Operators
Soviet Union
| Beriev MBR-7 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Short-range reconnaissance bombing flying boat |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Beriev |
| First flight | 1937 |
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. [1] Designed as a successor to the MBR-2 but it did not go into production due to lack of engines. [2]
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. [1] A mainly wooden cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane flying-boat. [1] The Klimov M-103 inline piston engine was mounted on struts above the wing driving a pusher propeller. [1] 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. [1] The observers canopy slid forward to access a pintle-mounted ShKAS machine-gun. [1]
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. [2]
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