Tupolev Tu-2 'Bat' Light Bomber

 

 

Tupolev Tu-2 "Bat" Light Bomber (3)

Designer: (3) Andrei Tupolev

Manufacturer:

State Industries

Role: (3)

Light Bomber

Year Adopted: (3)

1942
(
Produced 1942 to 1948)

Operational Status: (3)

Russia: Obsolete

Other Nations: China, Poland

Armament: (2)

2 x ShVAK 20mm cannon (forward)
3 x ShKAS 7.62mm machine guns (rear)*

3000 kg (6,614 pounds) of bombs

*These later replaced with 3 x 12.7mm Berezen UBT machine guns

Engine: (1)(2)(3)
 

2 x Shvetsov ASh-82FNV 14 cylinder liquid cooled radial engines producing 1,850 horsepower each.

Crew: (1)(2)

4 (pilot, copilot, bomber, tail gunner)

Wingspan: (3)

18.85 meters (62 feet, 20.5 inches)

Length: (3)

13.8 meters

(45 feet, 3.5 inches)

Height: (1)

4.25 meters (13 feet, 11 inches)

Maximum Speed: (1)(2)
 

550 kilometers per hour at 5,400 meters altitude
(342 miles per hour at 17,720 feet altitude)

Take-Off Weight: (1)
     Maximum:
   
12,800 kg (28,219 lbs)

Ceiling: (1)(2)

9,500 meters (31,200 feet)

Range: (1)

2000 kilometers (1,243 miles)

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Sources Cited

(1) Angelucci, Enzo, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914 to the Present, Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2001. Print.
(2)
Юденок, В,. Самолет СССР, Второй Мировой Войны (USSR Aircraft of World War Two), Харвест, 2003. Print.
(3) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation, (ed) Michael J. H. Taylor, New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1995. Print.