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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.
Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Armament 7.62 mm /.30-cal. 12.7 mm /.50-cal. Cannon Bell P-39 Airacobra: Inline V-12: Allison 389 mph [CONVERT] 525 mi [CONVERT] 35,000 ft [CONVERT] 4 1 × 37 mm Bell P-63 Kingcobra: Inline V-12: Allison 410 mph 450 mi 43,000 ft 4 1 × 37mm Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: Inline V-12: Allison 345 mph 800 mi 29,100 ...
The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Russian: Яковлев Як-9; NATO reporting name: Frank) [2] is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War.
1931 fighter armed with recoilless 76 mm cannons. Yakovlev Yak-36: 4 – Freehand: 1960s experimental VTOL aircraft; only 2 flown. Yakovlev Yak-141: 4 – Freestyle: VTOL fighter; only 2 flown; cancelled. Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) 2 – – Soviet attempt to make a early fighter jet.
The following is a list of Soviet military equipment of World War II which includes firearms, artillery, vehicles, aircraft and warships used by the Soviet Union (USSR). World War II, the deadliest war in history, started in 1939 and ended in 1945. In accordance with the Nazi–Soviet Pact, Nazi Germany and the USSR jointly attacked Poland in ...
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) [2] was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war, [ 3 ] it also proved successful as a heavy fighter , as a night fighter ( Pe-3 variant) and as a ...
The Lavochkin La-9 (NATO reporting name Fritz) was a Soviet fighter aircraft produced shortly after World War II. It was one of the last piston engined fighters to be produced before the widespread adoption of the jet engine .