..., the need for which was clear at the beginning of World War II. The first prototype was refashioned after the M2A4 at the Rock Island Arsenal. The tank had a r
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...rapidly evolving aviation technology during that era. In the end, only one prototype was built, and it never entered full production.
.... All three Soviet design bureaus (Lavochkin, MiG, and Sukhoi) developed a prototype for testing.
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By May 1935 the first prototype flew and attained speeds of 281 mph (452 km/h) and reaching an altitude of
...Don R. Berlin at the Curtiss Wright Corporation design bureau.The plane's prototype (Model 75B) completed its maiden flight in mid-April 1935.
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By May 1935 the first prototype flew and attained speeds of 281 mph (452 km/h) and reaching an altitude of
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By May 1935 the first prototype flew and attained speeds of 452 km/h (281 mph) and reaching an altitude of
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...higher top speeds when tested. The Army ordered thirteen versions of this prototype built for additional testing. Unfortunately, the experimental turbo-superch
...th a simpler supercharged Allison engine and was designated XP-40. The new prototype first flew on October 14, 1938. The aircraft flew and looked good but vario
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...plane, originally designated the XP-39E, began in February 1941. The first prototype designated XP-63, flew on December 7, 1942, and production of the P-63A-1 (
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...li, a Russian immigrant of Georgian origin. The first flight of the XP-47B prototype took place in May 1941. Full-scale production began in March 1942.
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...tanks was 1266 US gallons, giving the aircraft a range of 2350 miles. The prototype was designated as the XP-47N.
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...y quickly set to work on the new prototype designated NA-73X. The original prototype was assembled in 117 days and first flew on October 26, 1940. A majority of
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...d in just 143 days. This was a huge feat, as the aircraft was a full-scale prototype with functional armament. The aircraft was produced in a large tent in comp
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...ed. The resulting performance boost was so significant that the swept-wing prototype of the XP-86 was supposedly able to break the sound barrier in a dive a few
...would feature the more promising swept wings instead of straight ones. The prototype Sabre XP-86, built with swept wings, first flew on October 1, 1947.
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...e competition, the Grumman Company changed the design, creating the XF4F-2 prototype. Due to a number of defects in the XF4F-2, a competing firm won instead wit
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...t for a prototype, designated "XF4U-1" and after a mock-up inspection, the prototype was to be powered by an extremely powerful Twin-row, 18 cylinder engine cre
...1938 for a U.S. Navy single-seater carrier-based fighter competition. The prototype showed excellent performance characteristics but was in need of substantial
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...e more manoeuvrable Buffalo was chosen. Grumman then redesigned his XF4F-2 prototype into what was to become a F4F-3 Wildcat. The Wildcat was inferior to A6M Ze
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...experience and data collected from the A6M captured in the Aleutians. The prototype flew in June of 1942 and was powered by a Wright Cyclone R-2600. The aircra
...the F4U Corsair. The Corsair was meant to replace the F4F Wildcat, but the prototype was full of flaws, as were the first production models. So, it was decided
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...d also feature a bubble canopy for better all around visibility. The first prototype, the XF8F-1, first took to the skies on the 21st August 1944. Further tests
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...d also feature a bubble canopy for better all around visibility. The first prototype, the XF8F-1, first took to the skies on the 21st August 1944. Further tests
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...nd in 1941 the U.S. Navy moved onto to a new aircraft. The XF7F-1 Tigercat prototype made its original flight on December 2, 1943. The F7F-1 aircraft went into
The XF7F-1 Tigercat prototype made its original flight on December 2, 1943. The F7F-1 aircraft went into
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The F9F-8 was the final version. Its prototype's first flight was December 1953. In this model, the fuselage was lengthene
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The ХA-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
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Despite the fact that it was clear (even at the time of the prototype CR.42) that monoplanes would have an advantage in air battles, the Italian
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...can modified their design of NA-40 and developed the NA-62 which went into prototype testing as the YB-25 and then ordered into production as the B-25.
