SUKHOI SU-2 PLASTIC MODEL KIT 1/72 SCALE ICM MODELS

Su-2 WWII Soviet Light Bomber The Su-2 belonged to the new generation of aircraft introduced into the Red Army Air Force shortly before WWII. This aircraft has designed in the A. Tupolev design bureau by a team headed up by P. Sukhoi as multi-purpose single engine aircraft. The first prototype (ANT-51) made its maiden flight in August 1937. In the initial period of war in the Soviet-German front Su-2 saw combat as short-range bombers and assault airplanes, and sometimes even as fighters. Su-2R, equipped with photo camera AFA 13, were used as reconnaissance planes and as artillery observation planes. In this role Su-2 were the best aircraft of Red Army Air Force. ITEM NUMBER 72081 SCALE 1:72 TIME PERIOD WW2 MARKINGS Su-2, 97th BAP (Bomber Regiment), June 1941. Su-2, Summer 1941. MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH) 142 x 198 mm BOX SIZE 247 x 183 x 33 mm NUMBER OF DETAILS 68