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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.
Il-2 Shturmovik ground-attack aircraft, NATO codename "Bark", 1939, most-produced military aircraft of all time. Il-6 (TsKB-60) ground attack aircraft project developed from the Il-2, 1941. Canceled due to the Il-8 and Il-10. Il-8, ground-attack prototype developed from the Il-2 and intended as a Il-2 replacement, 1943.
Ilyushin DB-3: Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Nazarov 273 mph 2400 mi 31,500 ft 2500 kg Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik: Inline V-12: Mikulin 250 mph 475 mi 14,846 ft 600 kg Ilyushin Il-4: mph mi ft kg Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik: Inline V-12: Mikulin 342 mph 500 mi 18,000 ft 600 kg North American B-25 Mitchell: mph mi ft kg Petlyakov Pe-2: mph mi ft kg Petlyakov ...
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Илью́шин; 30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1894 – 9 February 1977) was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau. He designed the Il-2 Shturmovik, which made its maiden flight in 1939.
Arkhangelsky Ar-2; De Havilland Mosquito; Douglas A-20 Havoc (2,771 supplied from the United States) Handley Page Hampden (23 supplied by the United Kingdom) Ilyushin DB-3; Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik; Ilyushin Il-4; Ilyushin Il-10 Shturmovik; North American B-25 Mitchell (862 supplied from the United States) Petlyakov Pe-2; Petlyakov Pe-8 ...
The 10th Odessa-Vienna Assault Aviation Corps (Russian: 10-й штурмовой авиационный Одесско-Венский корпус) was an aviation corps of the Soviet Air Force during World War II, flying the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft.
The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the ...
In 1967, the Soviet Air Forces drew up a specification for a jet-powered shturmovik or armoured ground attack aircraft. While Sukhoi designed an all-new single seat aircraft, the Su-25, Ilyushin proposed a modified version of their Il-40 of 1953 under the designation Il-42, which, unlike the Sukhoi, was a two-seat aircraft with a remotely-controlled rear gun turret.