Unimodel Aircraft 1/72 Pe2 Early Soviet Dive Bomber Kit
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Pe-2 was the most common Soviet dive-bomber during WWII. It was in production from December 1940 to December 1945. 11070 bomber, reconnaissance and training aircraft were made during this period. Pe-2 was twin engine monoplane with low positioned wing and double tail. Propellers had ability to be positioned. Wingspan 17.13 m; Length 12.66 m; Take-off weight (normal) 7700kg, Speed 506 km/hr; Range 1250 km. Crew of 3 included pilot, navigator and radio operator, which manned machine gun. Aircraft had bomb bay inside main fuselage and bomb bay in rear of each nacelles. There were also 4 attachment points for external load. Normal bomb load was 600kg. Maximum 1000kg. Dive-bombing was done only from external attachments. Power plant consisted of 2 M-105R engines rated at 1100 H.P. Early PE-2’s had four 7.62mm ShKAS machine guns. Navigator operated one of them out of the TSS-1 turret. Two others were permanently fixed in the nose part. Radio operator manned fourth gun in MV-2 turret under the fuselage. Pe-2 participated in combat on Eastern Front from the first to the last days of war. They were also used in short campaign in Far East to defeat Japan
