IL-8 (1944)

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IL-8 (1944)
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IL-8 (1944)
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Description

The IL-8 (1944) is a premium gift rank III Soviet strike aircraft with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Air Superiority" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season XIV, "Airborne General".

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 2 600 m471 km/h
Turn time21 s
Max altitude7 000 m
EngineMikulin AM-42
TypeInline
Cooling systemWater
Take-off weight7 t
Characteristics Max speed
(km/h at 2,600 m)
Max altitude
(metres)
Turn time
(seconds)
Rate of climb
(metres/second)
Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 446 432 7000 22.1 23.3 6.8 6.7 600
Upgraded 502 473 19.9 20.9 12.9 9.7

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
620 320 448 419 270 ~__ ~__
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< ___ < ___ < ___ > ___

Survivability and armour

Crew2 people
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear320 km/h

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Modifications and economy

Repair cost
AB597 Sl icon.png
RB926 Sl icon.png
SB1 986 Sl icon.png
Crew training10 000 Sl icon.png
Experts115 000 Sl icon.png
Aces500 Ge icon.png
Research Aces640 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
Talisman.png 2 × 60 / 120 / 240 % Sl icon.png
Talisman.png 2 × 142 / 142 / 142 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
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Fuselage repair
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Radiator
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Airframe
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Compressor
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Wings repair
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Engine
Mods armor cover.png
Cover
Mods metanol.png
Engine injection
Mods oil.png
95 octane fuel usage
Mods ammo.png
ub_turret_belt_pack
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
shkas_belt_pack
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
FAB-100
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods turret gun.png
ub_turret_new_gun
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shkas_new_gun
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FAB-250
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
vya_belt_pack
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FAB-500
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vya_new_gun

Armaments

Offensive armament

The IL-8 (1944) is armed with:

  • 2 x 23 mm VYa-23 cannons, wing-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)
  • 2 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns, wing-mounted (750 rpg = 1,500 total)

Suspended armament

This aircraft is really useful in Ground RB due to its impressive bomb load. Use the 6x 100 kg bombs for the purpose of quickly obliterating most medium and light tanks at its BR. The 2 x 500 kg and the 2 x 500 kg Armor Piercing bombs to destroy the heavy tanks and the the tank destroyers at its BR. However, be careful due to the face that unlike other strike aircraft, the lack of air brakes hinder the aircraft a lot, so be cautious of dive bombing tanks.

Default weapon presets
  • Without load
  • 6 x 50 kg FAB-50sv bombs (300 kg total)
  • 6 x 100 kg FAB-100M-43 bombs (600 kg total)
  • 2 x 250 kg FAB-250M-43 bombs (500 kg total)
  • 2 x 220 kg BRAB-220 (1930) bombs (440 kg total)
  • 2 x 500 kg FAB-500M-44 bombs (1,000 kg total)
  • 2 x 500 kg BRAB-500 bombs (1,000 kg total)

Defensive armament

Main article: Berezin UB (12.7 mm)

The IL-8 (1944) is defended by:

  • 1 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun, dorsal turret (150 rpg)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Controllable
Not auto controlled
Not controllable
Not auto controlled
Controllable
Auto control available
Combined Not controllable
1 gear
Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Great at CAS, can help teammate greatly by bombing enemy-held points.
  • Quite easy to spawn to Ground RB, only needs to destroy about one tank to spawn.
  • Very effective payload of bombs
  • 23 mm cannons can generally penetrate most ground targets.

Cons:

  • Only has one machine gun for defense
  • Lack of dive brakes makes it harder to dive on targets.

History

Devblog

At the height of WWII, Ilyushin’s design team was tasked with improving the IL-2 attack aircraft by creating two new versions. The first with improved performance characteristics and a reduced payload, and the second with enhanced armor and increasing the payload to 1000 kg. The engine for both versions was to be the new AM-42, and in addition to this numerous improvements to flight and operational characteristics were implemented. The test program for the first prototype of an attack aircraft with enhanced armor, designated the IL-8 AM-42, ended in March 1944. Despite successful test results, this aircraft did not go into production.

Media

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See also

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  • reference to the series of the aircraft;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links


Ilyushin Design Bureau (Илью́шинa Опытное конструкторское бюро)
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 
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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.

USSR strike aircraft
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IL-8  IL-8 (1944)
IL-10  IL-10 · IL-10 (1946)
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Su-2  BB-1 · Su-2 MV-5 · Su-2 TSS-1 · Su-2 (M-82)
Su-6  Su-6 · Su-6 (AM-42) · Su-6 (M-71F)
Su-8  Su-8
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TIS MA  TIS MA
Tu-1  Tu-1
Yak-2  Yak-2 KABB

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