The Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft, known as “Flying Tank” and “Black Death”, unleashed hell on earth for the enemy, effectively destroying infantry and tank columns, artillery and anti-aircraft batteries, depots and trains.Very simple in design, it was easily manufactured by Soviet industry.

French pilots from the Normandie-Neman air regiment, which fought in the Soviet Union against the Nazis, preferred these aircraft to any other, even to British and American ones, which the Soviets received via Lend-Lease.

The only set of machinery capable of manufacturing different size turret rings was lost in Kharkov when the Germans captured the city. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. They did so despite the grievous losses Soviet aviation suffered early in the war. This was a powerful aircraft.

Following are tables of the annual Russian (Soviet) armaments production (excluding Annual Soviet production figures of the main arms and military equipment (without ammunition) during the Second World War from 1939-1945: Talking about Soviet aircraft production is little bit complex when without lend lease technology and such low aluminium production they won’t have produced more than 50,000 -60,000 aircraft. It also features a foldable plug for maximum portability. “Yak-9U is better than Yak-1 and Yak-3, it has better maneuverability, and maximum speed - 450mph! When Harry Hopkins first time in 1941 visited Moscow and asked Stalin what Soviets need more than anything else The Generalissimo replied: “aluminium”. 1944.

Yak-9U (“Improved”) was the latest modification of the aircraft with a new engine, which gave it an amazing speed. 3 J. M. Cooper, The Soviet Defence Industry: Conversion and Reform (London, 1991), p. 6.

I've collected data on all lend lease aircraft and these shall be posted here soon. Type. Over the course of the war, the Allied countries outproduced the Axis countries in most categories of weapons. 1491. Military production during World War II was a critical component to military performance during World War II.

With 16,769 fighters completed by Soviet factories, it became the biggest Soviet mass-produced fighter of WWII. Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft (1988) 414pp The lightest (over two tons) fighter aircraft of WWII, it had impressive characteristics of speed and maneuverability.The Yak-3 was evenly matched against the German Bf 109 and Fw 190 fighters, but sometimes could also perform the impossible.

After the war, to help restore its air force, 37 Yak-3’s flown by French pilots were presented by the USSR to France.“I fought against all types of Soviet fighters, including those supplied under Lend-Lease, and the Yak-9 was the best,” Luftwaffe ace Gerhard Barkhorn The main advantage of this reliable, maneuverable and simple to fly Soviet fighter aircraft was its universality: 15 modifications of the fighter went into full production during WWII. 1940. If it had entered service one or two years earlier, the war would have ended several months sooner. Most of the Yak-9 aircraft were armed with 20 mm ShVAK cannon with 120 rounds and a 12.7mm machine gun. There are a total of [ 78 ] WW2 Soviet Aircraft (1939-1945)entries in the Military Factory.

Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. 1942. Such heavy aircraft were too clumsy for good aerial maneuvers.

Fully armed with two 23 mm (or 37 mm) guns, rockets and bombs, an Il-2 weighed over six tons. With its 37 mm gun it could destroy an enemy fighter with just one precise shot. Production was only resumed in 1943, and in the next year the aircraft appeared over battlefields en masse.Much easier to control than its main partner aircraft, the Pe-2, a Tu-2 could carry up to three tons of bombs (Pe-2 - just one ton). 1943. And it was better protected. Here is a list of production figures for British Aircraft by year during WWII.