| LBSh | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Lightattack aircraft Type of aircraft |
| National origin |  Soviet Union |
| Designer | Sergei Aleksandrovich Kochyerigin |
| Status | prototype only |
| Number built | 2 |
LBSh (Russian:ЛБШ, initially known simply asШ, short forshturmovik) was a light ground attack aircraft (shturmovik) designed in 1939 bySergei Aleksandrovich Kochyerigin.[1]
A low-wing monoplane of mixed construction with fixed undercarriage, the design proved underpowered although decently armed.[1] Offensive armament included twoShVAK20 mmautocannons in the wing roots, twoShKAS machine guns in the wings and up to 600 kg of bombload.[1] Defensive armament consisted of one turret-mounted ShKAS machine gun firing rearwards.[1]
Only two prototypes were ever built: Sh-1 powered byTumansky M-88 air-cooled radial engine and Sh-2 powered by earlierTumansky M-87A.[1] Initially the Sh-1 was accepted by the Soviet aviation into serial production, but the decision was soon overturned and the Factory No. 292 was ordered to focus onYatsenko I-28 andYakovlev Yak-1 fighters instead.[1]
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