Ilyushin Il-20 (1948)
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For the 1970s aircraft of the same designation, see Ilyushin Il-18 § Military.
The Ilyushin Il-20 was a Soviet prototype for a heavily armored ground-attack aircraft to replace the Ilyushin Il-10. It featured a number of innovative concepts including a cockpit mounted on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller, and wing-mounted autocannon that could be adjusted on the ground to fire level or depressed 23° to allow the aircraft to strafe ground targets while remaining in level flight. However it was slower than the Il-10, and its M-47 engine was problematic in flight tests in 1948–49. It was not placed into production. The test pilots called the aircraft the Gorbach (Hunchback).[2]
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Role | Ground-attack aircraft prototype |
Manufacturer | Ilyushin |
First flight | 5 December 1948[1] |
Number built | 1 |
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