List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces explained

Here is a list of aircraft used by the Soviet Soviet Air Forces (VVS) during the Second World War.

Fighter aircraft

• Bell P-39 Airacobra (5,007 supplied from the United States, 4,719 reached Soviet Union)
• Bell P-63 Kingcobra (2,421 supplied from the United States)
• Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Tomahawk (2,425 supplied from the United States)
• Hawker Hurricane (2,952 supplied from UK)
• Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 (100)
• Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (6,528)
• Lavochkin La-5 (9,920)
• Lavochkin La-7 (5,753)
• Lavochkin La-9 (1,559)
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
• North American P-51 Mustang (small numbers supplied)
• Petlyakov Pe-3
• Polikarpov I-15
• Polikarpov I-153
• Polikarpov I-16
• Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (195 supplied from the United States)
• Supermarine Spitfire (1,331 supplied from UK)
• Yakovlev Yak-1
• Yakovlev Yak-3
• Yakovlev Yak-7
• Yakovlev Yak-9^[1]

Bomber and Attack Aircraft

• Arkhangelsky Ar-2
• De Havilland Mosquito
• Douglas A-20 Havoc (2,771 supplied from the United States)
• Handley Page Hampden (23 supplied by the United Kingdom)
• Ilyushin DB-3
• Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik
• Ilyushin Il-4
• Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik
• North American B-25 Mitchell (862 supplied from the United States)
• Petlyakov Pe-2
• Petlyakov Pe-8
• Polikarpov Po-2
• Sukhoi Su-2
• Tupolev SB
• Tupolev TB-3
• Tupolev Tu-2
• Yakovlev Yak-2
• Yakovlev Yak-4
• Yermolayev Yer-2

Reconnaissance/Patrol Aircraft

• Beriev Be-2
• Beriev Be-4
• Beriev MBR-2
• Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina (186 supplied through lend-lease from US)
• Curtiss O-52 Owl (19 supplied through lend-lease from US)
• Kharkov R-10
• Polikarpov Po-2
• Polikarpov R-5
• Polikarpov R-Z
• Tupolev ANT-7
• Vought OS2U Kingfisher (20 supplied through lend-lease from US)

Transport Aircraft

• Antonov A-7
• Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle (12 supplied by the United Kingdom)
• Curtiss C-46 Commando (1 supplied through lend-lease from the US)
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (707 supplied through lend-lease from the US)
• Gribovsky G-11
• Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20
• Lisunov Li-2
• Polikarpov Po-2
• Tupolev ANT-9
• Tupolev TB-1
• Tupolev TB-3
• Vultee PS-43 (licence built Vultee V-11GB)
• Yakovlev Yak-6

Trainers

• North American T-6 Texan (82 supplied through lend-lease from US)
• Polikarpov U-2
• Yakovlev UT-1
• Yakovlev UT-2
• Yakovlev Yak-7U

Weapons and munitions

Machine guns

• 7.7-mm (0.303-inch) Browning Mk II machine gun
• 7.7-mm (0.303-inch) Vickers K machine gun
• 7.62-mm (0.30-inch) M.1919 Browning machine gun
• 7.62-mm (0.30-inch) DA machine gun
• 7.62-mm (0.30-inch) PV-1 machine gun
• 7.62-mm (0.30-inch) ShKAS machine gun
• 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) Berezin UB machine gun
• 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) Browning AN/M2 machine gun

Cannons

• 20-mm (0.79-inch) Hispano Mk.II cannon
• 20-mm (0.79-inch) ShVAK cannon
• 23-mm (0.91-inch) Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 cannon
• 37-mm (1.46-inch) M4 autocannon
• 37-mm (1.5-inch) Nudelmam-Suranov cannon
• 45-mm (1.8-inch) Nudelman-Suranov cannon

Bombs

• FAB-25
• FAB-50
• FAB-100
• FAB-250
• FAB-500
• FAB-2000
• FAB-5000 bomb
• KhAB-500
• PTAB (bomb)
• Molotov bread basket

Rockets

• RS-82 and RS-132 Rockets
• BETAB-750DS rocket

Torpedoes

• 450-mm (17.17 inch) Type 45-36AN torpedo

See also

• List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

Bibliography

• Book: Gordon . Yefim . Soviet Air Power in World War 2 . 2008 . Midland Publishing. Hinckley, UK . 978-1-85780-304-4.

Notes and References

1. Gordon, pp. 163–183