asian defence

Maiden Flight: December 22 1939

Armament: Two 20mm cannon in bomb bay, two 7.62 mm Machine guns or two 12.7mm cannon in nose, plus one 12.7mm cannon in dorsal turret

Model: Pe-3bis

Max. Speed: 530 KpH

Range: 1700 Km

This amazing aircraft was originally intended as a high altitude interceptor but carried on the long Russian tradition of designing something that sucks at what you designed it for, but excels at everything else.