SB-MMN history Ar-2 ancestor Uploaded on May 25, 2005
Ar-2 history Development of SB-RK (later Ar-2) from SB and SB-MMN Uploaded on May 25, 2005
SBB history The last development of SB and AR-2 family Uploaded on May 30, 2005
Ar-2 in combat Historical notes and images on its limited operative life Uploaded on May 25, 2005
Ar-2 technical description description and details Updated on May 6, 2006
Ar-2 drawings scale drawings from M-Hobby  Uploaded on May 25, 2005
Ar-2 profiles some artworks and the reference images Uploaded on May 6, 2006
Ar-2 captured and wrecked by Germans Part 1 Part 2 a wide photo gallery Updated on May 6, 2006
Ar-2 kit of Pavla Review and rework of this obsolete kit Uploaded on May 25, 2005
Ar-2 kit of Amodel The new and definitive kit Uploaded on May 25, 2005

 

Comparative table of characteristics of many Soviet bombers: Ar-2, its forerunners, subcessors and concurrents

	SB-2M103	MMN	SB-RK (Ar-2)	SBB	Pe-2 mod.1940	103 (Tu-2 prototype)
year of first flight	1937	1939	1940	1941	1940	1941
built	6400 (all versions)	2	197	2	10574 (all versions)	2527 (all versions)
crew	3	3	3	3	3	3
engine	M-103	M-105	M-105R	M-105R	M-105	AM-37
takeoff power (hp)	960	1050	1100	1100	1050	1400
length (m)	12.27	12.78	12.5	12.78	12.78	13.2
wingspan (m)	20.33	18.0	18.5	16.0	17.15	18.7
wing area (sm)	56.7	48.2	48.7	40	40.5	48.52
empty weight (kg)	4768	4820	4430	4415	5363	7726
gross weight (kg)	6380	6500	6650	5961	7500	9950
speed at sea level (km/h)	375	405	410	455	452	482
speed (km/h) at altitude (m)	450/4100	458 at 4200	480 at 4700	560 at 5000	540 at 5000	635 at 8000
climb to 5000 m (min)	9.5	9.3	7.1	5.5	9.3	8.6
service ceiling  empty (m)	9300	9000	10100	14100	8850	10600
operational range (km)	1900	1000	1500	880	1315	2500
takeoff run (m)	370	360	340	400	362	440
landing roll (m)	400	400		350		730
bomb load (kg)	1500	1500	1500	1000	600-1000	3000
armament	4x7.62	3x7.62	3x7.62	3x7.62	4x7.62	2x20 + 4x 7.62

 

Credits

I would thank for their help:
Alex Ruchkovsky
Audrius Nairanauskas
Holger Bergmann
Jan Koennig
Ludas Matyi
Marko Tisovic
 
 

Sources

M-Hobby 3/2003, a work of M.Maslov and N.Polikarpov

Barbarossa Victims of T.J.Kopanski, ed.Mushroom

Red Stars of Geust, Keskinen, Stenman

Soviet combat aircraft of the Second world war vol.2 of Gordon, Khazanov, Medved
Tupolev SB in action, squadron Signal

A wide discussion with images on: http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=21305#21305

Another discussion with a description on: http://www.tgplanes.com/Public/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=600

Some photos of destroyed & captured planes on: http://jetjournal.net/modules.php?name=coppermine&cat=82

Some drawings of Ar-2: http://airwar.ru/other/draw/ar2.html

Some photos and text ( in Russian) on Ar-2: http://airwar.ru/enc/bww2/ar2.html

Many images were from the web, mainly from Ebay and from www.JetJournal.net

An encyclopedia on Soviet aircraft and images of SBB: http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/

A walkaround on the M-105R engine is at Engine http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/engines/m-105r/index.htm

 

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