Entry Into service
1941-01-01
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- Name
- Petlyakov Pe-3
- Manufacturer
- Petlyakov
- Description
- The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range heavy fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed dive bomber used by the Soviet Union during World War II.
- First Flight
- 1941-08-07
- Entry Into service
- 1941-01-01
- Production End
- 1944-01-01
- Service End
- 1945-01-01
- Designer
- Vladimir Petlyakov
- Type
- Heavy fighter, Night fighter
- Length (m)
- 12.66
- Cockpit Crew
- 2
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 530
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 9100
- Armament
- ; 1 × 20 mm ShVAK cannon in the nose with 250 rounds; 2 × 12.7 mm UBK machine guns in the fuselage with 500 rounds; 1 × 12.7 mm UBT machine gun in dorsal turret with 300 rounds; 1 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun in the tail cone with 250 rounds (later removed); up to 700 kg
- Number Built
- 360
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Klimov M-105RA liquid-cooled V12 engines, 820 kW (1100 hp) each
- Primary Users
- VVS, Naval Aviation, Finnish Air Force
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petlyakov_Pe-3
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 17.13
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 40.5
- Aircraft Engine
- Klimov M-105
- Number of Engines
- 2