Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet

OKB OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "" – , meaning 'experiment and design bureau'. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. ...

(design bureau) for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. Dux Factory was acquired by the USSR and became part of Polikarpov. I-5

After the death of Polikarpov on 30 July 1944 at the age of 52, his OKB was absorbed into Lavochkin, but with some of its engineers going to Mikoyan-Gurevich and its production facilities going to Sukhoi. For a long time the Polikarpov OKB headquarters were located at Aircraft plant #1 (formerly Dux Factory) 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 *

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biplane fighter, 1930 * I-13/ANT-32 fighter project, 1931 * I-15 ''Chaika'' biplane fighter, 1933 *

I-16 I16 may refer to: * Interstate 16, an interstate highway in the U.S. state of Georgia * Polikarpov I-16, a Soviet fighter aircraft introduced in the 1930s * Halland Regiment * , a Japanese Type C submarine * i16, a name for the 16-bit signed integ ...

fighter, 1933 * I-15-2/I-152 (I-15bis) prototype modernized version of I-15, 1938 * I-15-3/I-153 ''Chaika'' biplane fighter * I-17 fighter prototype, 1934 *

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prototype fighter developed from the I-16, 1938 * I-185 prototype fighter developed from the I-180, 1941 *

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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. *

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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. *

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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 *

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airliner developed from R-5 *

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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