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The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2 in English sources, where it is commonly rendered Shturmovik, Stormovik [3] and Sturmovik.
Battle for Velikiye Luki; ... Its primary aircraft was the Ilyushin Il-2 'Sturmovik'. Designations ... one loss corresponded to 26 Sturmovik sorties. About half of ...
An aircraft of major importance to the Soviets was the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik "flying artillery" which made life very difficult for panzer crews, and the Il-2 played an important part in the Soviet victory in one of the biggest tank battles in history at Kursk. [94]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles is a set of standalone video games and the third generation game in the IL-2 Sturmovik series of combat flight simulators.The two first modules were released in 2013 (IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad) and 2016 (IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow) and it was not before November 2017 that the series officially received its current name. [2]
His most successful day was 5 July 1943, the first day of the Battle of Kursk, when he shot down twelve enemy aircraft in one mission, a double "ace-in-a-day" achievement. [18] All 12 victories were over Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft and took his total to 95 victories. [ 15 ]
IL-2 Sturmovik games spans three generations : . The first game in the series, IL-2 Sturmovik, was first released on 18 November 2001. [3] This started the original line of IL-2 Sturmovik games which in the present day is officially titled IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 as this was the title of its "Complete Edition" back in 2006, the final compilation of add-ons in the first generation of IL-2 games.
IL-2 Sturmovik (Russian: Ил-2 Штурмовик) is a 2001 World War II combat flight simulator video game and is the first installment in the IL-2 Sturmovik series.The release focused on the air battles of the Eastern Front.
Il-6 long-range bomber prototype developed from the Il-4 and Ilyushin's last piston-engined bomber, 1942. Il-22 jet-powered bomber prototype, world's first 4-engined straight-wing aircraft, 1947. Il-28 "Beagle" and "Mascot" medium bomber/trainer, world's first twinjet with an afterburner, 1948.