Beriev MBR-7
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The Beriev MBR-7 (sometimes Beriev MS-8) was a Soviet short-range reconnaissance/bomber flying boat developed by the Beriev design bureau at Taganrog. It was designed as a successor to the MBR-2 but did not go into production due to lack of engines.
Development
The MBR-7 (Morskoy Blizhnii Razvedchik - naval short-range reconnaissance) was a similar configuration to the earlier MBR-2 but was a more advanced design. A mainly wooden cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane flying-boat. The Klimov M-103 inline piston engine was mounted on struts above the wing driving a pusher propeller. The pilot in an enclosed cockpit in the nose had access to a fixed forward-firing machine gun, the observer/gunner sat underneath a glazed canopy. The observers canopy slid forward to access a pintle-mounted ShKAS machine-gun.
It had an excellent performance but due to the lack of supply of Klimov engines the decision was made to continue building the MBR-2 and the MBR-7 did not go into production.
Operators
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Specifications
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See also
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References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last= Nemecek |first= Vaclav |title=The History of Soviet Aircraft from 1918 |year=1986 |publisher=Willow Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218033-2}}
- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
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Category:1930s Soviet military reconnaissance aircraft