Tupolev Tu-2

[alpini13]

   please add this aircraft,Tupolev Tu-2

General characteristics

Crew: 4
Length: 13.80 m (45 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 18.86 m (61 ft 10 in)
Height: 4.13 m (13 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 48.5 m² (522 ft²)
Empty weight: 7,601 kg (16,757 lb)
Loaded weight: 10,538 kg (23,232 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 11,768 kg (25,944 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine, 1,380 kW (1,850 hp) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 521 km/h (281 kn, 325 mph)
Range: 2,020 km (1,090 nmi, 1,260 mi)
Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,528 ft)
Rate of climb: 8.2 m/s (1,610 ft/min)
Wing loading: 217 kg/m² (45 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 260 W/kg (0.16 hp/lb)
Armament


Guns:

2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) fixed forward-firing ShVAK cannon in the wings
3 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) rear-firing ShKAS machine guns (later replaced by 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Berezin UB machine guns) in the canopy, dorsal and ventral hatches.
Bombs: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) internally and 2,270 kg (5,000 lb) externally

[Templar]

+1 

[SpencAce]

Tough bomber. Glad you didnt bring up the Soviet PE-8......... Opps. I just leaked it out

the PE-8 looks like a crapy b-17 to me. don't get me wrong though,, +100 just sayin it looks like the russians tried to copy us with this one 

[B-17]

Hey, it has guns in the wheel wells!!!...

Those crafty russian bas*ards...

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[SmokinLoon]

The lack of the Tu-2 is a MAJOR gap in the Soviet lineup, it ranks right up there with the He-111 missing in the German line up.

[B-17]

FA had it!!!

[FBCrabby]

The lack of the Tu-2 is a MAJOR gap in the Soviet lineup, it ranks right up there with the He-111 missing in the German line up.

+1

Have to agree on this - don't care if it's uber or not - still need it "eventually"

[Butcher]

Tu-2Sh
Experimental ground-attack version. It was tested with various armament combinations: a 75mm (2.95 inches) gun, mounted in a solid nose or a battery of 48 7.62mm (0.30 inches) sub-machine guns fixed in the bomb bay, directed to fire downwards. [4]

Holy hell, imagine this flying over your tank - talk about death by pinging.

[bravoa8]

48x 7.62mm... 

[USAF2010]

Tu-2Sh
Experimental ground-attack version. It was tested with various armament combinations: a 75mm (2.95 inches) gun, mounted in a solid nose or a battery of 48 7.62mm (0.30 inches) sub-machine guns fixed in the bomb bay, directed to fire downwards. [4]

Holy hell, imagine this flying over your tank - talk about death by pinging.

Imagine firing that giant pinger at an unlucky fighter underneath 

[Rob52240]

+1

[MAINER]

48!!!! 

[Noir]

I'd fly it more than a damn me410

+1

[Krusty]

The lack of the Pe-2 is a MAJOR gap in the Soviet lineup, it ranks right up there with the He-111 missing in the German line up.

Fixed...

Tu-2 was a late-war addition and would be competitive in the LWA more, but... without wanting to sound dismissive or anything... it wasn't as much of a planset hole-filler as you might think.

SB-2, PE-2, and some others are more needed than the Tu-2.


Just sayin'.... To be fair, I think the Tu-2 would be fun as well. It just won't see all that much use in scenarios and setups and historical matches.

[Krusty]

48x 7.62mm... 

The setup was experimental and not put into production. It was hard to load and set up, and it wasn't effective at all (intended for strafing ground troops).

Even the Lancaster and some other bombers tried similar setups. Almost all were abandoned as it really was just a dumb idea.