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5s | the battles of World War II made dozens |
9s | of combat Vehicles into Legends tankers |
12s | achieved insane Feats on their Sherman's |
14s | t-34s and Panthers while the skies were |
17s | set ablazed by Mighty Mustangs and |
19s | Spitfires but one iconic vehicle of that |
22s | era is standing out even in this |
23s | extraordinary company |
25s | we're talking of course about the IL 2 |
28s | stromovic the most produced military |
30s | aircraft in history |
34s | the work on the Evil 2 began in the |
36s | second half of the 1930s at the time the |
39s | standard attack aircraft of the Soviet |
41s | Air Force was still the R5 a biplane |
44s | light bomber aircraft which was already |
46s | pretty much outdated the use of combat |
49s | aircraft in the Spanish Civil War and in |
51s | China proved that ground fire was a |
53s | major threat to attack aircraft and so |
55s | the military decided that they needed a |
57s | new plane designed specifically for |
59s | close air support at the time the |
61s | military were very much in favor of |
62s | creating a speedy attack bomber so an |
65s | aircraft designer called Sergey |
66s | vladimirovich illusion came forward with |
69s | his own take on the concept he |
71s | envisioned something that was almost |
73s | like a flying tank a sturdy two-seat |
75s | monoplane aircraft with an enclosed |
77s | cabin the engine fuel tanks and Key |
80s | Systems were to be protected by an |
81s | armored shell and the pilot would be |
83s | protected by a thick layer of armored |
85s | glass if you consider the survivability |
87s | of this design alone it was already a |
89s | major breakthrough as only a few |
91s | contemporary aircraft were designed with |
93s | a comparable level of protection in mind |
95s | the top brass loved the idea of the new |
99s | aircraft but the first prototypes failed |
101s | to meet the expectations of both the |
103s | Soviet decision makers and illusion |
105s | himself it was clearly not the way to go |
107s | for instance the am-35 engine was |
110s | definitely not powerful enough to make |
112s | the new aircraft viable |
116s | in order to achieve the required level |
118s | of performance illusion redesigned the |
121s | aircraft as a lighter single-seat design |
123s | but it retained most features of the |
125s | early prototype it received a new engine |
127s | the am-38 which was optimized for low |
130s | altitude operation making it a great fit |
132s | for a ground attacker the aircraft was |
135s | armed with two wing-mounted 20 |
136s | millimeter schwack cannons and two shkas |
139s | machine guns apart from that it could |
141s | also carry up to 600 kilograms of bombs |
144s | and unguided Rockets |
150s | this was the state in which the aircraft |
152s | now known as the eel-2 was accepted into |
155s | service without any proper trials the |
158s | first planes were delivered to the |
160s | airfields in late spring just a month |
162s | before the German invasion so this |
164s | ground attacker was actively used in |
165s | combat right from the get-go |
167s | as the el2 was being tested in battles |
170s | units of those ground attackers were |
172s | sustaining heavy losses in the beginning |
174s | the Soviet industry simply couldn't keep |
176s | up with the demand and to produce enough |
178s | aircraft to allow Soviet Pilots to fight |
181s | the luftwaffe on their own turns so |
183s | eel2s had to operate in a very dangerous |
185s | environment it's also worth noting that |
188s | the aircraft had quite a few flaws of |
190s | its own as it originally didn't have a |
192s | gunner it was very vulnerable to enemy |
194s | fighters to make a place for a rear |
196s | Gunner air Crews had to field modify |
198s | their aircraft by cutting a hole in the |
201s | fuselage it took literal years to |
204s | reintroduce the second cockpit for the |
206s | Gunner up until the end of 1942 |
208s | production models were still being made |
210s | for a crew of one |
215s | nevertheless the eel2 became the main |
217s | ground attack aircraft of the Red Army |
219s | factories were churning out thousands of |
221s | them as they proved to be very useful on |
224s | the front lines bombs let this aircraft |
226s | eliminate lightly armored vehicles and |
228s | enemy Personnel its heavy armor |
230s | protection allowed it to survive enemy |
232s | fire and the guns well they meant that |
235s | it wasn't completely defenseless against |
236s | other aircraft even though it was still |
239s | not its specialty |
241s | in 1943 the Soviets employed a new |
245s | variant of the aircraft that received |
247s | massive upgrades for starters it became |
249s | a two-seater but it also got a new Wing |
252s | along with a modified cabin and an |
254s | upgraded am-38f engine furthermore as |
258s | more and more eel2s were being made the |
261s | Soviets started to outfit them with |
262s | wing-mounted 23 millimeter via 23 |
266s | cannons the aircraft became more |
268s | reliable it could take even more |
270s | punishment than before and it was more |
272s | flexible with its choice of armaments |
274s | and Munitions the fact that it could |
276s | carry powerful bombs in its external |
278s | dispensers allowed this ground attack |
279s | aircraft to play an important role in |
282s | the Battle of curse and the later |
283s | battles of the second World War as those |
286s | bombs were very effective against enemy |
288s | armor |
291s | in the end the eel2 became one of the |
293s | most important assets of the Soviet |
295s | Union that made a major contribution to |
297s | the victory against Germany early in its |
300s | adoption this aircraft suffered from |
302s | high losses and numerous technical |
304s | issues but it still became a force to be |
306s | reckoned with it's no coincidence that |
308s | 36 000 of those rolled off the factory |
311s | floor the eel2 was produced in greater |
313s | numbers than any other military aircraft |
315s | in aviation history and it remained in |
318s | service long after the war up until the |
320s | mid-1950s but then the triumphant |
323s | arrival of jet aircraft and guided |
325s | Munitions made the military reconsider |
327s | their stance on classic ground attack |
329s | aircraft and for a decade they faded |
332s | Into Obscurity but that's a story for |
335s | another time |
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