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Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik w Anti-armour Bombs by Uncle T

FOR VERSION 1.3!
My take on the iconic Soviet Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik ground attack plane.

It's an approximation, not a 1:1 replica.

From Wikipedia:
"During the war, 36,183 units of the Il-2 were produced, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the American postwar civilian Cessna 172 and the German then-contemporary Messerschmitt Bf 109."

It's often called "The Flying Tank" and has a reputation for busting German tanks left, right and center, and while both these statements are quite a bit overexaggerated it definitely was a capable plane with a big impact on enemy forces on the ground and in the air.

This version is armed with 2 fixed 23 mm VYa-23 cannons and two fixed 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns in the wings (I had to put the cannons/big machine guns in the cowling since they're just so massive and added single machine guns at the fake cannon barrels to get some fire and smoke), and one rearward firing 12.7 mm Berezin UBT machine gun.
It also carries 88 PTAB anti-armour bombs and 4 RS-132 unguided rockets. In reality the PTAB bomblets were very small so the plane could carry 192 in total (48 per dispenser in each bomb bay) and when dropped would cover a 70 by 15 metre area with a very good hit probability, and punch through the thin roof armour of the German tanks. This proved to be a very successful method for destroying enemy armour.
Since the bombs are way too big I had to remove the bomb bay doors.

Alt controls to fly.
W/S: Variable throttle.
A/D: Ground steering/Yaw.
Up/Down arrow: Pitch.
Left/Right arrow: Roll.
X/Disable steering: Landing gear.
L/Headlight: Landing light.
K/Hazard light : Sight illumination.
B/Beacon Fire in the engine!
Fire action 1/Num 1: Machine guns and cannons.
Fire action 2/Num 2-4: PTAB anti-armour bombs. *
Fire action 78/Num 5-8: Rockets in pairs.

* Drop from 50+ metres altitude to have the best chance of the bombs actually exploding on impact.

NOTE!!!
THis is one of the planes that just can't go straight on the ground, so when approaching 80 kph, give full pitch up and you will take off before the rear wheel leaves the ground and the plane freaks out.
Fell free to edit, but if you reupload publically in any way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!