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unusual facts about Shvetsov ASh-62


M62

Shvetsov ASh-62, an aircraft engine produced in the Soviet Union.


Lavochkin La-5

In early 1942, two of the LaGG-1 and -3's designers, Semyon Lavochkin and Vladimir Gorbunov, attempted to correct this deficiency by experimentally fitting a LaGG-3 with the more powerful Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine.


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