To TD Team: A simple plane request - Il2-type 3 Late

[IceFire]

I didn't know that such a plan existed. I thought the Type 3 was sort of the end of development while the IL-8 and 10 were developed with the 10 ultimately seeing production.

[Letum]

I had always thought that had completely switched from metal to wooden extremities by late '43 due to aluminum shortages...

[Arrow]

Originally Posted by Letum

I had always thought that had completely switched from metal to wooden extremities by late '43 due to aluminum shortages...

Even the description in the game's encyclopedia states that Il2s of type 3 got their metal wings and fuselage parts back.

Originally Posted by IceFire

I didn't know that such a plan existed. I thought the Type 3 was sort of the end of development while the IL-8 and 10 were developed with the 10 ultimately seeing production.

Yep, one such example of a full metal Il2-type 3 of late 1944 production can be even seen in Kbely air museum in Prague:

http://home.arcor.de/f111raven/011_10c.jpg

[Furio]

According to many sources and recent books, actually all Il2 were simply called just that: Il2, from the early straight wing, single-seat to the late war “strelkoy” (“arrow”) with swept back wooden or metal wing. All suffixes (Il2M, Il2M3, Il2 typ 3) are apparently spurious.

[Avimimus]

What I'd like to see is airframe damage as a result of prolonged firing of the AT cannons on the 3M (apparently, no burst could exceed a few seconds without risking the aircrafts structure).