.jpg "Tu-2S Dive bomber. First flight: 1943 © Konstantinos Panitsidis")
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The Tu-2 was built in the Soviet Union beginning in the early 1940's. Mass production of this aircraft started in 1943 and the Tu-2 served in military campaigns of the Soviet Air Force in the final phases of WWII.
A total of 11.427 aircraft in various versions of the Tu-2 were built by 1948 when production stopped.
In 1949 the Polish Air Force received 8 medium Tu-2S bombers in the basic version. They were first assigned to the 7th Independent Bomber Regiment. In light of intentions to introduce a jet bomber no additional Tu-2S were imported.
The Tu-2S were retired from service in the Air Force and the Naval Forces in the mid – 1950s.
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Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Tupolev |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Dive bomber
|
| CREW | 4 |
| POWER-PLANT | Two piston engines ASh-82FN |
| Power, h.p. | 2x1.850 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
| Length, m | 13,80 |
| Height, m | 4,55 |
| Wing span, m | 18,86 |
| Wing area, m2 | 48,80 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 11.360 |
| Normal take-off, kg | 10.360 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 7.474 |
| Internal fuel, kg | - |
| Warload, kg | |
| - maximum | 2.000-3.000 |
| - standard configuration | 1.000 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 547 |
| Max speed in low height, km/h | 482 |
| Cruising speed, km/h | - |
| Range, km | 2.100 |
| Combat range, km | - |
| Service ceiling, m | 9.500 |
| Rate of climb, m/min | 526 |
| Maximum overload, g | - |
| ARMAMENT | Two 12,7 mm machine-gun UBT, two 20 mm cannons ShVAK. |
Photos Tu-2S
