Polikarpov I-15

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The Polikarpov I-15 was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s, widely used in the early stages of World War II and notably in the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane
fighter aircraft
military aircraft
aircraftCategory frontline fighter
aircraftConfiguration single-engine
single-seat
aircraftFamily Polikarpov I-series fighters
linked to: Polikarpov I-15
armament four 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
construction mixed wood-and-metal structure
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
designer Nikolai Polikarpov
engineType air-cooled radial engine
enteredService mid-1930s with Soviet Air Force
era interwar period
firstFlight 1933
fuselageType fabric-covered
introduced mid-1930s
landingGear fixed conventional landing gear
manufacturer Polikarpov Design Bureau
maximumSpeed approximately 360 km/h
nickName Chato
Curtiss
Rata (by Nationalist forces in Spain)
notableFor extensive use in Spanish Civil War
high maneuverability
operationalStatus retired
powerplant Shvetsov M-25 radial engine
productionPeriod 1930s
role fighter
ground-attack aircraft
serviceCeiling approximately 9000 m
successor Polikarpov I-153
Polikarpov I-15bis
linked to: Polikarpov I-15
usedAs fighter-bomber
trainer in later years
usedBy Bulgarian Air Force
Chinese Air Force
Finnish Air Force
Mongolian People’s Air Force
Soviet Air Force
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Spanish Republican Air Force
usedInConflict Second Sino-Japanese War
Spanish Civil War
Winter War
World War II
usedInTheater Eastern Front of World War II
Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
wingConfiguration gulled upper wing

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FARE usedAircraftType Polikarpov I-15
Polikarpov I-15 successor Polikarpov I-15bis
linked to: Polikarpov I-15
Polikarpov I-15 aircraftFamily Polikarpov I-series fighters
linked to: Polikarpov I-15