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. Its design and use followed a comparable path to those taken by the German Luftwaffe with the Junkers Ju 88 and the British Royal Air Force with the De Havilland Mosquito .

Pe-3 - a two-seat fighter, interceptor, bomber and photo reconnaissance - a modification of the serial Pe-2. Leaving the scheme, dimensions and basic equipment unchanged, the designers equipped the wing of the aircraft in the version of the fighter-interceptor with automatic slats.

May 18, 2016 · Pe-3 - Dedicated heavy fighter based on the Pe-2; original production models; appearing in 1941; night fighter form with specialized equipment also developed.

Pe-3 - Special heavy fighter based on Pe-2; original production model; published in 1941; also developed a night fighter form with special equipment. Pe-3bis - Improved, updated Pe-3 mount, introduced in 1942.

Pe-3 multirole fighter, 207 [1] were built, 1941. Pe-3bis multirole fighter, about 300 were built, 1941. Pe-4 Pe-2 with Klimov VK-105PF engines. Vb-109 (by V.Myasichev) high-altitude bomber. Pe-8/TB-7 The only four-engined bomber the USSR used during World War II, 1935. References

The Petlyakov Pe-3 was a modification of the already-existing Pe-2 dive bomber. It was an attempt to turn the widely available airframe into a heavy/night fighter in response to the rise in night bombings during the early months of Operation Barbarossa.

The Pe-3 was the fighter version of the Pe-2. At an early stage of the war the Soviets realized they lacked a long range fighter and felt it would be impossible to develop a new design during war time conditions.

One 20 mm cannon ShVAK, 2x12,7 mm machine-guns BK and one 7,62 mm machine-guns BT.

Pe-3: Initial production model, 207 built. Pe-3bis: Upgraded version put into production in 1942; 152 of these aircraft were built. Pe-3M: Designation sometimes associated with the 1944 production aircraft.

Nov 14, 2019 · The Pe-3bis fighter was born following the appeal of the commander of the 95 IAP Colonel Pestov and the comics of the same regiment, Captain Zhatkov, directly to the Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist …