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IL-2 is the most numerous military aircraft in the aviation history with 36,183 copies produced.
The aircraft was used on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War. It was unique because the engine and the cockpit protection were part of the power circuit of the airframe. Besides the USSR it was in service in five more countries of the Warsaw Pact, where it was used until 1954.
In the Red Army the aircraft was nicknamed "Hunchback" (for its remarcable fuselage shape). The constructors called their aircraft "a flying tank".
IL-2 is the most numerous military aircraft in the aviation history with 36,183 copies produced.
The aircraft was used on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War. It was unique because the engine and the cockpit protection were part of the power circuit of the airframe. Besides the USSR it was in service in five more countries of the Warsaw Pact, where it was used until 1954.
In the Red Army the aircraft was nicknamed "Hunchback" (for its remarcable fuselage shape). The constructors called their aircraft "a flying tank".