Specifications (Petlyakov Pe-2)
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General characteristics
- Crew: Three - pilot, gunner, bombardier
- Length: 12.66 m (41 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 17.16 m (56 ft 3 in)
- Height: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 40.5 m² (436 ft²)
- Empty weight: 5,875 kg (12,952 lb)
- Loaded weight: 7,563 kg (16,639 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 8,495 kg (18,728 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Klimov M-105PF liquid-cooled V-12, 903 kW (1,210 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 580 km/h (360 mph)
- Range: 1,160 km (721 miles)
- Service ceiling: 8,800 m (28,870 ft)
- Rate of climb: 7.2 m/s (1,410 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 186 kg/m² (38 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 250 W/kg (0.15 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns: **2 × 7.62 mm (0.3 in) fixed ShKAS machine guns in the nose, one replaced by a 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Berezin UB on later versions.
- 2 × rearward firing 7.62 mm (0.3 in) ShKAS.
- From the middle of 1942 defensive armament included 1 Berezin UB machine gun in the upper bombardier's turret, 1 Berezin UB in gunner's ventral hatch and 1 ShKAS which could be fired by a gunner from port, starboard or upper mountings
- Some planes were also equipped with DAG-10 launcher, firing AG-2 parachute timed grenades.
- Bombs: 1,600 kg (3,520 lb) of bombs
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