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Originally Posted by kirche
Good day, and in what modification PE-2 was faster than the Tu-2 50 km/h ?
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I have seen at least 2 websites state the top speed of the Pe-2 as 580km/h, vvsairwar.com being one -
"Serial production Pe-2s were powered by twin Klimov M-105PF liquid-cooled V-12 piston engines that generated 1,100 horsepower each, which gave the aircraft a top speed of 580 km/h (360 mph) and a range of 1,160 km (721 miles). The dive-bomber was a fast and agile aircraft that outperformed all other Soviet bombers that been built up to this point."
Other sites state 540km/h. No references given.
I now have consulted my Squadron-Signal reference and found you are correct. My apologies, I should have done that in the first place!
In that book the initial variants of the Pe-2 are stated to have a top speed of 540, later variants got progressively slower to the Pe-2 v95 at 488, then quicker again to v205 at 521.
So who knows where 580 came from .......
Again, apologies for presenting incorrect information.
Peter