The Alekseyev I-216 was a ground attack variant of the Alekseyev I-215.
It was designed to carry a pair of 75mm Nudelmann H-76 guns in the nose and, in order to do so, the wings would have needed to be redesigned.
Apparently it would've been powered by the same license-built Rolls-Royce Derwent that powered the I-215.
Something is certain, if this airplane would've been completed and flown, it would've been, for its', time the fighter with the biggest artillery guns in the world.
Sources:
1. http://survincity.com/2012/05/transformer-alexeev-i-211-215-216-okb-21-fighter/
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