Beriev MBR-2

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Beriev MBR-2
Type	Patrol aircraft
Manufacturer	Beriev OKB
Designed by	Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev
Maiden flight	1931
Introduced	1935
Status	Retired
Primary user	Soviet Navy
Produced	1934-1941

The Beriev MBR-2^[1] was a reconnaissance flying boat which entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1935.

The MBR-2 was designed by Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev and first flew in 1931, powered by an imported 500 hp BMW VI.Z engine. Production models, which arrived in 1934, used a licence-built version of this engine, the M17 of 680 hp, and could be fitted with a fixed wheel or ski undercarriage.

Beriev also designed a commercial airliner derivation, the MP-1, which entered airline service in 1934 and a freighter version, which followed in 1936.

In 1935, an improved version was developed, the MBR-2bis, powered by the Mikulin AM-34N engine. and fitted with an enclosed cockpit, dorsal gun-turret and enlarged vertical tail. In this configuration, the machine remained in production until 1941. As with the MBR-2, the bis spawned a commercial derivative and the MP-1bis entered service in 1937.

[edit] Specifications (MBR-2bis)

General characteristics

• Crew: 4-5
• Length: 13.50 m (44 ft 3½ in)
• Wingspan: 19.00 m (62 ft 4 in)
• Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
• Empty weight: 2,718 kg (5,990 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,245 kg (9,359 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Mikulin AM-34N V12 engine, 559 kW (750 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 275 km/h (148 knots, 171 mph)
• Range: 1,500 km (810 nm, 930 mi)
• Service ceiling: 4,900 m (16,080 ft)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 1× 7.62 mm (0.30 in) PV-1 machine gun in bow
  • 1× 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun in dorsal turret
• Bombs: 300 kg (660 lb) of bombs, mines, and depth charges carried underwing

[edit] References

• Munson, Kenneth (1969). Bombers, Patrol and Transport Aircraft 1939-45. Blandford. ISBN 0-71370379-2. 

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Comparable aircraft

• Supermarine Walrus

 

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
• List of patrol aircraft

See also