Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik

Il-2 Shturmovik adalah pesawat tempur Rusia pada masa Perang Dunia II, digunakan secara luas setelah Pertempuran Kursk tahun 1943, bersenjatakan dua buah meriam otomatis 23 mm, sebuah senapan mesin DShK di bagian belakang kokpit, dan cantelan untuk bom anti-tank atau roket 82 mm. Memiliki tameng baja setebal 3 mm, tidak mempan diserang menggunakan senjata berkaliber di bawah 23 mm. Il-2 juga dikenal sebagai tank terbang karena kemampuannya dalam menghancurkan tank lawan lewat serangan udara.

Spesifikasi (Il-2M3)

Karakteristik umum 
 Kru: Dua, pilot dan penembak belakang
 Panjang: 11,6 m (38 ft 1 in)
 Lebar sayap: 14,6 m (47 ft 11 in)
 Tinggi: 4,2 m (13 ft 9 in)
 Area sayap: 38,5 m² (414 ft ²)
 Berat kosong: 4.360 kg (£ 9612)
 Berat Loaded: 6.160 kg (£ 13.580)
 Powerplant: 1 × Mikulin AM-38F liquid-cooled V-12, 1.285 kW (1.720 hp)

Prestasi 
 Kecepatan maksimum: 414 km / h (257 mph)
 Rentang: 720 km (450 mil)
 Layanan langit-langit: 5.500 m (18.045 kaki)
 Tingkat panjat: 10,4 m / s (2.050 ft / min)
 Loading sayap: 160 kg / m² (£ 31,3 / ft ²)
 Daya / massa: 0,21 kW / kg (0,13 hp / lb)

Persenjataan 
 2 × tetap maju-menembak 23×152mm kaliber VYa-23 meriam, 150 putaran per pistol
 2 × maju-menembak tetap mm 7,62×54mR ShKAS senapan mesin, 750 rpg
 1 × ditujukan manual mm 12,7×108mm Berezin UBT senapan mesin di belakang kokpit, 150 putaran
 Sampai dengan 6 × 100 kg bom dan / 8 × RS-82 roket 4 × RS-132 roket

Referensi

Catatan

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Pranala luar 

 How to fly Il-2. Training Film by the Red Army Air Force Research Institute, 1943. English subtitles
 25 shots of Il-2 memorial (Novorossyisk, Russia)
 Interview with Il-2 pilot Yuri Khukhrikov
 First public flight of the Flying Heritage Collection's Il-2, with P-47 Thunderbolt chase plane

Pesawat tempur Uni Soviet dalam Perang Dunia II