Bat

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Bat is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet World War II-era Tupolev Tu-2 twin-engine bomber aircraft.

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Bat canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name
aircraftCategory medium bomber
aircraftConfiguration mid-wing monoplane
aircraftRole frontline bomber
tactical bomber
aircraftType bomber aircraft
allianceContext Cold War NATO designation system
armament cannons
machine guns
bombload up to 3,000 kg of bombs
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 4
designer Andrei Tupolev
engineConfiguration twin-engine
enteredService 1942
era World War II era
firstFlight 1941
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau
namedBy NATO
numberBuilt more than 2,000
powerplant two radial engines
propulsionType piston-engined
refersTo Tupolev Tu-2
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
serviceBranch Soviet Air Forces
successor Tupolev Tu-16
usedBy North Korea
People's Republic of China
linked to: China

Poland
Soviet Union
usedFor dive bombing
level bombing
torpedo bombing
usedIn Eastern Front of World War II

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Tupolev Tu-2 NATOReportingName Bat
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber