Lim-6

E937117

The Lim-6 was a Polish-built ground-attack and fighter-bomber aircraft developed from the Soviet MiG-17 and operated by the Polish Air Force during the Cold War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lim-6 canonical 1
Lim-6M 1
Lim-6R 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
jet aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
airForceDesignation Lim-6bis (improved attack version) ⓘ
airframeBasedOn MiG-17F ⓘ
armament bombs ⓘ
cannon ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
basedOnLicenseProductionOf MiG-17 ⓘ
category Polish military aircraft ⓘ
Soviet-designed aircraft built under license ⓘ
configuration single-seat jet fighter-bomber ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Polish engineers at WSK Mielec ⓘ
linked to: PZL-Wrocław
designedFor close air support ⓘ
fighter-bomber missions ⓘ
tactical strike ⓘ
developedFrom Lim-5 ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 ⓘ
engineType single turbojet ⓘ
era Cold War era ⓘ
firstFlight 1961 ⓘ
introduced early 1960s ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego (WSK) Mielec ⓘ
nationality Polish ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Polish Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Lis-5 turbojet engine ⓘ
primaryUser Polish Air Force ⓘ
propulsion jet propulsion ⓘ
retiredFromService 1990s ⓘ
role fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack ⓘ
serviceBranch Polish Air Force ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy Warsaw Pact member (Poland) ⓘ
linked to: Warsaw Pact
usedFor frontline attack missions ⓘ
training in attack tactics ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
variant Lim-6M ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6

Lim-6R ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6

Lim-6bis ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lim-6 → variant → Lim-6bis ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6
Lim-6 → variant → Lim-6M ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6
Lim-6 → variant → Lim-6R ⓘ
linked to: Lim-6