New Il-2

[Karnak]

Nice.  I am glad to see the Il-2 get the NS-37 as an option.  It should help with the Ostwinds and Wirblewinds as well as keep the IL-2 viable against heavy armor.

[Krusty]

Am i seeing 3 x tailguns?

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They're not side by side, the tubes you are seeing are stacked on top of each other. Kind of like an AK-47s gas collection tube. They work something like that, would be my guess. Or they have bolt springs in them, or something.

Optical illusion  

[Motherland]

The one closest to the gun barrel is obviously a gas tube... but I don't know what the topmost is.

[Bronk]

Ooo the cry from dedicated gver to perk it in..

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[Motherland]

Have to say, it's going to be interesting aiming those big 37mm guns, considering instead of a gunsight it has a 'shoot somewhere in this circle' thing on the windshield.

[Ack-Ack]

Yeah, STUKA!

12 rds per gun?  Did the G-2 drop the 20mm to mount the 37mm, or did it keep them on the D-5 frame for the G variant?

The 20mm wing mounted cannons were not retained from the G-2 variant that were upgraded from D-5 air frames. 


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[VansCrew1]

Anyone else notice the difference in the cannon packages between this
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and this?

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Looks like the tail guns has 3 MG's now. Nice.

[Bronk]

Looks like the tail guns has 3 MG's now. Nice.

how about the 37mm cannon instead of the 23mm cannon? ehh

Fixed : thanks subway

[SuBWaYCH]

how about the 37mm cannon instead of the 27mm cannon? ehh

*steps up to Bronk*

The Il-2 currently carries 23mm cannons

*runs away*
 

[Bronk]

*steps up to Bronk*

The Il-2 currently carries 23mm cannons

*runs away*
 

oops good catch thanks. I was still drooling over the thought of 37 mm cannon fire ripping into some tigers.

[SuBWaYCH]

oops good catch thanks. I was still drooling over the thought of 37 mm cannon fire ripping into some tigers.

agreed 

[mg1942]

hmmmm....

Will IL-2 Type 3M fire its NS 37mm cannons the same way like the Hurri 2D's 40mm Vickers to hit ground targets?

[Warspawn]

Same 37mm as the Yak-9T right?  Just with AP ammo instead of HE.  One would assume the same rate of fire and ammo load per gun on the IL-2 with the 37mm...

[SD67]

So, is this going to be a whole new Il2 or is our current one being replaced?
I like the idea of adding it as a variant, kind of flesh out the Russian planeset a little.
Next up we need the Yak3!

[mg1942]

Sing along with me if you want THIS plane