Rata

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Rata is the Spanish nickname for the Soviet Polikarpov I-16, a pioneering monoplane fighter aircraft widely used during the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft nickname
alsoKnownAs Mosca
alsoKnownAsLanguage Spanish
appliedBy Spanish Republican forces
appliedTo Soviet-built fighter aircraft
associatedWithAircraftCategory single-seat fighter
associatedWithArmamentType cannon
machine guns
associatedWithConfiguration monoplane
associatedWithConflict Spanish Civil War
associatedWithCountryOfOrigin Soviet Union
associatedWithDesigner Nikolai Polikarpov
associatedWithEngineType radial engine
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod 1930s
associatedWithLandingGearType retractable landing gear
associatedWithManufacturer Polikarpov Design Bureau
associatedWithNotability one of the first low-wing cantilever monoplanes with retractable landing gear to enter service
associatedWithOperator Soviet Air Force
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Spanish Republican Air Force
associatedWithPowerplant Shvetsov radial engine
associatedWithReputation highly maneuverable fighter in its era
associatedWithRole fighter aircraft
associatedWithWingType cantilever low-wing
contrastedWith Nationalist biplane fighters in the Spanish Civil War
languageOfNickname Spanish
nicknameMeaning rat
refersTo Polikarpov I-16
usedDuring Spanish Civil War
usedFor Polikarpov I-16 fighter aircraft

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Polikarpov I-16 nickname Rata
subject linked to: Soviet Polikarpov I-16
Matiu Rata familyName Rata