torpedo-carrying Ilyushin DB-3T twin engine bomber
The DB-3T, with a suspended 45-36 AV (high-altitude) or 45-36AN (low-altitude) torpedo, looked ungainly because it was ungainly, with a cruising speed hovering around 180 knots with both of its knock-off Gnome-Rhone 14K radial engines glowing. It nonetheless could be effective in the right circumstances and would remain in Soviet/Warsaw Pact use long enough into the 1950s to gain the NATO reporting name “Bob.” Alternatively, it could carry MAV-1 or AMG-type aircraft mines.