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Property	Value
rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Petlyakov Pe-3
rdfs:comment	The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range, night fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed bomber used by the Soviet Union during World War II. Its design and use followed a comparable path to those taken by the German Luftwaffe with the Junkers Ju 88 and the British Royal Air Force with the De Havilland Mosquito. The Soviets realized the need for a night fighter after the first night bombing of Moscow during Operation Barbarossa. The Petlyakov Pe-2 was selected for modification as the most suitable aircraft available.
owl:sameAs	dbr:Petlyakov_Pe-3
empty weight kg	5858
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prop blade number	3
range km	1500
Guns	1
Produced	1941
time to altitude	399.0
eng1 type	liquid-cooled V12 engines
gross weight kg	8000
primary user	Soviet Naval Aviation Soviet Air Forces
Type	Heavy fighter, Night fighter
max speed note	@
eng1 kW	820
bombs	up to
span m	17.130000
Manufacturer	Petlyakov
max speed kmh	530
ceiling m	9100
length m	12.660000
Developed From	dbkwik:resource/uqFCuxJPAq30UKGlQ1201Q==
First Flight	1941-08-07
more users	Finnish Air Force
wing area sqm	40.500000
prime units?	met
Retired	1945
Crew	2
Introduction	1941
Number Built	360
eng1 name	Klimov M-105RA
Designer	Vladimir Petlyakov
ref	Gordon, Soviet Airpower in World War 2
eng1 number	2
abstract	The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long-range, night fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 high-speed bomber used by the Soviet Union during World War II. Its design and use followed a comparable path to those taken by the German Luftwaffe with the Junkers Ju 88 and the British Royal Air Force with the De Havilland Mosquito. The Soviets realized the need for a night fighter after the first night bombing of Moscow during Operation Barbarossa. The Petlyakov Pe-2 was selected for modification as the most suitable aircraft available. It was initially used for daylight ground attack missions during the Battle of Moscow, but this proved to be costly since the aircraft was unarmored. Armor and additional guns were retrofitted to the existing aircraft to make it more effective, but the evacuation of the sole factory building the Pe-3 in October 1941 limited the number of aircraft available and many units of the Soviet Air Forces flying the Pe-3 were either disbanded or converted to other aircraft. Although production was stopped and restarted several times, the aircraft remained in service throughout World War II. Most of the later production runs were given to reconnaissance units.