The official AHF Soviet Union 1917-1945 quiz thread

[AVV]

This device was constructed by the same pair of constructors.

Best regards, Aleks

[TISO]

Airplane is Yak-2 KABB (Як-2 КАББ) device is gunpod KABB-MV (КАББ-МВ) designed by Mozharski-Venevidov team.
Gunpod had 2x 2mm ShVAK cannons with 300 shells and 2x 7,62 ShKAS machine guns with 1000 rounds. Guns could be moved from 0 to -30 degrees from horizontal by electric motor

http://airwar.ru/enc/aww2/yak2kabb.html

[AVV]

Quite right!
Source: http://crimso.msk.ru/Images6/AV/AV96-4/12-1.jpg
Over to you!

Best regards, Aleks

[TISO]

Identify this aircraft:

[Juha Tompuri]

Polikarpov VIT-1 Flying Tank Destroyer ?

Regards, Juha

[TISO]

Bugger that was fast.
Over to you.

[Juha Tompuri]

Thanks TISO,

The photo source perhaps http://www.airwar.ru/enc/aww2/vit1.html ?
Anyway, here a new question.
This was planned to be ... what?

[AVV]

Hello!
Air cushion tank developed by Vladimir Levkov (IIRC, it had no designation, as only 4 machines were built and tested).

Best regards, Aleks

[Juha Tompuri]

Yes.
I must say that I "know" very little about this issue.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0% ... 0%BA%D0%B5

Over to you Aleks

Regards, Juha

[AVV]

Thanks!
What plane?

Best regards, Aleks

[The Edge]

Таиров OKO-1

[AVV]

Quick and correct, as usual.
Source: http://crimso.msk.ru/Images6/AV/AV97-1/36-3.jpg
Over to you!

Best regards, Alerks

[The Edge]

Another Interwar plane to ID:

[AVV]

Hello!
Junkers Ju-21?

Best regards, Aleks

[The Edge]

Yes - actually Fili-produced Ю-21.

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/ju21.html

Over to Ukraine!