Ил-2 Первые месяцы войны

The first serial Ил-2 with bombs in weight 400кг has developed speed 430 kilometres per hour at low height Strengthening of gun arms was very timely. Shells of new guns had calibre of 23 millimetres and at a direct hit, punched the tank reservation in the thickness of 25 millimetres On the eve of war the plane has not shown all advantages. Remained not noticed and the big lack, absence of the marksman (which defended back sphere).Before the beginning war in troops very few planes have arrived. Many attack planes had not time to leave a factory. Retraining of pilots has been very badly put Only 3-5 hours of practical flights. Bombing, shooting, start-up of rockets, fulfilment of flights in a system, flights in bad meteoconditions were not fulfilled. Notch Great domestic war on June, 22nd has begun. Ils have not got under the first blow of German aircraft. Il-2 has proved, that it the excellent car. He forgave the gross blunders of pilots. But replenishment came to aviashelves not trained. Young pilots did not own skills of shooting, formation flyings. It in the big degree reduced efficiency of regiments armed with attack planes. The big losses suffered attack planes from fighters of the opponent. It was impossible to arrange fighting cover, in the conditions of prompt approach of German troops. Attack planes could do without fighters of protection But the defensive arms have been weakened by absence of the marksman. In the beginning Germans have been shocked, occurrence of Russian armour attack plane. But then have seen weaknesses in its defence. Unexpected attack of German fighters from below-from above was fatal for an attack plane. German bullets seldom pierced armour, but destroyed a wooden tail and a unit of a fuselage of the plane. In the despair, many pilots established a wooden breadboard model of a machine gun to a cabin. Since August 1941г have aboard the plane established a motionless machine gun behind a cabin.But, he did not solve a problem. From this machine gun tried to shoot, aiming through a driving mirror. But air battle it not circus. Air field inventors put self-made turret. First battle Ил-2 have accepted on approaches to the river Berezina and the city of Bobruisk. In these battles planes have shown the efficiency. The Voronezh aircraft factory let out 200 planes in a month. Before the evacuation the aircraft factory has had time to let out 2350 planes. Before plane Il-2 occurrence in the Soviet aircraft there was no fulfilled tactics of actions of attack planes. It was necessary to create tactics.