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The armament of Il-2 was in continuous perfection.
Two fixed forward-firing 23mm VYa cannon in a wing; two 7.62mm ShKAS machine guns in forward fuselage; one flexible 12.7mm UBT machine gun in rear cockpit; maximum bomb load 1,321lb, or eight 82mm RS 82 (or 132mm RS 132) rockets.
In 1943 on Il-2 began to set two 37mm NS 37 cannon under the wing, which could to strike even heavy tanks.
Airplane Il-2 was one of the most well-known airplanes of the World War 2.
"Airplane - soldier" - so was named by soldiers.
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Su-2 |
Il-2 |
Il-2 |
Il-10 |
| Crew |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Year of issue |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
| Dimensions |
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| Wing span, m |
14.3 |
14.6 |
14.6 |
13.4 |
| Length, m |
10.25 |
11.6 |
11.6 |
11.12 |
| Wing area, m² |
20.0 |
38.5 |
38.5 |
30.0 |
| Powerplant |
|---|
| Engine |
Ì-88 |
ÀÌ-38 |
ÀÌ-38F |
ÀÌ-42 |
| Power, hp |
1100 |
1600 |
1720 |
2000 |
| Weight, kg: |
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| Loaded |
4345 |
5670 |
6180 |
6300 |
| Maximum takeoff weight |
4555 |
5870 |
6380 |
6500 |
| Performance |
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| Maximum speed, km/h |
at sea level |
375 |
391 |
403 |
507 |
| at altitude |
467 |
416 |
414 |
551 |
| m |
6600 |
2350 |
1000 |
2800 |
| Service range with normal bomb load, km |
1190 |
740 |
685 |
800 |
| Armament |
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| Bomb load, kg |
normal |
400 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
| maximum |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
| Armament |
Machine guns |
5-6 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Cannon |
- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Rockets |
8-10 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
| Grenades |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
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"The history of designs of planes in USSR 1938-1950" /Vadim Shavrov/
"Planes of Stalin falcons" /Konstantin Kosminkov and Dmitriy Grinyuk/
"Planes of Ilyushin`s design bureau" /Genrih Novojilov/
"The Soviet planes" /Alexander Yakovlev/
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