V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau (, ''Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro Petlyakova'') was a Soviet
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "" – , meaning 'experiment and design bureau'. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. ...
(design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer
Vladimir Petlyakov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петляко́в; 15 June 1891 – 12 January 1942) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer.
Petlyakov was born in 1891 in Sambek (Don Host O ...
. Following his death in
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
.
Developments
*
Pe-2 'Buck'/PB-100, 1939.
**
VI-100/"100" prototype, "high altitude fighter", 1939.
**
Pe-2I fighter
**
Pe-3 multirole fighter, 207
[ were built, 1941.
*** Pe-3bis multirole fighter, about 300 were built, 1941.
** Pe-4 Pe-2 with Klimov VK-105PF engines.
**Vb-109 (by V.Myasichev) high-altitude bomber.
*]Pe-8
The Petlyakov Pe-8 (russian: Петляков Пе-8) was a Soviet Union, Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during the war. Produced in limited numbers, it was used to Bombing of Berl ...
/TB-7 The only four-engined bomber the USSR used during World War II, 1935.
References
Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Design bureaus
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