industry in October 1939. His interest was in aerodynamic design and during
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...tly improved as a result, leading to Yakovlev's request to the Minister of Aviation to mass-produce a test batch of 20 improved aircraft for combat testing at
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...isputed to this day which of the two was the true first jet fighter of the USSR. Compared to its aforementioned competitor, the Yak-15 was easier to fly th
...ts, including Junkers Jumo-004 jet engines. This engine was studied in the USSR, and the Klimov OKB created a domestic counterpart under the designation RD
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...ts, including Junkers Jumo-004 jet engines. This engine was studied in the USSR, and the Klimov OKB created a domestic counterpart under the designation RD
...ction Yak-15 planes had a different engine, the RD-10, manufactured in the USSR. The service life of the earliest engines was officially claimed to be 25 h
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I-15 is not bad for beginners who have just begun to master aviation - excellent manoeuvrability and good armament provide high chances for succ
...4. A total of 186 I-15 fighters were received by the Republicans from the USSR.
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...in War Thunder. Total aircraft production in 1934, between the two Moscow Aviation Manufacturing Plants, No. 1 and No. 39 produced 94 I-15 fighters. The first
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I-15 is not bad for beginners who have just begun to master aviation - excellent manoeuvrability and good armament provide high chances for succ
...4. A total of 186 I-15 fighters were received by the Republicans from the USSR.
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* [http://www.airpages.ru/eng/ru/i16_5.shtml Aviation of WWII: I-16 type 5]
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...> Polikarpov I-16] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210511223052/http://www.aviation-history.com/polikarpov/i16.html Web Archive])
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...ne 1941, it was widely used on the front in Soviet Air Forces units, naval aviation units and Air Defense Forces units.
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...ne 1941, it was widely used on the front in Soviet Air Forces units, naval aviation units and Air Defence Forces units.
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...ks: two in the central wing section and one in the fuselage. It used 4B-78 aviation fuel with an octane rating of no lower than 95. A single conduit in the bot
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...ade variable-pitch AV-5-119 metal propeller. It used 2B-78, 3B-74 and B-95 aviation fuel with an octane rating of no less than 90.
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...'s armament consisted of two 20 mm rapid-firing Shpitalny-Vladimirov ShVAK aviation cannons with 150 shells each. The cannons were located in the wing's centra
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...in the Soviet Union began developing the first jet powered aircraft of the USSR. Shortly after, a official directive called for a twin engine fighter-inter
...er, Heinkel, Messerschmitt and Bell aircraft companies. At this point, the USSR was still ambivalent towards the turbojet engine and focused on other techn
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...swept wing designs on their MiG-8 prototype before a major breakthrough in aviation technology occurred in the Soviet Union: the United Kingdom not only author
At higher ranks of the Soviet aviation line, the MiG-15 series is one of the most iconic jet fighter aircraft desi
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...er, Heinkel, Messerschmitt and Bell aircraft companies. At this point, the USSR was still ambivalent towards the turbojet engine and focused on other techn
Jet aviation in the USSR changed for the better at the very end of the war when captured German turb
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...fighters of the Soviet Air Force's RKKA. The LaGG-3 began appearing on the aviation scene in early 1941, several months prior to the beginning of the Great Pat
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...st La-5 Type 37 Series 1-8 planes were produced in July 1942 at the No. 21 aviation plant in Gorky and went into service in August–September. Production cont
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