[자유연합기자 기고문] 구룡지도자 동지의 영웅적인 영도력과 수많은 키보드워리어 및 유동닉전사들의 "자유연합전선"의 대공세에 겁을 먹은 일빠 "제국군대" 무리들은 그들의 잔존 병력을 집결시키고 반격을 준비하고 있다는 첩보 입니다. 우리의 "자유연합전선"은 이 "조국수호의 전쟁터"에서 싸구려 일본 '에니'와 '모에'로 오염시키는 오만한 친일파 고정닉 무리들을 몰아내고 이름없는 무명의 유동닉들에게도 자유롭게 2차대전겔러리를 활보할 수있는 해방의 그날까지 공세를 멈추지 않을 것입니다. 이것은 "용접해전" 직후에 구룡지도자 동지가 우리들에게 한 약속이며, 우리의 군대가 여기에 존재하는 이유이기도 합니다. 새로운 개념충만과 사기진작을 위해 손수 제작한 "IL-2"를 올립니다. ========================================================================================= IL-2 [Ilyushin-2]   [대략제원] 길이 11.65m, 너비 14.6m, 높이 4.17m, 최대이륙중량 6360㎏, 최대속도 시속 410㎞, 상승한도 4525m, 항속 거리 765㎞, 승무원 2명 [대략의 역사] 제2차 세계대전에서 맹활약한 구소련의 대지공격기로써 스투르모빅이라고도 한다. 소비에트중앙설계국 (Soviet Central Design Bureau)의 기사 일류신(Ilyushin, Sergei V)이 설계하였으며 강력한 무장과 방어 력을 갖춘 걸작 공격기라는 평가를 받는다. 두꺼운 강철판으로 조종석을 보강하여 조종사 생존율을 높이고 기관포와 기관총, 로켓탄 등 다양한 무장을 탑재하였다.   1938년 말 전차를 파괴할 수 있는 항공기에 주목한 소련정부가 소비에트중앙설계국에 대지공격기 개발을 지시하였다. 1939년 10월 TsKB-55라고 불린 2인승 시제기가 첫 비행에 성공하였으나 문제가 드러나면서 엔 진을 교체한 1인승 TsKB-57로 개량되었다. TsKB-57는 1940년 10월 시험비행에서 우수한 성능을 보여주었고 1941년 초 양산되면서 Il-2라는 제식이름이 붙었다. 1942년에는 독일 전투기에 대항하기 위해 포수석과 중기관총을 설치하는 등 무장과 엔진을 개량하고 장갑 두께를 늘린 Il-2M3가 개발되었다. 스탈린그라드전투 쿠르스크전투 등에서 많은 독일 전차를 파괴한 Il-2 시리즈는 모두 3만6000대 이상 생산되었다. 소련군은 '일류샤'라는 애칭으로 불렀고 '꼽추' '날으는 전차' 등의 별명을 얻었다. Il-2M3는 1720마력의 미쿠린 AM-38F 수랭식 피스톤엔진 1개를 탑재하였고 무장은 양쪽 날개에 23㎜ 기관포 2문과 7.62㎜ 기관총 2정, 조종석 뒤에 12.7㎜ 중기관총 1정을 장착하였다. 또 동체 안 폭탄창과 동체 아 래 100㎏ 또는 250㎏ 폭탄, 주날개 아래에는 RS-82 또는 RS-132 로켓탄을 탑재하였다. [개발자에 대하여] IL-2의 아버지 "일류샨" (Sergej Vladimirovich Ilyushin, 1894-1977) 2차대전사에 있어서, 일류샨의 업적은 위대하였다. 러시아의 하늘을 지키기 위해 날으는 전차(flying tank)라고 불리는 IL-2 Stormovik를 비롯하여 수많은 걸작 항공기를 설계/제작하였으며 2차세계 대전 종전 후에도 그와 그의 엔지니어들의 수많은 항공기를 개발하였으며 조국 러시아의 발전을 위해여 기여하였다. 이들의 업적은 널리 인정받아 "노동영웅(The Hero of The Socialist Labour)" 훈장을 세차례(1941, 1957, & 1974)나 수상하게 된다. [IL-2의 놀라운 방어능력] 핀란드 최고의 전투조종사였던 "Ilmari Juutilainen"과 Jon Guttman씨(Military History志기자)인터뷰에 따르면, IL-2와의 생생한 실전격추 경험을 이렇게 설명하고 있다. MH: Your score includes seven Ilyushin Il-2s. How did you manage to bring down those armored ground-attack planes? (격추기록을 보면 7대의 IL-2 격추 전과가 있는데 어떻게 하신 겁니까?) Juutilainen: The Il-2 had really tough armor, and from directly behind you could only eliminate the rear gunner. There were three separate armor plates behind the pilot and the engine. The aircraft flew usually at low level, so the only approach was from above. We attacked their formations from both sides to disperse their defensive fire. From the side and above, one could shoot at a place in the armpit of the Il-2's wing, which normally caught fire. (에`그러니깐..IL-2란 놈은 진짜 질긴 놈이었어요. 장갑이 존니 두껍고, 뒤에서 존니 공격해도 기껏해야 후방사수 밖에 방법할 수 없어요. 조종사와 엔진 바로 뒤에는 3중철판으로 보호되는데.. 이놈들은 보통 저공비행을 하걸랑요..그래서 대부분의 경우는 위에서 접근하게 되요. 우리들은 공격시에 양옆에서 덥쳐가지고 후방사수의 방어사격을 흐트려놓은 다음에 옆에서 위로 겨드랑이 부분을 공격했죠... 그러면 보통 불이 붙었어요... (-.-;) [잡설] "후방사수(Rear gunners)들은 사형수들이었다고 하던데...?" 그렇다. 초기형 IL-2에서는 후방사수가 없으므로 독일전투기의 공격에 아주 취약했고 이것을 개선하기 위해서 후방사수를 배치하도록 설계 변경이 이루어 졌다. 조종사는 튼튼한 욕조와 같은 형태로 강철판으로 보호받고 있어 생존율이 높았으나, 후방사수는 변변한 보호장구도 없이 죽을 각오로 싸웠으나 많은 후방사수들이 희생되었다. 그리하여 부족한 병력보충을 위해 사형수(대부분 정치범)들로 데려가가 태웠다. 살아 남는 경우 이들은 조국수호의 공적을 인정받아 죄를 면죄받고 풀려나지만 살아 남는 경우는 많지 않았다고 전해진다. IL-2에 대한 비행시뮬레이션게임은 UBI社에서 개발한 "IL-2 STURMOVIK"이 유명하다. 실제 데모게임을 다운받아 몇개의 미션을 수행할 수도 있는데 재미있는 것은 러시아여성(아줌마?) 목소리로 "뭐하냐? 제대로 해라!"고 스피치가 나온다. 실제 2차대전에는 많은 여성 파일럿이 IL-2를 몰고 전장에 나가 독일군을 방법하곤 하였다. [참조] http://www.pacific-fighters.com/en/home.php?skin=S2 "IL-2 STURMOVIK"이 태어난 곳은 "Voronezh aircraft factory"이다. 이 공장은 2차대전 기간중 중/장거리 폭격기들을 주로 생산하던 곳이다.  