The twin-engined low-wing Yakovlev Yak-6 was largely of wooden construction and flown for the first time in June 1942. It had retractable tailwheel landing gear and accommodated two crew and four passengers. An NBB (or short-range night bomber) version had external racks for five 220 lbs (100 kg) bombs under the fuselage and provision for a single 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine-gun, but the Yak-6 could also be equipped to carry stores or freight (including a 500 kg/1,102 lbs external toad) or for use as an air ambulance aircraft, glider tug or close-support aircraft carrying 1O RS-82 rockets. Often flown with the main landing gear units locked down, the Yak-6 was also used to supply partisans, and by 1944 most operational units had one of these aircraft to ferry personnel between bases. Production totaled about 1,000.
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http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/2/Yakovlev%20Yak%206%20Yak%208.htmCrew: 2
Capacity: 4 passengers
Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 14.0 m (45 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 29.6 m2 (319 sq ft)
Airfoil: Clark-YH
Empty weight: 1,415 kg (3,120 lb)
Gross weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Shvetsov M-11F 5-cylinder radial engines, 100 kW (140 hp) each
Maximum speed: 187 km/h (116 mph; 101 kn)
Range: 900 km (559 mi; 486 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,380 m (11,089 ft)
Time to altitude: 5.4 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Guns: 1 × ShKAS machine gun in dorsal position
Rockets: provision for 10 × RS 82 rockets
Bombs: Up to 5 100 kg (1,102 lb) bombs
I couldn't find an example with rockets added.
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