Yakovlev Yak-7 - Variants

Variants

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-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 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. Two were built.

Yak-7DI

long range fighter, redesignated Yak-9.

Yak-7 M-82

- new (M-82) engine version. tested in 1941.

Yak-7R

Jet project with one liquid fuel jet and two ramjets. 1942.

Yak-7R

purported jet version of Yak-7 with Jumo 004 engine. Said to have been built in Tbilisi to fly over Red Square at the parade in 1947.

Yak-7R

Yak-3 with Jumo 004 turbojet. Development started not later than 1945. First flown in 1946?

Yak-7T

two aircraft for testing engine mounted heavy cannons (NS-37 and NS-45—37 mm and 45 mm caliber respectively).