이곳에서 생산된 기종은 아래와 같다. Tupolev TB-3, Kalinin K-7, Kalinin K-12, Tupolev ANT-25, Ilyushin Il-2, Ilyushin Il-10, Ilyushin Il-12, Ilyushin Il-28, Tupolev Tu-16, Antonov An-10, Antonov An-12, Tupolev Tu-28/Tu-128, Il-76, Tupolev Tu-144, Analog-144, Ilyushin Il-86, Ilyushin Il-96-300, Ilyushin Il-96M 그외 다수... ========================================================================================= [기타자료] 영문사이트 발췌내용임... It was originally designed by Sergey Ilyushin and his team at the Central Design Bureau in 1938, as a two-seat aircraft with an armoured shell weighing 700 kg (1,540 lb), protecting crew, engine, radiators, and the fuel tank. Standing empty, the Ilyushin weighed more than 4,500 kg (almost 10,000 lb), making the armoured shell about 15% of the aircraft's gross weight. The prototype, named the BSh-2, first flew on December 30, 1939. However, this was rejected in favor of a lighter single-seat design, the TsKB-57, which first flew October 12, 1940. This version was officially designated Il-2, and started large-scale production in early 1941, with the first deliveries coming in May, just in time for the German invasion. The Il-2 proved itself to be a deadly weapon against German transport and armour, but was itself vulnerable to fighter attack, and so in February 1942 the two-seat design was revived. The two-seat version was called IL-2M, and differed by having a rear gunner's position under a lengthened canopy. These modified versions started appearing in September 1942, and eventually existing single-seaters were modified also. Later changes included an upgrade from 20-mm to 23-mm cannons, aerodynamic improvements, use of wooden outer wing panels instead of metal, and increased fuel capacity. In 1943 the IL-2 Type 3 or Il-2m3 came out with redesigned wings that were swept back 15 degrees on the outer ends. Performance and handling were much improved, and this became the most common version of the Il-2. A radial-engine-powered major variant of the Il-2 was developed in 1942 to remedy projected shortages in Mikulin inline engines, but newer series produced after the La-5 fighter aircraft proved invaluable in air combat, securing all available radial engines to the Lavochkin bureau. The Sukhoi Su-2, the competing ground attack plane design equipped with a radial engine, was produced in small quantities, but had to be removed from service after Soviet Anti-Aircraft Artillery consistently mistook it for a German aircraft, with often lethal consequences. The Il-2 aircraft played an important role on the Eastern Front, and in Soviet opinion it was the most decisive aircraft in the history of modern land warfare. Flying day and night, they could defeat the thick armour of the Panther and Tiger I tanks, and often shot down Bf 109s when the German pilots got careless while attacking them. Josef Stalin paid the Il-2 a great tribute in his own inimitable manner: when a factory building them fell behind on its deliveries, Stalin sent the following cable to the factory manager: "The Red Army needs the Il-2 as it needs air or bread. I demand more. This is my last warning." The main weaknesses of Il-2 were the rear cabin and the oil cooler located under its belly. The tail gunner's seat was a later addition to the series-produced Il-2 design and adequate rear canopy armour could not be provided, as the mobile 12.7 millimeter heavy machine gun fired through a large open orifice. The Il-2's fuselage armor was strong enough to repel .50 hits from almost any angle, but enemy fighter planes attacking from behind often killed the tail