Tupolev ANT-30

The Tupolev ANT-30 was a mid-1930s project by the Tupolev Design Bureau for a reconnaissance and strike aircraft of the cruiser type. In 1933 and 1934 the VVS announced a requirement for a twin-engine multirole aircraft of the air cruiser class, building on the R-6 and MI-3. The draft called for an all-metal twin-engine machine with smooth skin and a normal tail, a domed forward firing position with two ShKAS machine guns, an extra fuel tank in the fuselage cargo compartment of the cruiser version, and a bomb load of up to 1,000 kg. Design documentation and models were prepared and pilot production began, but the work was curtailed at the turn of 1933 and 1934 with the aircraft about 16 percent technically ready, as the air force moved to the more promising ANT-40 (SB).