Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mafi mahimmancin bama-bamai a duniya a ƙarshen 1930s, SB shi ne na farko na zamani da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin yawa a cikin Soviet Union kuma mai yiwuwa ne mafi yawan bama-bamai na tsakiyar 1930s. An samar da shi a Tarayyar Soviet kuma an gina shi a ƙarƙashin lasisi a Czechoslovakia. Yawancin juzu'i sun ga manyan ayyuka a Spain, Jamhuriyar China, Mongolia,
Finland da kuma a farkon yakin duniya na biyu a kan Jamus a 1941. An kuma yi amfani da shi a cikin ayyuka daban-daban a cikin bambance-bambancen farar hula, a matsayin masu horarwa da kuma a cikin matsayi na biyu. Ya yi nasara a yakin basasar Spain saboda ya wuce mafi yawan mayakan, jirgin sama ya zama tsoho a 1941. Zuwa Yuni 1941, kashi 94 cikin dari na 'yan kunar bakin wake a cikin Red Army Air Force (VVS RKKA) sune SBs.