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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.
3. Three squadrons are part of each of the fighter and assault aviation regiments, consisting of two flights with four aircraft and two aircraft for the squadron commander and commissar. The regimental headquarters have two aircraft for the use of the regimental commander and commissar. An Ilyushin Il-2 of the type flown by the corps
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. Il-10 "Beast", ground ...
Ilyushin Il-2 "Sturmovik" 29,937: 1941–1950s: ... 1960s experimental VTOL aircraft; only 2 flown. Yakovlev Yak-141: 4 – Freestyle: VTOL fighter; only 2 flown ...
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]
[2] [3] It was named after the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack fighter, which played a prominent role in this theatre and is the single most produced military aircraft design to date. [4] Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators. [5]
The German air force on Tuesday scrambled fighter jets to identify and escort a Russian military aircraft flying without a transponder signal close to Germany's Baltic island of Ruegen, it said in ...
Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, a World War II era Soviet ground attack aircraft; IL-2 Sturmovik, a series of games named after the Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft: IL-2 Sturmovik, a 2001 video game, the first in the series; IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, a 2003 sequel to the IL-2 Sturmovik video game; IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, the 2006 final compilation of ...