Editing Yakovlev Yak-7 (section)

==Variants==
[[File:LET C-11.Yak-7 outline.Lakeland FL 18.04.07R.jpg|thumb|LET C-11 modified to Yak-7 outline, Lakeland, Florida, in April 2007]]
;Ya-27: two-seat prototype converted from a pre-serial I-26
;Yak-7UTI: initial two-seat communication/trainer version, 186 built in 1941
;Yak-7V: (''vyvoznoy'') two-seat trainer; 510 built in 1942/43 + 87 converted from Yak-7B
;Yak-7: single-seat fighter version, based on the Yak-7UTI, armor + more guns added, small number built 1941/42
;Yak-7-37:After trials in April–May 1942, a small batch of 22 Yak-7-37s was authorised, fitted with a [[MPSh-37]] {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} cannon, (MPSh - ''motornaya pushka Shpital'novo'' - engine mounted Shpital'nyy cannon), mounted between the engine cylinder blocks, firing through the propeller spinner. Two {{convert|12.7|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} [[UBS machine gun]]s were also fitted in the forward fuselage firing above the engine.<ref name=GordonYAK/>
;Yak-7A: improved Yak-7, about 300 built in early 1942
;Yak-7B: upgraded version of Yak-7A (reduced wingspan, simplified landing gear, better equipment), about 5,000 were built.
;Yak-7D: long range prototype, development basis for the [[Yakovlev Yak-9|Yak-7DI/Yak-9]].
;Yak-7K ''courier'': VIP transport version. converted from Yak-7B, 1944.
;Yak-7U Mark:
;Yak-7PVRD: experimental - had two DM-4 [[ramjet]] under wings, top speed: {{convert|800|km/h|abbr=on}}. Two were built.
;Yak-7DI: long range fighter, redesignated [[Yakovlev Yak-9|Yak-9]].
;Yak-7 M-82: <!-- never seen slash between aircraft and engine model names in contemporary Russian sources, space or (sometimes) dash is much more common delimiter. -jno --> - new (M-82) engine version. tested in 1941.
;Yak-7R: Jet project with one liquid fuel jet and two [[ramjet]]s. 1942.
;Yak-7R: purported jet version of Yak-7 with [[Junkers Jumo 004|Jumo 004]] engine. <!--It's told that it was reported to Stalin by A.S. Yakovlev to avoid voluntary out-of-time rearming to incomplete jets... -->Said to have been built in Tbilisi to fly over Red Square at the parade in 1947.
;Yak-7R: Yak-3 with [[Junkers Jumo 004|Jumo 004]] turbojet. Development started not later than [[1945 in aviation|1945]]. First flown in 1946?
;Yak-7T: two aircraft for testing engine mounted heavy cannons (NS-37 and NS-45 {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} and {{convert|45|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} calibre respectively).