#10 general orders serial
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#10 general orders series

In 1951, the Czechoslovak firm Avia secured a license to make Il-10s, with the designation B-33. Its performance and construction were similar to the combat variant apart from armament, which was reduced to two cannons, two rockets, and a standard load of bombs. The rear gunner’ cockpit was replaced with a longer instructor’s cockpit with dual controls. 64.īetween 19, 280 UIl-2 or Il-10U trainer variants were produced. Il-10 production ended in 1949, after a run of 4,600 aircraft in the last two years, they were produced in factory No. Aircraft produced from 1947 onwards were fitted with stronger armament, consisting of four 23 mm NS-23 cannons in the wings and a 20 mm cannon for the rear gunner. Aircraft produced from April 1945 onwards could carry four unguided air-to ground rockets.

#10 general orders series

Early series aircraft showed teething problems, most notably engine faults and fires. The first production aircraft flew on 27 September 1944 and 99 aircraft were produced by the end of 1944. Production of the Il-10 started in Kuybyshev’s factories No. Unlike the Il-2 and Su-6, it was not initially meant to carry rockets. Its armament was initially similar to late model Il-2s, with two 23 mm VYa-23 cannons and two ShKAS machine guns in the wings, and a 12.7 mm UBT machine gun for a rear gunner, and 400 kg, or a maximum 600 kg of bombs.

#10 general orders serial

On 23 August 1944 the Il-10 was ordered into serial production by decision of the State Defense Committee (GKO) as a new ground attack plane. Some advantages of the Il-10 came from its technical similarity to the Il-2. Notably, the Su-6 prototype was tested with maximum payload, causing lowered performance, while the Il-10 was tested with normal payload. After comparative tests, the Il-10 was considered the winner and was chosen as the new ground attack plane, despite some opinions that the Su-6 was a better aircraft, notwithstanding inferior performance and payload, with better gun armament. The third competitor was a new variant of the Sukhoi Su-6, also powered by the AM-42 engine. The Il-10 successfully passed trials in early June 1944. Both types first flew in April 1944, the Il-10 proving greatly superior to the Il-8, which had poor handling. It carried a higher payload (1,000 kg/2,204 lb), but had lower performance than the Il-10. As a result, Ilyushin decided to turn the Il-1 into a two-seat ground attack plane, with the designation changed to Il-10 in early 1944 (odd numbers were reserved for fighters).Īt that time, Ilyushin also finished a prototype of a heavier ground attack plane, the Il-8, using the same engine, and more closely derived from the Il-2. But the VVS gave up the idea of heavy armoured fighters, due to their low speed, which was not enough to intercept modern bombers. The Il-1 was similar to the Il-2 design, but was more modern, compact, and powered with a new Mikulin engine: the AM-42. In 1943, Ilyushin started work on a new aircraft, Il-1, which was to be a 1- or 2-seat heavily armoured fighter-interceptor, meant mainly for fighting enemy bombers and transports. Both projects were powered by the prototype M-71 radial engine, which did not enter production.

At the same time, Sergei Ilyushin developed a heavier aircraft, the VSh or Il-8 M-71, derived from the Il-2 design, and on which it was partly based.

The most promising project was a modern, light and maneuverable close assault aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-6, developed by Pavel Sukhoi’s bureau from 1942. The main goal was to increase speed and maneuverability at low altitudes, mainly to evade small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, which was the main threat for ground attack aircraft, and to remove some of the Il-2’s faults. As the war progressed, the Soviets laid plans for that aircraft’s successor. It was also license-built in Czechoslovakia by Avia as the Avia B-33.įrom the start of Eastern Front combat in World War II, the Soviet Air Force (VVS) used the successful ground attack aircraft Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik, powered by the Mikulin AM-38 inline engine. Ilyushin Il-10 (Cyrillic Илью́шин Ил-10, NATO reporting name: 'Beast') was a Soviet ground attack aircraft developed at the end of World War II by the Ilyushin construction bureau. The original aircraft is exposed in Central AirForce Museim, Monino.