Wwii soviet reconnaissance plane
the su-2 belonged to the new generation of aircraft introduced into the red army air force shortly before wwii. This aircraft has designed in the a. Tupolev design bureau by a team headed up by p. Sukhoi as multi-purpose singleengined aircraft.
the first prototype (ant-51) made its maiden flight in august 1937.
in the initial period of war in the soviet-german front su-2 saw combat as short-range bombers and assault airplanes, and sometimes even as fighters. , equipped with photo camera afa 13, were used as reconnaissance planes and as artillery observation planes. In this role su-2 were the best aircraft of red army air force