...y had a previous design for their NA-40B which they had already built as a prototype known as NA-62. After initial service tests, the USAAC placed an order with
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...gn competition for a coastal anti-ship bomber. A year later the Boeing-299 prototype was built, equipped with four 750-HP Pratt & Whitney engines. It was first
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...ually built than any other US Warplane during World War II. The first B-24 prototype flew in December of 1939 named "XB-24". The aircraft was designed around th
...ed in March of 1939, with a prototype required by the end of the year. The prototype was finished and made its first flight just two days before the deadline on
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...ing the Pacific Theater. To compensate for this, Boeing began to develop a prototype which would incorporate a pressurized cabin to allow for higher altitude fl
The resulting XB-29 prototype and the later production series B-29 bomber had everything the USAAC was lo
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The first eight B-57As were US conversions of this first prototype aircraft, with only some structural details adapted for US manufacturing. F
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By May 1935 the first prototype flew and attained speeds of 450 km/h (280 mph) and reaching an altitude of
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...in test flights until a turbosupercharger explosion led to the loss of the prototype. The XP-50 project was then canceled.
Grumman XP-50 twin-engine army fighter prototype
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...sulting in one of the most deadly and large fighters in World War Two. The prototype YP-61, had a long fuselage gondola in between two engine nacelles. The tail
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...y quickly set to work on the new prototype designated NA-73X. The original prototype was assembled in 117 days and first flew on October 26, 1940. A majority of
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...produced the XF5F Skyrocket, to complete with Vought's XF4U-1 Corsair (the prototype of the legendary [[F4U (Family)|F4U Corsair]]), and Bell's XFL Airabonita (
...ignificantly better flight performance. During testing of the single XP-50 prototype the turbo-supercharger on one of the aircraft's engines exploded, destroyin
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The prototype first flew on 8 April, 1943. The performance was significantly better than
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...aircraft designs to them sometime after the deliveries were complete. The prototype XP-51 was then developed. It had the same Allison V-1710 engine as the P-40
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...ked talks about a Merlin-powered P-38 but that was also rejected. Only one prototype was developed.
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A Ki-61 prototype got off the ground for the first time in December 1941. Full-scale producti
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The aircraft was developed by the Mitsubishi Company's design bureau. A prototype model made its first flight on April 1, 1939. Full-scale production began i
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Unfortunately, the AP-4 prototype also had a tight cowl fitted to the aircraft which lead to overheating and
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The ХА-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
...pany under the direction of Edward Heinemann and Robert Donovan. The XA-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
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...lieving that its characteristics could be significantly improved. A fourth prototype was built, with a new designation: He 51a.
...ion of He 51 A-1 fighters began. The production aircraft differed from the prototype: it had a cut-down fuselage spine fairing behind the cockpit, a slightly ch
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The ХА-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
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The next prototype of the He.112V6 was equipped with an inline 12-cylinder liquid-cooled Junke
The greatest difference between this plane and the previous prototype was its armament. In place of two 7.92-mm machine guns, the He.112V6 was eq
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...construction, inverted gull wings and retractable landing gear. The first prototype, fitted with a British Rolls-Royce Kestrel Mk.IIS inline engine and designa
Heinkel He 112 B-0 single-engine front-line fighter (He 112V9 prototype)
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The Bf 109 B-1 came out of the prototype V series of the Bf 109s and saw combat in the Spanish Civil War. While the
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...E-1 is essentially the first "modern" Bf 109. While the earlier models (V [Prototype], A, B, C) were tested during the Spanish Civil War and developed out of th
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...FighterImage_Me262v1 take off asymetrical.jpg|Asymmetrical jet engine test prototype
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...idea was thought of in 1943, it would take two years for the only 262 C-2b prototype to take flight in March 1945. During the test flight, it boasted an incredi
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...interceptor. Of the Italian aeronautical industry, three firms submitted a prototype, the G.50 by Fiat, the Re 2000 by Reggiane and the M.C 200 by Macchi. Of th
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...tures. It used a novel evaporative cooling system previously tested on the prototype He 119 reconnaissance aircraft. Unfortunately, due to all blueprints of the
...f 631 km/h at 6,000 m and the fourth achieved 665 km/h at 5,000 m. The 8th prototype used a souped-up engine and managed to reach 747 km/h, Germany's first abso
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The first prototype FW.190V1 took its maiden flight on 1 June 1939. The aircraft went into seri
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...rframe) showed promise and efforts were focused here to create the Ta 152C prototype.
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...turbojet engine and an airtight cockpit: the I-310 (""S""). The first S-01 prototype aircraft made its first flight on December 30, 1947, and, after working on
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...educed to three people and its fixed firepower was strengthened. The first prototype, the Do 217J V1, was converted from the Do 217 E-1 and underwent tests in l
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...17N night fighter to enable the installation of DB 603A engines. The first prototype got off the ground in July 1942.
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...t by the request of the British Admiralty. The Vickers E.F.B. 1 was only a prototype, but did get armed with a flexible mounted Vickers gun. However, when the d
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The Me.410V-1 prototype was redesigned from the Me.210A-0. Testing began in the autumn of 1942, and
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...to a steel "fuselage" mid-section. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was the third prototype of the Ho 229, and was intended to be the testbed for the first production
...ber and requested that two MK 103 cannons were mounted. The result was the prototype Ho 229.
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...in 1935 and featured all-metal construction and a sesquiplane design. The prototype was fitted with a 650 hp engine, but the production version utilized an alm
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...' (lit. "bomber destroyer"), also known as the ''Narwal'' (Narwhal), was a prototype interceptor variant of the [[Me 262 (Family)|Me 262]] initially conceptuali
...A1/U4 was developed by modifying existing Me 262 airframes, with the first prototype being completed in March 1945. The aircraft had to be extensively modified
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...s won the competition and proceeded to produce prototypes. The first Ju 88 prototype flew in December of 1936, and managed to reach a speed of 520 km/h;<ref nam
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...the He 51w. One production He 51 A-1 fighter was converted into the second prototype He 51 floatplane. After it was equipped with floats, it was designated the
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However, the DA and the DAS prototype were superseded by the [[ShKAS (7.62 mm)|ShKAS]] machine gun, which had a f
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However, the sole flyable BV 238 prototype met an unfortunate end before the series could enter production, as only fo
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...9. The Ta-154 reached at top speed of 700km/h or 440mph in testing. The V3 prototype was equipped with radar and a second seat for the radar operator and was co
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The plane's prototype was "Red 6", with the 377th Independent Squadron of the Italian Air Force,
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...and the other was blocked off, making it a single-seat fighter. The first prototype was called the "Bf 109 Z-0" but was shortly bombed after it was finished. T
...944, a new Z-1 prototype, based off the Bf 109G-6, was created. The second prototype differed from the first one, apart from being based on a later variant of t
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...a passenger transport variant, became the world's first pure jet transport prototype aircraft in 1948.
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The He 219 'Uhu' ("Eagle-Owl") was a German prototype night fighter of the Second World War. Designed to counter strategic bomber
...DB 603C (the same engine used on the Fw 190 C high-altitude fighter), the prototype was finally completed and flown in November of 1942. The aircraft impressed
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...ks from the cannon recoil during test firing, which were solved during the prototype testing stage. Recoil and limited ammunition availability necessitated prec
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...was greatly in need of modernisation. Thus, Yakovlev returned to the I-30 prototype, incorporating new design elements inspired by the Yak-1, eventually produc
...ck as 1941. It was then that the Yakovlev Design Bureau presented the I-30 prototype, intended as an alternative to the earlier Yak-1 design. However, the Germa
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...ck as 1941. It was then that the Yakovlev Design Bureau presented the I-30 prototype, intended an alternative to the earlier Yak-1 design. However, the German i
...improved armour and a new propeller. Test pilots were impressed by the new prototype. Their report stated in part: "''Yak-1M possessed excellent horizontal, and
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...ights in 1943, the only comparable Soviet fighter was the Polikarpov I-185 prototype, but it was more difficult to fly and less agile due to its heavier weight.
...l in-game does not sport the production batch's modifications as it is the prototype trial model.
