Il 2 Shturmovik - WWII's Flying Tank

[@kamovn8122]

Thank you for restoring it and preserving history.

[@MrZippy109]

Thank you for your wonderful films of the world war 2 warbirds. In Germany it's not possible to see all this fantastic planes life in the air. Thank you for your great films.

[@mountmepython2206]

Christian Ziemens do they not have air shows in Germany?

[@mountmepython2206]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Umm ok MAGA but the question was about air shows in Germany

[@pascalchauvet4230]

This is an incredible sight, in fact it seems much like a flying fata morgana to me...never would have thought I would ever see one flying again in my liftime! Thank you for the fantastic work, and for the endless long hours of work it must have cost you!

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

You have one of the best flying pilots around flying it as well, His son is the one that won the Reno air race this year in Voo Doo

[@MrSchetina]

Браво! Отличный штурмовик. One of the best Soviet airplanes of WW II

[@SanderAnderon]

best looks ever of the Tank in flight & really hi qual audio, great! Not the prettiest of ww2 craft but those head-on shots really drive it home: Sure wouldn't of wanted to see one like that back then, bearing down w/cannons ablaze.

[@fight2flyphoto]

+Randy Alberts When it's flown by a good pilot this is definitely my favorite airplane to see. Those diving passes... man!

[@SanderAnderon]

interesting, does pilot skill level also affect how you're able to film a plane too?

[@fight2flyphoto]

+Randy Alberts Very much so. There are a few that only like to do high flat passes. Then you get veteran airshow pilots like Bud and Ross Granley (father/son) and they really show off the planes with low, banking and diving passes. Can't do aerobatics because airspace is still open at an active airport, but they still do an awesome job.

[@SanderAnderon]

right on, indeed I'd never really noticed just how long and WIDE the IL's wings are until seeing those banking/diving passes you shot, thanks

[@EvilMerlin]

The the number of the Cementers built, it sure is a disappointment there are so few of them still around, let alone running. GREAT video.

[@craigpennington1251]

This craft I like a lot.It's not the fastest or the most maneuverable but I do like it.

[@AustrianTommy]

Great Video! I am not sure, if that green/dark green (or black) painting is correct for a 1943 or later plane. Maybe the russian standard 3 tone camouflage (for non-fighter planes) would have been a better choice. Anyway, thank you for keeping this ил-2 Штурмовик flying!

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+ Okami Dai The aircraft was restored from multiple wrecks and wears the colors from the 828th Attack Aviation Regiment from October 1944 and built from wreckage of an aircraft from that period.

[@RIGGARD]

Beautiful aircraft.

[@cripplehawk]

Watching this video for some odd reason gives me the urge to play "IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad" combat flight sim. These birds are very majestic and (terrifying if your it's enemy). I heard the German troops feared it's presence and nicknamed it "The Black Death" or "Schwarzer Tod"

[@craigpennington1251]

A very stable looking craft. Take out the gun and 2 more seats could be put in for a family flight somewhere. But you couldn't terrorize your neighbors. Thanks for a great video.

[@tonynewman3963]

A wonderful purpose. As fit for purpose as it is possible to be. The Russians were never sufficiently lauded for their single-minded determination to grind Hitler's bully-boys into the dirt.

[@Krang-e8j]

This is what the soldiers of the Wehrmacht heard before the explosions of rockets and bombs

[@alfredconqueror4422]

I really love this plane Its amazing

[@alienbodo6060]

Imagine it...all guns blazing coming down with that roar...

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

😃 Me encanta este avión espectacular 😃

[@DocDOS13]

beautiful "Flying Tank"... compared with other warbirds, the IL-2 is just huge..

[@MyFabian94]

Next to a P-47 it's nothing Special.

[@omarremoquillo]

MyFabian94 , are you friggin kidding me both of those planes are very special they're both large and heavy aircraft, and both of them can take a lot of punishment from from enemy planes and still continue to fly.

[@plonyalmony2]

Did you know that the rear gunner's survival chances were a quarter of that of the pilot? The gunners were assigned political prisoners who, after 10 flights, were allowed to return to their goolag camp (if they remained alive). Seeking to reduce the airplane weight, there was less armour under the gunners seat than under the pilot seat. The gunners were considered easy replaceable.

[@marketguydanu9888]

No, I have never heard of that bullshit about prisoners returned to goolag ...

[@briansteffmagnussen9078]

Did the USSR use their own engine design during the war ? The engine sound to me like either a Merlin or Allison.

[@imcustomized]

They did manufacture their own engines, Klimov being one of the suppliers of V12 types. However, according to airvectors.net, this particular example was restored with an Allison V-1710 engine due to the lack of original power plants.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Brian steff magnussen Correct that it is an Allison. The original was a Klimov V12 and I understand that they also had one built for the restoration but there were difficulties getting it certified. A second IL-2 restoration in Russia is also flying with the Allison, as are several new-build Yak-3M types. So nobody is currently flying with a Klimov but that could eventually change because there is an IL-10 restoration in France that is wanting to fly with the original Klimov.

[@clydesuckfinger7097]

Neat aircraft. Not familiar with it but it would appear to be a combination of the p-51(12 cyl. liquid cooled engine). the P-47 (heavy, but able to absorb damage), and the Dauntless, a Navy airplane with multiple crew members.

[@jackfuller8960]

Clyde Suckfinger That's a pretty US-centric view of things. This plane wasn't influenced by any of these designs although it shares a similar role to the P47 on the eastern front, bombing and firing rockets at enemy positions.