gunner. The Soviet Air Force lost an average of four gunner/radio operators for every downed Il-2 pilot and airframe. Because of the armour protection an Il-2 could take many bullet strikes without crashing. It could require precise hits for an attacking pilot to shoot down an Il-2. Some pilots favoured shooting down into the cockpit and wing roots in diving attacks on the slow, low-flying Il-2 formations. An alternative tactic was to attack while climbing from behind, out of view of the rear gunner, and aim for the Il-2's large, non-retractable oil cooler. Due its low operating height the Il-2 could not glide far and usually crashed on loss of engine power. These vulnerabilities were corrected in an improved version, the Il-10, which was used during the closing months of WWII and the Korean War. A major threat to ground attack airplanes, especially the Il-2 was the firepower of German AA artillery. The 88 mm Flak crews were equipped with a specialized ballistic data table, that almost guaranteed a hit, if the Il-2 formation turned back for a second strafing pass. However, satisfactory hits against ground targets often couldn't be made during a single Il-2 attack pass. The Soviet leadership insisted that all weapons must be released in anger, forcing crews to turn around and strafe again, resulting in recurring, unnecessary losses among exposed Il-2 attack formations. After the war the Il-2 could be found in service with several Eastern European countries for some years, but most of the Il-2/10 planes were soon chopped up on central order after the advent of military jet era. Only a handful of Il-2 survive to this day, including museum rebuilds of crashed airframes. In recent years several Il-2 wrecks have been located and recovered from Lake Balaton, a large, shallow lake in Hungary, which is located near the historic site of a large WWII tank battle. [edit] Famous IL-2 Pilots Among the pilots who gained fame flying the IL-2, was Senior Lieutenant Anna Yegorova, a female pilot who flew 260 missions. She was decorated three times, the last "posthumously", as she was presumed dead after being shot down. In fact, she managed to survive imprisonment in a German concentration camp. Jr/Lt Ivan Grigorevich Drachenko, another IL-2 pilot, was reputedly one of only four men who were both decorated as Heroes of the Soviet Union and also won all three of the Orders of Glory. [edit] IL-2 Rear gunners: a deliberate sacrifice? In his book Inside the Soviet Army, Viktor Suvorov alleges that the lack of protection for IL-2 rear gunners was part of a deliberate policy. Suvurov claims that from 1942 on all Soviet airfields had attached penal companies of air gunners. These companies were made up of prisoners who were considered to be "enemies of socialism". The air gunners were not provided with either armour protection or parachutes and were reliant entirely on their machine guns to ensure their own survival. The death rate among the air gunners was exceptionally high and Suvurov alleges that the Marshal of the Air Forces, A. E. Golovanov, came up with a special device to keep the guns pointing up after the gunners were killed. Otherwise attacking Luftwaffe pilots would realise the air gunner was dead and concentrate on that aircraft. According to Suvurov, prisoners who survived could theoretically clear their sentences after 9 missions. However, the prisoners were always transferred to mine clearing or other units for "medical reasons" before this could happen.