Tupolev TB-3
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The Tupolev TB-3 (Тяжелый бомбардировщик - Tyazholy Bombardirovschik - "heavy bomber", development name ANT-6) was a heavy bomber aircraft which was deployed by the Soviet Air Force in the 1930s and early 1940s. It was an angular mid-wing monoplane with fixed landing gear based on the Tupolev TB-1 design. The standard version was powered by four 610 kW Mikulin AM-34 engines. A total of 818 TB-3s were built.
In World War II, some were used as transports, but by then the aircraft was completely obsolete; they were retired after 1942. The aircraft were also used as motherships in some of the Zveno parasite aircraft experiments. Prior to the war, the Soviets experimented with air-lifting T-37 tank and T-38 tanks by slinging them under the tails of TB-3s.
Modifications
- TB-3-AM-34RN: modified Mikulin AM-34RN engines
Specifications (TB-3)
External links
- http://www.aviation.ru/Tu/#ANT-6
- [Brief description of the Zveno experiments]
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