IL-10 (Family)
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Description
Ilyushin Il-10 was a Soviet ground attack aircraft developed as a successor to the IL-2, designed as a variant on the cancelled single-seat Il-1 fighter at the end of WWII, with upgrades aimed at maneuverability, speed and addressing flaws in the Il-2 design. Soviet Il-10s were produced from 1944-54 with the Czech company Avia having a licence and their own export under the designation of Avia B-33, exported to Warsaw aligned allies and last retired in 1962 by Czechoslovakia.
Nicknames
Il-10 Nicknames | |
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▃ NATO | Beast |
▂ Czech | Kombajn (Combine harvester) |
▄ Hungarian | Párduc (Panther) |
Vehicles
Rank IV
- IL-10
- IL-10 (1946)
- ␗IL-10 (1946) (China) - Exported to China
- ◔IL-10 (1946) (Italy) - Exported to Hungary
Ilyushin Design Bureau (Илью́шинa Опытное конструкторское бюро) | |
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Bombers | DB-3B · IL-4 |
Jet Bombers | IL-28* · IL-28Sh |
Strike Aircraft | IL-8 (1944) |
Il-2 | IL-2 (1941) · IL-2 (1942) · IL-2M type 3 · IL-2M "Avenger" · IL-2M (1943) · IL-2-37 · IL-2 M-82 |
Il-10 | IL-10 · IL-10 (1946) |
Export/Captured | |
Bombers | ␗DB-3A · ◊IL-28 · ◔IL-28 |
Strike Aircraft | ▀IL-2 (1942) · ␗IL-10 (1946) · ◔IL-10 |
* The Chinese Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation built unlicensed copies of the Il-28 known as the H-5. |