Tupolev SB

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Soviet bomber high‑speed bomber military aircraft twin‑engine bomber

The Tupolev SB was a Soviet twin‑engine high‑speed bomber of the 1930s that saw extensive combat service in several conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War and early World War II.

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Tupolev SB canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet bomber ⓘ
high‑speed bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
airframeMaterial all‑metal construction ⓘ
alliesReportingName “SB” ⓘ
armament multiple 7.62 mm machine guns ⓘ
bombLoad up to 600 kg internal bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designer Andrei Tupolev ⓘ
engineType liquid‑cooled V‑12 piston engine ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
introduced mid‑1930s ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Czechoslovakia ⓘ
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 430 km/h ⓘ
NATOClassification pre‑NATO era aircraft ⓘ
notableFeature one of the fastest bombers of its time ⓘ
numberBuilt over 6000 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
primaryRole level bomber ⓘ
productionPeriod 1930s to early 1940s ⓘ
sawExtensiveService early stages of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
secondaryRole reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 9000 m ⓘ
SovietServiceEntry 1936 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Tupolev Tu-2 bomber ⓘ
surface form: Tupolev Tu‑2
usedBy Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ
Chinese Air Force ⓘ
Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ
Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ
Slovak Air Force (WWII) ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Air Force

Spanish Republican Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Sino‑Japanese War

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland

Spanish Civil War ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
variant Avia B‑71 ⓘ
SB 2M‑100 ⓘ
SB 2M‑103 ⓘ
SB 2M‑103 ⓘ
surface form: SB 2M‑105
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Spanish Republican Air Force → usedAircraft → Tupolev SB ⓘ
FARE → usedAircraftType → Tupolev SB ⓘ