MiG-3 fighter aircraft

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The MiG-3 fighter aircraft was a high-altitude Soviet World War II interceptor known for its speed and service in the early years of the Eastern Front.

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MiG-3 1
MiG-3 fighter aircraft canonical 1
MiG-3 fighter design 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft
interceptor aircraft
aircraftCategory single-seat fighter
aircraftGeneration World War II era NERFINISHED
airForceDesignation MiG-3 NERFINISHED
armament cannon (on some variants)
machine guns
small bombs (on some aircraft)
underwing rockets (on some aircraft)
combatTheater Soviet-German front NERFINISHED
configuration single-engine
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 1
designedFor high-altitude performance
designer Artem Mikoyan NERFINISHED
Mikhail Gurevich NERFINISHED
developedFrom Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 NERFINISHED
engineModel Mikulin AM-35A NERFINISHED
engineType piston engine
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED
era World War II
firstFlight 1940
fuselageMaterial mixed construction with metal and wood
hasPropulsion propeller
introduced 1941
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear
laterRole air defense interceptor
manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed about 398 mph at altitude
about 640 km/h at altitude
nationality Soviet
notableFor high speed at high altitude
relatively poor low-altitude handling
numberOfEngines 1
operator Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) NERFINISHED
powerplantLayout liquid-cooled inline engine
primaryUser Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED
productionPeriod early 1940s
role fighter
high-altitude interceptor
serviceEntryContext early years of the German-Soviet War
successor later MiG fighter designs
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedAs frontline fighter in 1941
usedDuring initial phase of Operation Barbarossa
usedIn Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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Artem Mikoyan designed MiG-3 fighter aircraft
Aleksandr Pokryshkin aircraftFlown MiG-3 fighter aircraft
this entity surface form: MiG-3
Soviet Polikarpov I-16 successor MiG-3 fighter aircraft
subject surface form: Polikarpov I-16
this entity surface form: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
Mikhail Gurevich notableWork MiG-3 fighter aircraft
this entity surface form: MiG-3 fighter design