Lim-6

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The Lim-6 was a Polish-built ground-attack and fighter-bomber aircraft developed from the Soviet MiG-17 and operated by the Polish Air Force during the Cold War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lim-6 canonical 1
Lim-6M 1
Lim-6R 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter-bomber
ground-attack aircraft
jet aircraft
military aircraft
airForceDesignation Lim-6bis (improved attack version)
airframeBasedOn MiG-17F
armament bombs
cannon
unguided rockets
basedOnLicenseProductionOf MiG-17
category Polish military aircraft
Soviet-designed aircraft built under license
configuration single-seat jet fighter-bomber
countryOfOrigin Poland
crew 1
designedBy Polish engineers at WSK Mielec
linked to: PZL-Wrocław
designedFor close air support
fighter-bomber missions
tactical strike
developedFrom Lim-5
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
engineType single turbojet
era Cold War era
firstFlight 1961
introduced early 1960s
landingGear tricycle landing gear
manufacturer Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego (WSK) Mielec
nationality Polish
numberOfEngines 1
operator Polish Air Force
powerplant Lis-5 turbojet engine
primaryUser Polish Air Force
propulsion jet propulsion
retiredFromService 1990s
role fighter-bomber
ground-attack
serviceBranch Polish Air Force
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedBy Warsaw Pact member (Poland)
linked to: Warsaw Pact
usedFor frontline attack missions
training in attack tactics
usedInConflict Cold War
variant Lim-6M
linked to: Lim-6

Lim-6R
linked to: Lim-6

Lim-6bis
linked to: Lim-6
wingConfiguration swept wing

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lim-6 variant Lim-6bis
linked to: Lim-6
Lim-6 variant Lim-6M
linked to: Lim-6
Lim-6 variant Lim-6R
linked to: Lim-6