V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau (, ''Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro Petlyakova'') was a Soviet
OKB (design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer
Vladimir Petlyakov. Following his death in
1942
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, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
.
Developments
*
Pe-2 'Buck'/PB-100, 1939.
**
VI-100/"100" prototype, "high altitude fighter", 1939.
**
Pe-2I fighter
**
Pe-3 multirole fighter, 207
[ were built, 1941.
*** Pe-3bis multirole fighter, about 300 were built, 1941.
** Pe-4 Pe-2 with Klimov VK-105PF engines.
**Vb-109 (by V.Myasichev) high-altitude bomber.
* Pe-8/TB-7 The only four-engined bomber the USSR used during World War II, 1935.
]
References
Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Design bureaus
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