Tuesday 27 February 2018

Aircraft Costs

"Prime cost of important products of the People's Commissariat of Aircraft Production

Item
Factory
Prime in thousands cost during
% change in May
June 1941
1st quarter 1942
May 1942
Compared to June 1941
Compared to 1st quarter 1942
Aircraft






PE-2
#22
455.9
406.3
-
-
-
PE-2
#39
577.1
524.0
462.6
-19.8
-12.0
IL-4
#126
1148.0
479.0
409.4
-64.4
-14.5
IL-2
#18
308.5
214.5
208.0
-32.6
-3.0
PS-84
#84
569.1
574.3
531.0
-6.5
-7.5
LAGG-3
#21
265.5
154.3
118.9
-55.0
-23.9
YaK-1
#292
188.7
112.0
93.8
-50.5
-16.2
UT-2
#47
34.5
40.0
40.8
+9.0
+1.0
U-2
#387
29.6
26.9
23.2
-21.8
-14.0
Engines






M105R
#16
71.7
77.3
-
-
-
M82
#19
157.7
82.0
73.8
-53.2
-10.0
M62IR
#19
56.8
45.0
44.9
-21.0
-0.2
AM38
#24
60.5
87.0
54.1
-10.5
-37.8
M105P
#26
43.4
67.7
51.0
+9.0
-24.4
M88
#29
52.2
53.5
49.5
-5.2
-7.5
M11
#154
11.1
11.0
9.9
-11.0
-10.0
"

2 comments:

  1. I had this document in my computer waiting for translation. Many thanks! Interesting to see how Yak-1 is cheaper than LaGG-3, even if it was considered a superior design.

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    1. Probably just faster to build, given that wages (especially those of skilled labour) tend to make up a considerable chunk of the final price tag. That's why the Panther was cheaper than the Pz IV despite eating almost twice as much metal to boot AFAIK.

      More practically, the Yak had almost a full year's head start in production (Jan '40 versus Dec '40) and would thus be benefiting from all the usual advantages of more refined and "bugfixed" production cycle. The fancy new "delta-veneer" plywood used in the LaGG may also have jacked up its material costs, idk.

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