Название: Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber
Автор: Jason Nicholas Moore
Издательство: Fonthill Media
ISBN: 178155532X
Год: 2016
Формат: MOBI, EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 154
Размер: 11,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although one of the best medium bombers of the Second World War, fast, tough, and with an excellent bomb load, the Tu-2 is little known in the West. This book provides a comprehensive history of this important airplane, complete with its developmental history in the Second World War and later, and its long postwar history, both with the Soviet Union and other countries. First produced in 1942, the Tu-2’s initial production ended in 1943, then as its combat capabilities became clear, it was reinstated into production. Because of the stop in production, the Tu-2 was not used in large numbers until the last year of the war, where it proved a very useful weapon indeed.