the legendary ace vasily titorenko flew on the il-2. a music staff drawn on the fuselage of his plane. he considered it armor on one side, that is, vulnerable. the pilots placed an imitation machine gun there, simply sticking out a stick to scare away the nazis. ilyushin at the beginning designed a two-seater aircraft, but the air force leadership demanded that a gas tank be installed in place of the gunner-radio operator, all so that the il-2 could fly longer distances. however, during the fighting it became clear that a shooter was still needed; towards the end of the war, our aviation was more powerful than the nazis. the attack is carried out by different forces, the fighters seize advantage in the air, the il-2 passes through german airfields to ensure the attack, and then the t-2s drop the heavy ones. kilogram bombs, the p-2 pawn had a speed of 540 km/h, you can compare with the speed of fighters, this is a front-line dive bomber, in this case meters - data on the altitude is given fairly approximately, there is an error in determ