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Ilyushin Il-2



The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik () was a ground attack aircraft in the Second World War, and was produced by the Soviet Union in huge numbers; in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 36,163 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history as well as the second most produced aircraft in history behind the Polikarpov Po-2.



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