[@MyFabian94]

Not familiar with it? It is the single most Produced Military Aircraft in History and it has virtually nothing to do with any American Designs. It was a fully domestic Russian Design. The Genius is in the Armor Monocoue Cell which offers Allround Protection for Pilot and Engine and made it an enormously Rugged Design able to withstand a Ton of Ground Fire, especially High Explosive Shells. It was powered by the massive Mikulin AM-38 46.5 liter V12 derived from the MiG-3s AM-35. Unfortunately none of the Mikulins survive in Good Enough Condition to be used in Aircraft so this one has to make do with the comparatively puny and Gutless Allison V-1710. The Il-2 Precedes pretty much all the Aircraft you have named. You Americans really are an uneducated, self-absorbed People. American Exceptionalism is nothing to be Proud of.

[@innercynic2784]

I'm weary of all the chest beating and bloviating from anyone. Keep it on topic and civil. That seems to be in short supply on YooBoob.

[@patrickdoran1459]

Could take punishment because well armoured. Controversy abt weapons in May 1941; two belt-fed MP-6 23mm cannon replaced by VYa-23, gas operated, also 23mm. Designer of MP-6, Yakov Taubin, arrested, summarily executed Oct 1941.

[@milwaukeegregg]

The 1st warthog......

[@drivernjax]

Watching the Il-2 fly by and seeing the wing shape, I was reminded of the DC-3's wings. The don't look exactly alike, but they are very similar in design. But, what really interested me was when the Il-2 and the P-47 were doing flybys. I still wish I could see a P-47 in flight. I would be in heaven to see that.

[@MyFabian94]

This is a late model on which they had to make changes due to the Weight increases in the Rear. Early Models looked a lot more conventional.

[@fredtedstedman]

Yes , it has a swept leading edge , from a distant 3/4 view sillouette looks alot like DC3 ! Wales UK

[@thezusto]

I love it

[@dovidell]

I heard there is a restored IL-2/IL -10 with a Packard engine flying around , is this it ?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+David Green No, this IL-2 uses an Allison and so does a second IL-2 that is now flying in Russia. There is an IL-10 restoration in France that is planning to fly with the original Klimov V12.

[@dovidell]

Thanks for the correction

[@olgerdtmagpier5527]

In Russia IL-2 flies with native engine pulled from a swamp. ) It's not a joke. )))

[@danielraynaud2013]

Très beau et super avion de combat Russe !

[@fabianthomas3574]

These planes hard as nails

[@falconeaterf15]

The last thing a lot of Germans saw was an Il2 turning in on them.

[@Bergstaller01]

It's too bad they can't get an original AM-38 to power her. There is one that is in running condition however, but I don't think they're willing to take it out of ground running status.

[@MyFabian94]

There is a Video of it on KZbin where they show it running. It's in bad shape, low Compression, Missfires etc. It's doubtfull that either it or a MiG-3 will ever run on an original Mikulin. New Production Engines maybe.

[@rOEN911]

nice

[@hotspur666]

Ha! Ha! Recipient of the "Hero of the Soviet Union", T. Kuznetsov, survived the crash of his Il-2 in 1942 when shot down returning from a reconnaissance mission. Kuznetsov escaped from the wreck and hid nearby. To his surprise, a German Bf 109 fighter landed near the crash site and the pilot began to investigate the wrecked Il-2, possibly to assist Kuznetsov, or to look for souvenirs. Thinking quickly, Kuznetsov ran to the German fighter and used it to fly home, barely avoiding being shot down by Soviet fighters in the process

[@sibeerijachannel6828]

Thanks for this story. Can you add some link or book title about this episode?

[@fight2flyphoto]

YT Commenters can be so annoying... take for instance, this guy Tim Ferguson, kzbin.info/door/jsaah5nfPVIVDdy58h1i7w who sends me a threat and then deletes it. Still shows up on my notifications, but can't comment on it. "Careful...I know where you live... remember?" Butthurt because he asked a stupid question that I attempted to answer, but then found out he really is dumber than I thought.

[@istvansipos9940]

for me, P-51 forever but this plane is such a badass the grandpa of the A-10

[@chasespeer251]

A-10 is a lot closer to the P-47. I mean the A-10 is called the thunderbolt II for a reason but I hear ya. P-51 is a legend

[@AlfredoArbe]

agreed!!

[@istvansipos9940]

chase speer idk to much fine technical details, so I believe you: with its technical solutions and design, the A-10 can be much closer to the P-47. But this plane was really for tankbusting and not really for air to air combat. For me, this makes it the grandpa of the A-10, even if they are not too close based on their designs

[@chasespeer251]

But thats just it, it was never intended for tank busting. The A-36 (or Mustang I) was the ground attack variate - the A standing for attack or more or less general ground attack. The P-51 did do a lot of ground attacking but that was when the air war for Germany was over and on their way home after escorting B-17s. They would fly low and strafe air fields, convey columns, fuel/weapons depots so perhaps this is where the confusion is coming from. P-51 = Fighter that did the occasional strafing - A-36 = Dive bomber that occasionally did a dog fight. There were several significant differences between the two aircraft

[@hansgruber650]

The A-10 is a direct result of the Stuka. The greatest combat pilot of all time Hans Ulrich Rudel helped develop that plane with the US sometime after the war.

[@user-evilord123kek]

просто представить как он заходит на немецкую колонну и крошит всех и вся! +)

[@wkeith96]

#1 Nazi tank buster