The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armored ground attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground to fire level or depressed 23° to allow the aircraft to strafe ground targets while remaining in level flight. However it proved to be slower than the Il-10 and its immature M-47 engine proved to be problematic during flight tests in 1948–49 and it was not placed into production. The test pilots called the aircraft the Gorbach (Hunchback).
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| - The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armored ground attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground to fire level or depressed 23° to allow the aircraft to strafe ground targets while remaining in level flight. However it proved to be slower than the Il-10 and its immature M-47 engine proved to be problematic during flight tests in 1948–49 and it was not placed into production. The test pilots called the aircraft the Gorbach (Hunchback).
- Development on the Il-20 began in the year 1947, with the aim to create a capable replacement for the Ilyushin Il-10. The aircraft was first flown by Vladimir Kokkinaki in the end of the year 1948. However the project was cancelled, because it was thought that a propeller driven aircraft would quickly became obsolete in the emerging jet aircraft era.
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** 1 × Sh-3 23 mm cannon mounted in a Il-VU-11 turret
** 4 × Sh-3 23 mm cannon in adjustable mounts outboard of the main undercarriage legs
** 1,190 kg of bombs
** 4 × RS-132 132 mm rockets
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| - The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft from 1875 - 1995
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| - The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armored ground attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground to fire level or depressed 23° to allow the aircraft to strafe ground targets while remaining in level flight. However it proved to be slower than the Il-10 and its immature M-47 engine proved to be problematic during flight tests in 1948–49 and it was not placed into production. The test pilots called the aircraft the Gorbach (Hunchback).
- Development on the Il-20 began in the year 1947, with the aim to create a capable replacement for the Ilyushin Il-10. The aircraft was first flown by Vladimir Kokkinaki in the end of the year 1948. However the project was cancelled, because it was thought that a propeller driven aircraft would quickly became obsolete in the emerging jet aircraft era.
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