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Originally Posted by 1984
and gargrot it's NOT power element of construction or, apparently, fairing of canopy...
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That sort of cleared it up. Another web site gave a better definition.
So, if I've got my Russian aircraft terminology right:
No Gargrot = "razorback" or high rear fuselage faired into a "greenhouse" ("lantern") canopy.
Gargrot = cut-down rear fuselage with "bubble" canopy set on top of the fuselage or partially faired into it.
For example, Yak-7 = No Gargrot, but Yak-3 = Gargrot.
Do you know what the word "gargrot" means literally?
(For non-U.S. English speakers, the term "razorback" refers to a particularly nasty sort of feral pig found in the U.S. South - basically America's answer to the wild boar. The high rear fuselage of the P-47C is particularly reminiscent of this creature's back)