Built almost entirely of resin-bonded plywood to save scarce aluminium, the LaGG-3 was rugged but heavy and underpowered, earning pilots' grim joke that its initials stood for 'guaranteed varnished coffin'. It nonetheless equipped many Soviet regiments through the desperate defensive battles of 1941-42 before its Shvetsov-engined derivative, the La-5, fixed its worst faults.
LaGG-3 66. série patriaci 88. stíhaciemu leteckému pluku, fotografovaný na severnom Kaukaze. Na trupe lietadla je nápis v gruzínčine: საბჭოთა საქართველო (Sabčota Sakartvelo; v preklade: „Sovietske Gruzínsko“)Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · sourceThis file was uploaded with Commonist.Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceIlmatorjunnan pudottama ryssän hävittäjä Nurmoilan metsässä. Kone oli melko hyvässä kunnossa. (Kuvassa on Lavotskin LaGG-3). Kuvauspaikka: NurmoilaVänrikki K. Borg · Public domain · source
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