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9 unusual facts about Kubinka


Ilyushin Il-54

The aircraft was then shown to a US Military Delegation at Kubinka.

Lavochkin La-15

The La-15 was tested operationally by the 192nd Fighter Wing, based at Kubinka from 19 March 1949, and began appearing in front-line combat units later the same year.

OKMO

Further T-29-4 and T-29-1 prototypes were built in 1935, but in testing at the NIIBT in Kubinka none of these were found satisfactory.

SU-100Y Self-Propelled Gun

When work was stopped on the T-100 project, the SU-100Y was transported to Kubinka in the summer of 1940.

T-26 variants

In August–October 1933 this armoured personnel carrier has passed extensive tests at Kubinka proving ground.

This ST-26 prototype was also tested at the Kubinka Tank Proving Ground, and participated in military exercises of the Leningrad Military District in 1938.

Trials performed in October 1940 in Kubinka proving ground demonstrated that the design needed improvement.

The single vehicle was built by the Military Supply Depot No. 37 in Moscow in 1937 and tested at the Kubinka Tank Proving Ground in January–February 1938.

T-43 tank

But testing at Kubinka showed that the heavier T-43 couldn't match the T-34's mobility, while its armour was still not heavy enough to stop the German 88mm gun.


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