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...of the I-15 allowed it to be used as a high-altitude fighter. On the first prototype of the I-15, after special training (maximally facilitating the constructio
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...without significant changes to the overall size of the aircraft. The first prototype first flew in October 1934 under the direction of test pilot V. P. Chkalov.
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Its first test flight occurred in September 1948, while the second prototype joined the test program in 1949 with several changes to the design, like in
Most of the flaws found in the first prototype were rapidly fixed in the Yak-30D, with most of the problems being eradicat
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...of the I-15 allowed it to be used as a high-altitude fighter. On the first prototype of the I-15, after special training (maximally facilitating the constructio
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...otated through 90 degrees before folding back into the fuselage. The first prototype was powered by a 750 hp M-25V engine. Its maiden flight is variously report
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...The plane was a modernized version of the I-15 fighter. The developmental prototype of the TsKB-3bis underwent state testing in July 1937, and went into series
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...by replacing its canvas outer skin with plywood. In the summer of 1939, a prototype with upper wing surfaces covered with 2.5 mm thick plywood was tested; at t
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...o of these fighters were built, with another rebuilt from the fourth I-185 prototype with the M-71 engine.
...orked perfectly. Experts believed that this very plane could have been the prototype for a series of fighters. Nonetheless, the plane did not go into active ser
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...project underwent redevelopment in 1987, utilizing an adapted hull from a prototype [[Type 89 IFV]].
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...eptor with heavy armament. Mikoyan stepped up to the task with their I-300 prototype, a simple pod-and-boom design with two RD-20 (reverse-engineered BMW 003 je
...bojet engine was developed in both Germany and Great Britain and began the prototype jets of the day. In the early 1940s test aircraft now flew built by Gloster
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...unreliable instead. The two aircraft with this engine received the special prototype designation "I-307". These prototypes are represented in-game as the "MiG-9
...bojet engine was developed in both Germany and Great Britain and began the prototype jets of the day. In the early 1940s test aircraft now flew built by Gloster
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...Lavochkin, Gorbunov, and Gudkov to replace the LaGG-1. The original LaGG-3 prototype was made almost entirely out of wood. The airframe was made out of special
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...) turbojet engine and an airtight cockpit: the I-310 ("S"). The first S-01 prototype aircraft made its first flight on December 30, 1947, and, after working on
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...The [[MiG-15]] and MiG-17 show almost no differences at first glance. The prototype of the MiG-17 was even called the MiG-15bis45. However, only the frontal pa
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...e monoplane fighter. It was a further development of the La-5FN. The first prototype was built in January 1944, making its first flight on 2nd February and ente
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...he aircraft's construction and create an all-metal fighter. In early 1946, prototype fighter 130 was built, to be launched into full-scale production under the
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...ngine. In the end, the Derwent (redesignated as the Klimov RD-500) powered prototype was chosen to enter production as the '''La-15'''. The La-15 would enter se
...used a licence-built Rolls-Royce Derwent engine. A larger and more capable prototype, the La-176D, would be the first Soviet aircraft to break Mach (first in a
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The prototype selected for mass production was the SZ-3, equipped with an M-87 engine. In
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...n 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 f
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
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...d double-engined aircraft, but the German invasion in June 1941 halted all prototype work to focus on the enemy threat.
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...posed weapons. Therefore, the "twenty-two" can be safely be considered the prototype version of any of the options being worked out.
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...n 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 f
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
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...ared to previous prototypes, it featured the same rear gunner as the third prototype, [[Su-6 (M-71F)]], but now with a liquid-cooled inline engine instead of a
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...working on an improved version of the Pe-3, called the Pe-3bis. The first prototype was developed in September and October of 1941.
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Towards the end of WWII, multiple captured German prototype jet bombers found their way into Soviet hands, and were quickly analysed an
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a sole prototype of an attempt to upgrade the then obsolete SB series bombers. The plane was
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...ute (TsAGI) under the direction of A. N. Tupolev and A. A. Arkhangelski. A prototype ANT-40-1 made its first flight on 7 October 1934. Full-scale production of
...aircraft materials, and technology. As a result, during tests, the ANT-40 prototype nearly matched the maximum speed of the I-16 fighter.
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