The Ilyushin 2 Sthurmovik was the main ground support aircraft of the Soviet Air Force during World War II, it was used as a horizontal bomber, tank destroyer and with its main armament exhausted, it could still make strafing passes, using its secondary armament, with full confidence of being immune to infantry weapons, the most exposed parts of the fuselage were armored, even direct hits from 37mm were powerless to bring it down, earning it the nickname "Flying Tank", the only ways to bring it down were with fighters or by shooting at it. anti-tank ammunition with the 37mm anti-aircraft guns. Their main armament consisted of bombs, rockets or anti-tank guns; It participated in all the military operations of the war, and in its Il 10 version in the Korean War, one of its greatest moments was in Kursk, where it destroyed a large number of German tanks.
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Taken from the book by Francis K. Mason, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Major Aircraft of World War II, Crescent books, New York, 1983, he cites the translation of the fuselage sign as Avenger, I have seen this model somewhere else, so it is Its existence is totally certain, I don't know in what unit, nor can I place it in a certain place, but it existed. Pollys paint, details with The Ancient Mariner, stars of the Airfix model
