Did Il2-T really exist?

[rga]

I've once read in a forum from a Russian military history expert that Il-2T had never entered production nor been used. The torpedo is too heavy for it. No verification, just information.
And KG26_alpha, the film you said about is probably the old Soviet film "torpedo bomber" (quite a good film IMHO), but the aircrafts are Il-4T, not Il-2.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by rga

I've once read in a forum from a Russian military history expert that Il-2T had never entered production nor been used. The torpedo is too heavy for it. No verification, just information.
And KG26_alpha, the film you said about is probably the old Soviet film "torpedo bomber" (quite a good film IMHO), but the aircrafts are Il-4T, not Il-2.

Well the dispute is did the The Navy use them, not a production aircraft but a converted variant with canon removed.

For me .......... yes I would like it to have existed.

Also

Re: the film, I'm sure it was a IL2-T Naval squadron based at a coastal airfield but it was 30 years ago I saw it so I will stand corrected

This link is the same as the OP's but in translated form.

http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...%3Den%26sa%3DG