Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3

The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-3) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a refinement of the earlier LaGG-1 and was one of the most modern aircraft available to the Soviet Air Force at the time of Germany's invasion in 1941.

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Made by Lavochkin.

Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 is the predecessor of the Lavochkin La-5.Lavochkin La-7.

Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 was faster but not very agile. The Lavochkin La-5 and Yakolev Yak-9 were clearly better than the Brewster.3
Height Main
2.54 m
Height Alt
254.0
Length Alt
881.3800000000001
Max Takeoff Weight Main
3190.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
* List of fighter aircraft* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CISReferences;Notes;Bibliography* Abanshin
Michael E. and Nina Gut. Fighting Lavochkin
Eagles of the East No.1. Lynnwood
WA: Aviation International
1993. ISBN unknown.* Bridgeman
Leonard
ed. The LaGG-3. Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio
1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.* Drabkin
Artem. The Red Air Force at War: Barbarossa & The Retreat to Moscow – Recollections of Fighter Pilots on the Eastern Front. Barnsley
South Yorkshire
UK: Pen & Sword Military
2007. ISBN 184415563-3.* Gordon
Yefim. Lavochkin's Piston-Engined Fighters . Earl Shilton
Leicester
UK: Midland Publishing Ltd.
2003. ISBN 1-85780-151-2.* Gordon
Yefim and Dmitri Khazanov. Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War
Volume One: Single-Engined Fighters. Earl Shilton
1998. ISBN 1-85780-083-4.* Gunston
Bill. Aircraft of World War two. London
Octopus Books Limited
1980. ISBN 0-7064-1287-7.* Gunston
Bill. The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey
1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.* Green
William. Warplanes of the Second World War
Volume Three: Fighters. London: Macdonald & Co. Ltd.
1961 . ISBN 0-356-01447-9.* Green
William and Gordon Swanborough. WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: Soviet Air Force Fighters
Part 1. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd.
1977. ISBN 0-354-01026-3.* Keskinen
Kalevi
Kari Stenman and Klaus Niska. Venäläiset Hävittäjät . Espoo
Finland: Tietoteos
1977. ISBN 951-9035-25-7.* Kotelnikov
Vladimir
Mikhail Orlov and Nikolay Yakubovich. LaGG-3 . Warszawa
Poland: Wydawnictwo Militaria
2006. ISBN 83-7219-249-9.* Morgan
Hugh. Gli assi Sovietici della Seconda guerra mondiale. Edizioni del Prado-Osprey Aviation
1999. ISBN 84-8372-203-8.* Stapfer
Hans-Heiri. LaGG Fighters in Action . Carrollton
TX: Squadron-Signal Publications
Inc.
1996. ISBN 0-89747-634-7.
Range Main
1000.0
Loaded Weight Main
2620.0
Max Speed Alt
357 mph
Type Of Prop
liquid-cooled V-12
Crew
One
Loading Main
150
Power/mass Main
350
Introduced
early 1941
Power/mass Alt
756.0
Max Speed Main
575.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
7018.0
Ceiling Main
9
700 m
Number Built
6258
Successor
Lavochkin La-5
Lavochkin La-7
Loaded Weight Alt
5764.0
Armament
1200.0
Area Main
17.4 m²
Primary user
Span Alt
32
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
1
260 hp
Engine(prop)
Klimov M-105PF
Sequence
LaGG-1 - LaGG-3 - La-5 - La-7 - La-9
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
1940-03-30
Production End Year
1942
Climb Rate Main
14.9 m-s
Power Main
924.0
Production Start Year
1941
Climb Rate Alt
2926.0
Variants With Their Own Articles
Lavochkin La-5
Lavochkin La-7
Length Main
8.81 m
Span Main
9.80 m
Area Alt
188.0
Range Alt
621 mi
Similar Aircraft
* Curtiss P-40* Kawasaki Ki-61* Macchi C.200* Messerschmitt Bf 109* Supermarine Spitfire
Related
* LaGG-1* Lavochkin La-5* Lavochkin La-7
Empty Weight Main
2205.0
Ceiling Alt
31825.0
Category
Produced
1941
Empty Weight Alt
4851.0
Loading Alt
31

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