Editing Petlyakov Pe-2 (section)

{{Short description|Soviet dive bomber aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = Pe-2
  |image = Unmarked Petlyakov Pe.2FT (7985693559).jpg
  |caption = Pe-2FT in the [[Central Air Force Museum]], [[Monino]], Russia
  |type = [[Dive bomber]]
  |national_origin = [[Soviet Union]]
  |manufacturer  = [[Kazan Aircraft Production Association|Plant No.22]] ([[Kazan]]), Plant No.39 ([[Moscow]]), Plant No.124 ([[Kazan]]), [[Irkutsk Aviation Plant|Plant No.125]] ([[Irkutsk]])
  |designer  = [[Petlyakov|V.M. Petlyakov Design Bureau]]
  |first_flight = 22 December 1939 (VI-100)
  |introduction  = March 1941
  |retired  = 1951 ([[Soviet Air Force]]), 1957 ([[Polish Air Force]])
  |status =
  |primary_user = [[Soviet Air Force]]
  |more_users  = [[Polish Air Force]], [[Czechoslovak Air Force]], [[Bulgarian Air Force]]
  |produced  = December 1940 - December 1945
  |number_built = 11,070 (+ 360 Pe-3)<ref>Medved', Khazanov 2007, p. 152</ref>
  |unit cost  =
  |variants = [[Petlyakov Pe-3]]
}}

The '''Petlyakov Pe-2''' ({{langx|ru|Петляков Пе-2}} — nickname «Пешка» ('''Pawn''');  [[NATO reporting name]]: '''Buck''')<ref>Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1955-56 p. 188</ref> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] twin-engine [[dive bomber]] used during [[World War II]]. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,<ref name="Ethell p. 152.">Ethell 1996, p. 152.</ref> it also proved successful as a [[heavy fighter]], as a [[night fighter]] ([[Petlyakov Pe-3|Pe-3]] variant) and as a [[reconnaissance aircraft]].<ref name=" Angelucci and Matricardi p. 234.">Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 234.</ref> The Pe-2 was, numerically, the most important Soviet bomber of World War II, at their peak comprising 75% of the Soviet twin-engine bomber force.<ref name="Smith pp. 155.">Smith 2003, pp. 155.</ref> The Soviets manufactured Pe-2s in greater numbers (11,430 built) during the war than any other twin-engine combat aircraft except for the German [[Junkers Ju 88]] and the British [[Vickers Wellington]].<ref name=" Angelucci and Matricardi p. 234."/><ref name="Guston p. 173.">Guston 1980, p. 173.</ref> Several [[Soviet bloc]] air forces flew the type after the war, when it became known by the [[NATO reporting name]] '''''Buck'''''.