Question about the U-2 aircraft

[OneGunnerUnder]

Hello, as I was looking through the aircraft in IL2 1946, I noticed that the U-2 planes have the ability to drop cargo. Is this the only aircraft in the game with this feature? And what update was the U-2 added? Thanks!

[JacksonsGhost]

If you're talking about flyables that can do cargo drops I think the U-2 family is all there is currently in the stock game. The work that the Daidalos Team is doing with providing C-47 family & Ju-52 flyables in an upcoming patch will probably change that though. Currently, the AI-only C-47 & Ju-52 have cargo and/or paratrooper options, and possibly some other AI-only aircraft might also. I've never experimented with them to see how that works though.

And I'm pretty sure the U-2 family wasn't available (as flyable anyway) until 4.13.3.

It can be a fun challenge that plane, for those who don't mind flying slow and having no guns up front! It's quite a laugh to try landing in the Odessa sports stadium!

[dimlee]

L2D2(AI only) has cargo loadout as well in the stock game.
One can find more "cargo carriers" in modded versions, of course.