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| - 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. It was also license-built in Czechoslovakia by Avia as the Avia B-33.
- The airframe featured one engine, two-seat, monoplane, with a metal-covered frame. The plane was highly armoured. The front part of the fuselage, with the cockpit, was a shell of armour plates 4–8 mm thick; the thickest, 8 mm, were under the engine, there was no armour above the engine. The front windshield was made of armour glass 64 mm (2.5 in) thick. Also armoured were: the roof above the pilot, side window frames in the pilot's cab, the wall between crew seats, and the rear wall behind the cab. In total, 6,166 of all Il-10 variants were made, including those built under license.
- In the year 1944 Ilyushin started developing a single seat fighter/fighter-bomber, based on the Il-2 to engage German bombers at a ceiling up to 4,000m. For this role the cockpit was completely redesigned and modernized. The undercarriage was now fully retractable. The aircraft was also equipped with a new more powerful engine and the aerodynamics were enhanced as well. From now on it was an all-metal construction and was not built of a mixture of wood and metal anymore. On 19th May 1944 the prototype had its first flight under the specification Il-1. This variant was not mass produced, instead of it a double seat derivative was made and entered service in autumn 1944.
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| - In the year 1944 Ilyushin started developing a single seat fighter/fighter-bomber, based on the Il-2 to engage German bombers at a ceiling up to 4,000m. For this role the cockpit was completely redesigned and modernized. The undercarriage was now fully retractable. The aircraft was also equipped with a new more powerful engine and the aerodynamics were enhanced as well. From now on it was an all-metal construction and was not built of a mixture of wood and metal anymore. On 19th May 1944 the prototype had its first flight under the specification Il-1. This variant was not mass produced, instead of it a double seat derivative was made and entered service in autumn 1944. It was first used in combat on 2nd February 1945 over Sprottau; till the end of the War about 100 aircraft were built. Production was continued after the War and ended in the 1950´s; in that time about 4,966 aircraft were built. It was used in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, China and Yugoslavia. After the Il-20 was terminated it was decided to build an upgraded Il-10M. It was larger, had a wider wingspan and it had larger control surfaces.
- The airframe featured one engine, two-seat, monoplane, with a metal-covered frame. The plane was highly armoured. The front part of the fuselage, with the cockpit, was a shell of armour plates 4–8 mm thick; the thickest, 8 mm, were under the engine, there was no armour above the engine. The front windshield was made of armour glass 64 mm (2.5 in) thick. Also armoured were: the roof above the pilot, side window frames in the pilot's cab, the wall between crew seats, and the rear wall behind the cab. Early Il-10s had two 23 mm VYa-23 autocannons and 2 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns fixed in wings, and a 12.7 mm UBT machine gun in a rear gunner station. From 1947, the aircraft were armed with four NS-23 23 mm cannons in the wings and 20 mm B-20T cannon in a rear gunner station. The IL-10M had four 23 mm NR-23 cannons in wings and 20 mm B-20EN cannon in a rear gunner station. The normal bomb load was 400 kg, maximum load was 600 kg. This could be small fragmentation or anti-tank bomblets, put in bomb bays, or four 50–100 kg bombs in bomb bays and externally under wings, or two 200–250 kg bombs attached under wings. Apart from bombs, four unguided rockets RS-82 or RS-132 could be carried on rail launchers under wings. In total, 6,166 of all Il-10 variants were made, including those built under license.
- 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. It was also license-built in Czechoslovakia by Avia as the Avia B-33.
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