Tupolev Tu-2 bomber

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The Tupolev Tu-2 bomber was a highly effective Soviet twin‑engine frontline bomber of World War II, known for its speed, payload capacity, and extensive use on the Eastern Front.

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Generate an image of a tupolev Tu-2 bomber (The Tupolev Tu-2 bomber was a highly effective Soviet twin‑engine frontline bomber of World War II, known for its speed, payload capacity, and extensive use on the Eastern Front.)

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tupolev Tu-2 4
Tupolev SB 1
Tupolev Tu-2 (variants) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
frontline bomber ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
airframeMaterial all‑metal construction ⓘ
armament cannon armament in some variants ⓘ
defensive machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb bay ⓘ
bombload up to 3000 kg of bombs ⓘ
category Soviet military aircraft ⓘ
World War II Soviet bombers ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
conflictUse Soviet offensive operations from 1943 onward ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
designer Andrei Tupolev ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredMassProduction 1942 ⓘ
firstFlight 1941 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev
maximumSpeed approximately 540 km/h ⓘ
NATOReportingName Bat ⓘ
notableFeature good maneuverability ⓘ
high speed for a bomber of its time ⓘ
large internal bomb bay ⓘ
numberBuilt over 2500 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ
Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Air Force

Polish Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
postwarUse remained in service into the 1950s ⓘ
powerplant Shvetsov ASh‑82 radial engine ⓘ
predecessor Tupolev SB ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
primaryTheater Eastern Front ⓘ
productionPeriod 1941–1948 ⓘ
range approximately 2000 km ⓘ
role dive bomber ⓘ
ground‑attack aircraft ⓘ
medium bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 9000 m ⓘ
serviceEntry 1942 ⓘ
successor Tupolev Tu‑16 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail unit ⓘ
usedAs dive bomber ⓘ
level bomber ⓘ
torpedo bomber in some variants ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Andrei Tupolev → notableWork → Tupolev Tu-2 bomber ⓘ
Tupolev → hasProduct → Tupolev Tu-2 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Tupolev Tu-2 → predecessor → Tupolev SB ⓘ
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Tupolev Tu-2 → category → World War II Soviet bombers ⓘ
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Shvetsov ASh-82 → poweredAircraft → Tupolev Tu-2 ⓘ
subject linked to: Shvetsov ASh‑82 radial engine
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Bat → refersTo → Tupolev Tu-2 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Tupolev SB → successor → Tupolev Tu‑2 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Tupolev Design Bureau → designed → Tupolev Tu-2 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
Shvetsov ASh-82FN → usedInAircraft → Tupolev Tu-2 (variants) ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber