IL-2 Shturmovik Guards Units of World War 2 by Oleg Rastrenin, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2008, $22.95. World War II’s most-produced warplane, with 36,152 built, the Ilyushin Il-2 was also the first successful armored attack plane and, like the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, made the sobriquet of Shturmovik (ground attack plane) its own. The regiments that …
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