The Su-2 belonged to the new generation of aircraft introduced into the Red Army Air Force shortly before WWII.

This aircraft has designed in the A.

Tupolev design bureau by a team headed up by P.

Sukhoi as multi-purpose singleengined aircraft.

The first prototype (ANT-51) made its maiden flight in August 1937.

In the initial period of war in the Soviet-German front Su-2 saw combat as short-range bombers and assault airplanes, and sometimes even as fighters.

Su-2R, equipped with photo camera AFA 13, were used as reconnaissance planes and as artillery observation planes.

In this role Su-2 were the best aircraft of Red Army Air Force. ITEM NUMBER 72082 SCALE 1:72 DATE 15.01.2017 TIME PERIOD WW2 MARKINGS Su-2R, 9th DRAE (Long-Range Reconnaissance Squadron), October 1941. MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH) 142 x 198 mm BOX SIZE 247 x 183 x 33 mm NUMBER OF DETAILS 68

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