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17th December 2008, 23:43
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Re: Questions re Polikarpov-fighters.
in one case you might be confusing the I-180 with the I-185.
the I-185 was authorized for series production and a few were used by the 728 IAP. the reason for their cancellation was made by Josef Stalin because he felt that Polikarpov had 'fallen out of favor'- a decision mostly based on the political mechanizations of A.S. Yakovlev. (I'm sorry to say) I'm actually not sure of the reason for the I-180 cancellation , most likely that the development wasn't going anywhere. in December 1940 the designation system in the USSR changed to what we recognize in more recent times. BB-1 stood for Blizny Bombardarovshik or short-range bomber. it was changed to Su-2 in favor of it's principle designer Pavel Sukhoi. 
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