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The Yak-28 Firebear was sometimes called the Russian Vautour.
The Yak had two engines under wing naceles as the Vautour and the main gear was located in the front and rear part of the fuselage in the same manner as the Vautour. But the Yak had
engines with after burners and had mach 1.8 top speed or almost two times faster.
The speed was important for the interceptor role as it enabled it to reach the intruding targets faster. But as a tactical bomber the higher speed is not a big advantage as bombing missions are mostly done in subsonic speeds and here the original Vautour design was more suitable as the Vautour had better flight range and could carry heavier bomb loads of 4500 kg
while the Yak could carry 3000 kg maximum load.
In short the Vautour was a better bomber while the Yak was a better interceptor.

Some pics of the two for comparison purpose.
The Vautour here is in the day attack version A . The interceptor version was called N and had two seats as the Yak 28 Firebear here.

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