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The Ilyushin Il-2 is a Soviet ground attack aircraft.

Description[]

The Il-2 was the main ground attack aircraft used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It was deemed so important that Stalin informed the factory managers that the Red Army needed it "like bread", and as a result it became one of the most produced combat aircraft in history.

There are four versions of Il-2M in BattleGroup42, which differ only in the payload: four FAB-100 bombs, eight RS-82 rockets, four RS-132 rockets, or PTAB cluster bombs. All versions are also armed with two forward firing ShKAS machine guns and two 23mm VYa-23 cannons. The rear gunner in the second position has access to a rearward firing 12.7mm Berezin UBT machine gun to fend off enemy fighters.

On some early war scenarios, there is a single-seat Il-2 variant available. It is also armed with two forward firing ShKAS machine guns and two 23mm VYa-23 cannons, but has no defensive rearward firing machine gun. It carries four FAB 100 bombs under the wings.

Trivia[]

  • During the mod's early development, it uses the original Battlefield 1942's counterpart as a base model. It is later replaced the twin-seat variant with more accurate render in version 1.7, while the single seat variant was introduced in FINAL Release Candidate 2.
  • Although the render of the two-seat version represent the Il-2 production of 1943, it was named in the mod files as Il-2M3; a 1944 production model with an "arrow wing".

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