MiG-3

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The MiG-3 was an early Soviet fighter aircraft developed by the MiG design bureau, founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. Introduced during World War II, it was an improved version of the MiG-1. While fast, the MiG-3 had marginal handling characteristics and saw limited action in its intended role due to Germany not conducting many strategic bombing raids against the Soviet Union. The MiG design bureau, established in 1939, became a major producer of Soviet jet fighter aircraft, including the Soviet Union's first jet fighter, the MiG-9.123

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…fighters were similarly outclassed: the MiG-3, from the MiG design bureau of Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, was fast, but it had marginal handling characteristics, and the performance of Semyon Lavochkin’s LaGG-3 was ruined by a disastrously heavy airframe.
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…fighters were similarly outclassed: the MiG-3, from the MiG design bureau of Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, was fast, but it had marginal handling characteristics, and the performance of Semyon Lavochkin’s LaGG-3 was ruined by a disastrously heavy airframe.
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