Type: Two Seat Ground Attack
Design: Ilyushin Design Bureau led by Sergei Vladimorovic Ilyushin
Manufacturer: State Industries
Powerplant: (Il-2) One 1,700 hp (1268 kW) Mikulin AM-38 piston engine. (Il-2m3) One 1,720 (1282 kW) Mikulin AM-38F piston engine.
Performance: Maximum speed 255 mph (410 km/h) at 4,920 ft (1500 m); service ceiling 14,845 ft (4525 m)
Range: 475 miles (765 km) on internal fuel.
Weight: Empty equipped 9,976 lbs (4525 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 14,021 lbs (6360 kg).
Dimensions: Span 47 ft 10 3/4 in (14.60 m); length 38 ft 2 1/2 in (11.65 m); height 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m); wing area 414.42 sq ft (38.50 sq m).
Armament: (TsKB-57) Four 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine-guns. (Il-2) Two 20 mm ShVAK cannon and two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine-guns. (Il-2m3) Two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine-guns and two 23 mm VYa cannons all in the wings, and one rear facing 12.7 mm (0.50 in) UBT machine gun for the gunner, plus six 220 lbs (100 kg) bombs (four carried internally and two under the fuselage), or two 551 lbs (250 kg) bombs under the fuselage and eight 82 mm RS-82 rockets or four 132 mm RS-132 rockets under out wing panels. (Il-2 Type 3M) This limited type saw the addition of two 37 mm NS-11 or P-37 cannon mounted in fairings outboard of the landing gear.
Variants: TsKB-55 or Bsh-2 (two seat prototype), TsKB-57 (single seat prototype), Il-2 (single seat production), Il-2M (two seat production), Il-2 Type 3 or Il-2m3 (main production), Il-2 Type 3M (equipped with 37 mm cannon), Il-2T (torpedo bomber), Il-2U or U-Il-2 (two seat trainer).
Avionics: None.
History: First flight (TsKB-55) 1939; first flight (TsKB-57) 12 October 1940; initial deliveries (Il-2) May 1941; first flight (Il-2M) March 1942; first flight (Il-2m3) early 1943 with deliveries shortly afterwards first seeing combat at Stalingrad.
Operators: Soviet Union (VVS) with Polish and Czechoslovak units flying as part of the Soviet Air Force.