Footage of the low-altitude flight of the "flying tank" — the famous Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft — has appeared on the Web.
Il-2 — Soviet attack aircraft, nicknamed by the military as the "flying tank". Developed in OKB-240 under the leadership of the famous designer Sergey 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 armament of the Il-2 — two 20-millimeter ShVAK cannons (up to 500 shells) were installed on the wings of the aircraft, as well as two 7.62-millimeter ShKAS machine guns (1500 rounds).
The Il-2 also carried eight RS-82 rockets or four RS-132s, or up to 600 kilograms of bombs. The pilot could fire using the VV-1 sight, which consisted of a grid on the front glass of the canopy and a front sight on the fuselage.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the specification of the Su-30SM for Belarus has been revealed: they said goodbye to French avionics.
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