The Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab), originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after the factory's evacuation in 1941, at the Tashkent Aviation Production Association in Tashkent.

The Lisunov Li-2 was a transport aircraft that was used by the Soviet Union during World War II. Originally designated PS-84, [1] the Li-2 was a license built copy of the Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft with several key modifications made.

2018年5月20日 · When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 many of the PS-84s were taken into military use and redesignated the Lisunov Li-2 in 1942. The military models were equipped with a 7.62 mm (.30 in) ShKAS machine gun, and later with a 12.7 mm (.50 in) UBK heavy machine gun.

In 1936, the Soviet delegation left for the US to purchase a passenger aircraft license to be the primary aircraft of the Aeroflot airlines. At that time, Aeroflot used worn-out passenger machines that were reconstructed bomber aircraft. The Soviets chose the Douglas DC-2 (first flight in 1934).

Powered by two Shvetsov ASh-62IR engines, the Li-2 was capable of carrying up to 3,000 kg of cargo or troops. The aircraft became a staple in civil aviation, revolutionizing passenger and cargo transport within the Soviet Union.

The Lisunov Li-2 is a soviet twin-engined short-to-medium-range Airliner with a capacity of maximum 28 passengers and a military transport aircraft. The original designation was PS-84. The Lisunov Li-2 is a license-built respectively copied variant of the Douglas DC-3. max. Takeoff Weight. The website was updated on 27.10.2019.

Almost 5,000 Li-2s were constructed during the war, with a number of variants that allowed them to serve as troop transports, cargo haulers, reconnaissance planes, paratrooper transports, and even as night bombers. For defense, they were typically equipped with three 7.62 machine guns and a 12.7mm machine gun.

Twin-engine passenger aircraft (14-21 passengers) - a reproduction of the American Douglas DC-3 aircraft (abbreviated from - Douglac Commercial), the military version of this aircraft was produced at Douglas under the name C-47.

2025年1月12日 · The plane flew until 1970, after which until 2019 it was on static display at the aircraft production plant in... Note: The monument is dedicated to the Li-2 aircraft, a veteran worker of the cosmodrome, which formed the basis of the transport aviation of the USSR Ministry of Defense in the 1950-1960s.

The Lisunov Li-2, originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after evacuation in 1941, at TAPO in Tashkent. The project was directed by aeronautical engineer Boris Pavlovich Lisunov. The Soviet Union received its first DC-2 in 1935.