VERSIONS – SB Lim-1, SB Lim-2, -2A, -2Art, -2M
Revised SBLim-2A/-2Art, details as
SBLim-1 unless otherwise indicated
Single-seat Lim-2 and existing
SBLim-1 airframes converted to
SBLim-2 trainers and SBLim-2A
artillery spotter/reconnaissance
aircraft from 1975 onwards some
airframes converted back to
trainer version and redesignated
as Lim-2M in the late 1970s
Midships oblique camera
fairing/camera deleted
1 x WSK Rzeszów Lis-2 (licence-built Klimov
VK-1A) centrifugal turbojet (later derated
and redesignated as Lis-2SB)
Larger air brake
SRO-1 IFF
antenna
Cannon tray camera deleted
1 x 23 mm (.90 in) NR-23
cannon or 12.7 mm (.50 in)
UBK-E machine gun on port
side depending on original
airframe converted
Instructor's cockpit
with dual controls/
instruments reinstated
SBLim-2M
(Midget)
Revised SBLim-1 two-seat trainer, details
as SBLim-1 unless otherwise indicated
Midships oblique camera fairing
1 x WSK Rzeszów Lis-2 (licence-built Klimov
VK-1A) centrifugal turbojet (later derated
and redesignated as Lis-2SB)
Larger air brake
SRO-1 IFF
antenna
Single-seat Lim-2 and existing
SBLim-1 airframes converted to
SBLim-2 trainers and SBLim-2A
artillery spotter/reconnaissance
aircraft from 1975 onwards
Reduced internal fuel capacity
due to midships camera bay
Lim-2A/Lim-2Art:
artillery spotter/reconnaissance
version with 1 x AFA-21A camera
mounted on cannon tray and
1 x AFA-39 oblique camera in
fairing on lower amidships offset
to starboard with rear seat crew
member acting as navigator/
camera operator and dual flying
controls in rear cockpit deleted
1 x 23 mm (.90 in) NR-23
cannon or 12.7 mm (.50 in)
UBK-E machine gun on port
side depending on original
airframe converted
SBLim-2/-2A/
-2Art (Midget)
Revised SBLim-1 two-seat trainer, details
as SBLim-1 unless otherwise indicated
Cartridge collector fairing
UTI-MiG-15 produced for Polish
Air Force by Russia and Aero-
Vodochody, Czechoslovakia
with some rebuilt by Polish
Air Force repair plants and
redesignated as SBLim-1)
SBLim-1 (Midget)
modifed
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