Is it true the armors fixed on the Il-2?

[Soviet]

I think that the Il-2 finally has it's realistic armor.  I was able to perform Jabo runs in it and take many ack hits and have fighters come up dead six guns a blazing (even 190s and Nikis) and shoot them down with the tail gunn taking little or no damage.

~Soviet

[SKurj]

I wouldn't call thats fixed@!!!  The plane was called a flying coffin for a reason!! the tail gunner was lucky to rtb.  And shootin fighters down with that popgun? +)


SKurj

[Dowding]

All I wanted was not to be shot down by a single .50 machine on an M3. I hope they fixed that.

[Wotan]

Soviet you bastige  

that il2 rear gunner hit me like a hammer  

was on a 9 and 0 run in my d9 spotted a lo il2 number 10 right?  
wrong and I saw sprites all over ya but guess what.........they were 13mm was out of 20mm.........

so i dunno know that anything has improved

next time mate full clip of 20s ya better run...

[leonid]

Originally posted by SKurj:
I wouldn't call thats fixed@!!!  The plane was called a flying coffin for a reason!! the tail gunner was lucky to rtb.  And shootin fighters down with that popgun? +)


SKurj

Nope, never heard the Il-2 called that.  Germans called it 'Black Death', but 'Flying Coffin' is a new one on me.  Sure you're not confused?
 

[Fariz]

Originally posted by leonid:


Nope, never heard the Il-2 called that.  Germans called it 'Black Death', but 'Flying Coffin' is a new one on me.  Sure you're not confused?
 

Leonid, it was both   It was hard to be killed, same time zillion of them were lost.

BTW nice to see you here Leonid, going to return to AH?

Fariz

[LtHans]

The tail gunner is OUTSIDE the armor plating of the IL-2.  Thats why they don't like it.  The pilots may have enjoyed the armor, but...

Hans.

[Soviet]

Originally posted by Wotan:
Soviet you bastige  

that il2 rear gunner hit me like a hammer  

was on a 9 and 0 run in my d9 spotted a lo il2 number 10 right?  
wrong and I saw sprites all over ya but guess what.........they were 13mm was out of 20mm.........

so i dunno know that anything has improved

next time mate full clip of 20s ya better run...  

Oh i remember now   lol.  I hadn't flown the Il-2 in a while and decided to up and strafe some trains and strafe the Station.  Well i up in the Il-2 50% gas, 6 100Kg, 4 rockets and head towards the train station.  I just finish dropping 3 of my 6 bombs on a train when i get a check six warning i look behind me and there's this 190 coming in on me.  I'm like OMG a 190 i'm dead for sure so i goto the tail gunners position and just hold down the trigger and do a lot of praying, next thing i know "Victory 1 by Soviet" i'm like lol did i just do that  .

You caused me some nasty damage though, knocked both ailerons out and i had to make it back to base doing some crazy rudder flying  .

All in all got 12 bomber perkies that sortie