What is on the nose of the legendary Il-2 were deposited white stripes

  • Dec 24, 2019
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White stripes-for what they do.
White stripes-for what they do.

On the internet you can find many forums where "live" fans ships, tanks, planes. In aviation enthusiasts WWII great respect enjoys the famous Il-2. On this machine we know very much, but the only real experts know why the plane bonnet painted white lines. Read more about this - later in the review.

Screenshot of the game, "IL-2 Sturmovik." | Photo: forum.il2sturmovik.ru.
Screenshot of the game, "IL-2 Sturmovik." | Photo: forum.il2sturmovik.ru.

Sturmovik design Ilyushin Il-2 - this is one of those machines by which the Red Army was able to defeat in World War II. This single-engine plane for their survivability and firepower, the Germans got the nickname "concrete airplane" and "Black Death." And in the Soviet Air Force Il-2 was called "hunchback". Firstly, with the characteristic shape of the fuselage, and secondly, because the plane just pulled on his entire war. Indeed, IL-2 - aircraft with phenomenal at the time of booking, which could carry bombs, rocket-propelled missiles, anti-tank guns, and naval variants - even torpedoes.

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Sturmovik IL-2 by the famous test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki. | Photo: klimbim2014.wordpress.com.
Sturmovik IL-2 by the famous test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki. | Photo: klimbim2014.wordpress.com.
The main armament of the Il-2 were bombs, guns and rockets. | Photo: forum.il2sturmovik.ru.
The main armament of the Il-2 were bombs, guns and rockets. | Photo: forum.il2sturmovik.ru.

Apart from the many strengths of the Il-2 attack aircraft were the famous and significant "cons." So, the car was very heavy and slow climb. But what is most unpleasant to her and not to establish normal bombsight. Available sight made it possible to precisely hit the target only to dive, but the bombing from horizontal flight for the pilot turned the lottery "will fall - will not fall." This explains another interesting fact about the legendary attack aircraft.

On the nose Il-2 often painted stripes with numerals. | Photo: ruread.ru.
On the nose Il-2 often painted stripes with numerals. | Photo: ruread.ru.
White lines on the hood of the Il-2. | Photo: scalemodels.ru.
White lines on the hood of the Il-2. | Photo: scalemodels.ru.

In the military units bombsight IL2 few were satisfied. As previously mentioned, the device was extremely inaccurate, and in case of an emergency landing, the pilot struggled on his head. Therefore, we developed a new method for targeting bombing.

Line of sight for the Il-2. | Photo: il2sturmovik.ru.
Line of sight for the Il-2. | Photo: il2sturmovik.ru.

So, on the nose of the aircraft to the cockpit began to draw a white arc, and these lines are signed numbers in ascending to the cabin: 50, 100, 200, 300, which means the height of the flight. When fighting approach, directing the machine towards the object bombing pilot withstanding speed of 360 km / h. Knowing the altitude, he combined the lines on the hood with the marks on the windshield, and so getting a good benchmark and could quite accurately hit the target.

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