Daron Worldwide Ilyushin IL-2M3 Sturmovik Model Airplane

Product DescriptionAvid collectors of handcrafted replica should not miss this desktop scale model With the expert craftsmanship of this desktop replica, youll surely be proud to bring it home and display on your deskFrom the ManufacturerThe Ilyushin IL-2 was a ground-attack aircraft used in World War II It was produced by the Soviet Union in very large numbers, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the cessna 172 and the Polikarpov Po-2 It is regarded as the best ground attack aircraft of World War II It was a prominent aircraft for tank killing with its accuracy in dive bombing and its 37mm guns being able to penetrate tanks thin back armour The IL-2 aircraft played a crucial role on the Eastern Front, and in Soviet opinion it was the most decisive aircraft in the history of modern land warfare The IL-2 is a single-engine, propeller-driven, low-wing monoplane of mixed construction with a crew of two (one in early versions), specially designed for assault operations Its most notable feature was the inclusion of armor in an airframe load-bearing scheme Thanks to the heavy armor protection, an IL-2 could take a great deal of punishment and proved difficult for both ground and aircraft fire to shoot down One IL-2 in particular was reported to have returned safely to base despite receiving more than 600 direct hits and having all its control surfaces completely shredded as well as numerous holes in its main armor and other structural damage After the war, the IL-2 could be found in service with several Eastern European countries, with most of them eventually scrapped with the advent of military jets Only a handful of IL-2s are around today, they mostly include museum rebuilds of crashed airframes

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