Ilyushin Il-2 - Specifications (Il-2M3)

Specifications (Il-2M3)

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and rear gunner
• Length: 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
• Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 38.5 m² (414 ft²)
• Empty weight: 4,360 kg (9,612 lb)
• Loaded weight: 6,160 kg (13,580 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Mikulin AM-38F liquid-cooled V-12, 1,285 kW (1,720 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 414 km/h (257 mph)
• Range: 720 km (450 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,045 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.4 m/s (2,050 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 160 kg/m² (31.3 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.21 kW/kg (0.13 hp/lb)

Armament

• 2 × fixed forward-firing 23 mm caliber VYa-23 cannons, 150 rpg
• 2 × fixed forward-firing 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns, 750 rpg
• 1 × manually aimed 12.7 mm Berezin UBT machine gun the in rear cockpit, 150 rounds
• Up to 600 kg (1,320 lb) of bombs and/ 8 × RS-82 rockets 4 × RS-132 rockets

See also variants above.