Back إليوشن دي بي-3 Arabic Iljuschin DB-3 German Ilyushin DB-3 Spanish ایلیوشین دیبی-۳ Persian Iljušin DB-3 Finnish Iliouchine DB-3 French Ilyushin DB-3 Galician Ilyushin DB-3 ID Ilyushin DB-3 Italian DB-3 Polish
| Ilyushin DB-3 | |
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| A DB-3M at the Central Air Force Museum near Moscow, Russia. | |
| Role | Bomber / torpedo-bomber |
| Manufacturer | Ilyushin |
| First flight | Summer 1935 |
| Primary users | Soviet Air Forces (VVS) Republic of China Air Force Finnish Air Force |
| Produced | 1936–1939 |
| Number built | 1,528 |
| Variants | Ilyushin Il-4 |
The Ilyushin DB-3, where "DB" stands for Dalniy Bombardirovshchik (Russian: Дальний бомбардировщик) meaning "long-range bomber", was a Soviet bomber aircraft of World War II. It was a twin-engined, low-wing monoplane that first flew in 1935. 1,528 were built. The DB-3 was the precursor of the Ilyushin Il-4 (originally designated DB-3F).