Ilyushin Il-2

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Soviet military aircraft World War II aircraft ground-attack aircraft

The Ilyushin Il-2 was a heavily armored Soviet ground-attack aircraft of World War II, produced in vast numbers and renowned for its crucial role in close air support on the Eastern Front.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ilyushin Il-2 canonical 9
Il-2 Shturmovik 3
Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military aircraft ⓘ
World War II aircraft ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType single-engine low-wing monoplane ⓘ
armamentFixed 20 mm ShVAK cannon ⓘ
23 mm VYa-23 cannon ⓘ
7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun ⓘ
armamentFlexible 12.7 mm UBT machine gun ⓘ
armorFeature armored shell around cockpit and engine ⓘ
armorThickness up to 12 mm ⓘ
bombLoad up to 600 kg of bombs ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designer Sergei Ilyushin ⓘ
surface form: Sergey Ilyushin
distinction one of the most-produced military aircraft in history ⓘ
emptyWeight 4360 kg ⓘ
engineModel Mikulin AM-38 ⓘ
engineType V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1939-10-02 ⓘ
height 4.17 m ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
length 11.6 m ⓘ
manufacturer Ilyushin Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed 414 km/h ⓘ
maxTakeoffWeight 6380 kg ⓘ
nickname Shturmovik ⓘ
notableFor crucial role in Soviet close air support on Eastern Front ⓘ
heavy armor protection ⓘ
numberBuilt over 36000 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
powerplantPower 1700 hp ⓘ
primaryUser Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
Soviet Naval Aviation ⓘ
productionPeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
range 720 km ⓘ
retired 1954 ⓘ
rocketArmament RS-132 rockets ⓘ
RS-82 rockets ⓘ
role close air support ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
serviceCeiling 6000 m ⓘ
successor Ilyushin Il-10 ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
usedBy Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ
Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ
Korean People's Army ⓘ
surface form: North Korean Air Force

Chinese Air Force ⓘ
surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force

Polish Air Force ⓘ
Yugoslav Air Force ⓘ
wingspan 14.6 m ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Air Forces → notableAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Eastern Front air operations → aircraftUsedBySovietUnion → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il-2 Shturmovik
Sergei Ilyushin → designed → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Sergei Ilyushin → notableWork → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft
Sergei Ilyushin → aircraftMostAssociatedWith → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → notableAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il-2 Shturmovik
Ilyushin Design Bureau → notableWork → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Ilyushin Design Bureau → notableModel → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il-2 Shturmovik
Mikulin AM-38 → usedIn → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Mikulin AM-38 → primaryUserAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft
RS-82 rockets → usedOnAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
subject surface form: RS-82
Ilyushin Il-10 → predecessor → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
Ilyushin Il-10 → improvementOver → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
RS-132 rockets → usedOnAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
subject surface form: RS-132
RS-132 rockets → notableUserAircraft → Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ
subject surface form: RS-132
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik