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The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO: Fencer) is a Soviet twin-engine, two-seater bomber-attack aircraft with variable wing geometry. The genesis of the Su-24 is to be found in the T-58 interceptor fighter T-58 and its modification T-60, developed and flown in 1962 by OKB Suchoja. For further work, it was decided to use the T-60 version. The machine had side air inlets to the engine, therefore there was a place to equip it with the required radar station and other necessary equipment. In 1963, work began on adapting the T-60 to the S-60 version intended for shock tasks. Significant changes were made to the hunting version, first of all, the shape of the wing was changed from triangular to oblique with a 40-degree slope, the cabin was rebuilt in order to equip it with an armament operator station (tandem cabin), additional to the pilot. Initially, the aircraft planned weapons to be transferred on four under-wing and two under-fuselage beams. An additional, seventh boom was located under the front part of the fuselage, intended for a container with a part of the targeting apparatus. The project developed and evolved until, in the fall of 1966, a 1: 1 scale model of the machine, finally designated T-6, was built. Soon after, the order was received to implement and build two prototypes, including one flight, designated T-6-1.