Polikarpov VIT-1

Polikarpov VIT-1
Note the long barrels of the 37 mm guns
Role	ground attack Type of aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Polikarpov
First flight	1937
Status	cancelled
Number built	1
Variants	Polikarpov VIT-2

The Polikarpov VIT-1 (Russian: Vozdooshny Istrebitel' Tahnkov— Flying Tank Destroyer) was a Soviet twin-engined multi-purpose aircraft developed before World War II. One prototype was built in 1937, with an extremely heavy armament for ground attack duties. That was the only example built as it was decided to revise the design with more powerful engines as the VIT-2.