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| An attempt to produce a radar-equipped three-seat long-range night and all-weather fighter also suited for the escort mission, the ANT-63P, alias Tu-1, was one of a number of progressive developments of the ANT-61 (Tu-2S) bomber. Initially powered by two 1,900hp Mikulin AM-39F 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines, the ANT-63P (the suffix letter indicating Perekhvatchik, or "Interceptor") carried a fixed forward-firing armament of four 23mm cannon, two in the wing roots and two in the lower forward fuselage. The nose was intended to accommodate a PNB-1 Gneiss-1 airborne intercept radar based on the German FuG 220. First flown on 30 December 1946, the ANT-63P attained 680km/h and demonstrated a range of 2500km. Official interest in piston-engined fighters was waning by this time, and although the ANT-63P was re-engined with 1,950hp Mikulin AM-43V engines driving four-bladed propellers, being tested in this form in December 1947, no production was undertaken.
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| MODEL | ANT-63P with AM-43V engine |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 14460 kg | 31879 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 18.86 m | 62 ft 11 in |
| Length | 13.60 m | 45 ft 7 in |
| Wing area | 48.80 m2 | 525.28 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 641 km/h | 398 mph |
| Range | 2250 km | 1398 miles |
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