Footage has emerged online of a low-altitude flight of the "flying tank" - the famous Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft.
Il-2 — Soviet attack aircraft, nicknamed by the military as the "flying tank". Developed in OKB-240 under the leadership of the famous designer Sergei Ilyushin. It is considered the most mass-produced combat aircraft in the history of aviation. It was produced at factories in Kuibyshev and Nizhny Tagil.
The Il-2's armament included two 20-millimeter ShVAK cannons (up to 500 rounds) mounted on the wings, as well as two 7.62-millimeter ShKAS machine guns (1500 rounds).
The Il-2 also carried eight RS-82 rockets or four RS-132 rockets, or up to 600 kilograms of bombs. The pilot could fire using a VV-1 sight, consisting of a grid on the front glass of the canopy and a front sight on the fuselage.
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