MIG 5 DIS

The DIS was a sleek twin-engined long-range escort fighter for tactical bombers. It was also could be used as light bomber, torpedo-bomber and recon.. Construction - mixed.

Two built - one with AM-37 (designated 'T') and one with M-82F engines (designated 'IT'). 'T' was finished in the end of 1941 and passed factory tests, demonstrating 610km/h at 6800m. 'IT' was finished later in October 1942 and tests were not finished - because the Pe-2 was already in mass production. It was unnecessary to scatter production efforts for aircraft with similar characteristics...

Specifications

Year deployed
Wing span, m
Length, m
Height, m
Wings area, m2
Weight, kg
empty aircraft
at take-off
Engine
Power, hp
Maximum speed, km/h
at sea level
at altitude
Range, km
Rate of climb, m/min
Service ceiling, m
Crew
Armament:

15.90
11.50
3.40
38.90

6540
8060
2 PE ASh-82F
2 У 1700

604
610
2800

9800
1
2 23-mm cannons VYa-23, 2 12.7-mm machine-guns BS  
4 7.62-mm machine-guns ShKAS