Polikarpov Design Bureau was a

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(design bureau) for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov.

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was acquired by the USSR and became part of Polikarpov. I-5

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, but with some of its engineers going to

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. For a long time the Polikarpov OKB headquarters were located at Aircraft plant #1 (formerly

) in Moscow, where its purpose-built building still stands.

Designs

Polikarpov designs:

Bombers

* TB-2 twin-engined biplane bomber prototype, 1930 * SPB (D) twin-engined dive bomber developed from the VIT-2, 1940 * NB (T) medium bomber prototype, 1944

Fighters

* I-1 (IL-400) monoplane fighter prototype, 1923 * DI-1 (2I-N1) twin-seat biplane fighter prototype, 1926 * I-3 biplane fighter, 1928 * DI-2 two-seat biplane fighter developed from the I-3, 1929 * I-6 biplane fighter prototype, 1930 * I-5 biplane fighter, 1930 * I-13/ANT-32 fighter project, 1931 * I-15 ''Chaika'' biplane fighter, 1933 * I-16 fighter, 1933 * I-15-2/I-152 (I-15bis) prototype modernized version of I-15, 1938 * I-15-3/I-153 ''Chaika'' biplane fighter *

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fighter prototype, 1934 * I-180 prototype fighter developed from the I-16, 1938 * I-185 prototype fighter developed from the I-180, 1941 * I-190 biplane fighter prototype developed from I-153, 1939 * I-200 (MiG-1) fighter * TIS (MA) twin-engined heavy fighter prototype, 1941 * ITP (M) fighter prototype, 1942 *

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rocket-powered fighter, abandoned incomplete upon Polikarpov's death

Ground attack

* VIT-1 twin-engined attack aircraft prototype, 1937 * VIT-2 development of VIT-1, 1938 *

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ground attack aircraft prototype, 1938

Reconnaissance

* R-1 unlicensed copy of the British Airco DH.9A bomber. * MR-1 floatplane version of R-1 with wooden floats. 124 built. * MR-2 (PM-2) floatplane version of R-1 with Munzel metal floats. 1 built. * R-2 biplane reconnaissance aircraft based on R-1. * R-4 biplane reconnaissance aircraft (R-1 development, not produced). * R-5 biplane reconnaissance aircraft, 1928. * SSS light bomber development of R-5. * R-Z reconnaissance/light bomber, developed from the R-5, 1935.

Airliners/transport

* PM-1 (P-2) biplane airliner * P-5 light transport version of R-5 * PR-5 airliner developed from R-5 * PR-12 monoplane airliner development based on the PR-5, 1938 * P-Z commercial variant of R-Z * BDP (S) transport glider * MP powered version of the BDP * Limozin (D) light transport aircraft, abandoned incomplete upon Polikarpov's death

Trainers

* Po-2/U-2 "Mule" general purpose biplane, 1928 * P-2 biplane trainer, 1927

References

{{Polikarpov aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union