IL-8 (1944)

IL-8 (1944)

IL-8 (1944)

USSR

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.7	3.7	3.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

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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

Examine the survivability of the aircraft. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical aircraft systems.

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB597

RB926

SB1 986

Crew training10 000

Experts115 000

Aces500

Research Aces640 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 60 / 120 / 240 %

2 × 142 / 142 / 142 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Airframe Compressor Wings repair Engine Cover Engine injection 95 octane fuel usage		ub_turret_belt_pack shkas_belt_pack FAB-100 ub_turret_new_gun shkas_new_gun FAB-250 vya_belt_pack FAB-500 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 it's impressive bomb load.Use the 6x 100 kg bombs for the purpose of quickly obliterating most medium and light tanks at it's BR.The 2 500 kg and the 2 500 kg armor piercing bombs to destory the heavy tanks and the the tank destroyers at it's 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

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

Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".

Pros:

• Great at CAS

•Helps team mostly by bombing enemy-held points.

•Quite easy to spawn, only needs about one kill to spawn.

•Very effective payload of bombs

•23 mm cannons can penetrate most Panzers at it's BR.

Cons:

Only has one Machine gun for defense

Lack of dive brakes makes it harder to dive on targets.

History

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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

• [Devblog] Battle Pass Vehicles: IL-8

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
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.