Tupolev SB

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The Tupolev SB was a Soviet twin‑engine high‑speed bomber of the 1930s that saw extensive combat service in several conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War and early World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tupolev SB canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet bomber ⓘ
high‑speed bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
airframeMaterial all‑metal construction ⓘ
alliesReportingName “SB” ⓘ
armament multiple 7.62 mm machine guns ⓘ
bombLoad up to 600 kg internal bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designer Andrei Tupolev ⓘ
engineType liquid‑cooled V‑12 piston engine ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
introduced mid‑1930s ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Czechoslovakia ⓘ
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 430 km/h ⓘ
NATOClassification pre‑NATO era aircraft ⓘ
notableFeature one of the fastest bombers of its time ⓘ
numberBuilt over 6000 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
primaryRole level bomber ⓘ
productionPeriod 1930s to early 1940s ⓘ
sawExtensiveService early stages of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
secondaryRole reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 9000 m ⓘ
SovietServiceEntry 1936 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Tupolev Tu‑2 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
usedBy Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ
Chinese Air Force ⓘ
Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ
Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ
Slovak Air Force (WWII) ⓘ
Soviet Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Spanish Republican Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Sino‑Japanese War ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Poland ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
variant Avia B‑71 ⓘ
SB 2M‑100 ⓘ
SB 2M‑103 ⓘ
SB 2M‑105 ⓘ
linked to: SB 2M‑103
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FARE → usedAircraftType → Tupolev SB ⓘ
Klimov M-100 → usedIn → Tupolev SB ⓘ