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Prototype built
in a single copy. Development of an I-16 type 5 in sturmovik, assault aircraft. The armament consisted of 2 groups of 3 machine guns in the central part of the wings. These machine guns were orientable in azimuth by the pilot, up to 10° downwards. It was equipped under the fuselage with 4 bomb launchers which made it possible to carry 6 bombs of 25 kg. The spaces occupied by the machine guns preventing the retraction of the landing gear, that was fixed and streamlined by pants. |