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Background
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In 1950, China began importing IL-10s from the Soviet Union, these IL-10s differed from Normal IL-10s, almost all of the Imported IL-10s were only armed with either 2 Yva-23 or NS-23, aswell as the defensive armament. It is also believed that some Avia B-33 were thrown into the mix, as a upgrade program for the IL-10 is believed to have been on the airframe of the Czechoslovakian manufactured Avia B-33.
On October 15th, 1950, the Soviets stationed in Shanghai handed over 25 IL-10 aircraft to the 13th regiment of the 4th Composite Air Brigade.
On October 1st, 1951, 31 IL-10s took part in the National day parade, the first parade where they were shown to the public.
By 1952, a total of 274 IL-10s had been delivered.
In 1955, IL-10s aided the infantry on the attack of Battle of the Yijiangshan Islands, which resulted in a PLA victory.
From the date of the IL-10s introduction up untill it was retired, the IL-10 took part in Anti-Insurgency, Battles against the ROC, and Training Flights.
It wasnt until December 2nd, 1972, that the IL-10 was finally retired and replaced by the Nanchang Q-5, although an upgrade program never eventually went through, it is impressive that a 1940s era aircraft went on to serve until the early 1970s, by the time of the IL-10s retirement, it still had 103 operational aircraft.
Technical Data
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Crew - 2
Length - 11.12 m
Height - 4.18 m
Wingspan - 13.4 m
Empty Weight - 4,650 kg
Gross Weight - 6,300 kg
Max Takeoff Weight - 6,535 kg
Powerplant - 1 x Mikulin AM-42 V12 Engine (1,320 kW)
Max Speed - 507 km/h at Sea Level | 551 km/h at
Service Ceiling - 7,250 m
Rate of Climb - 5 Minutes to 3,000 m
Range - 800 km
Takeoff Run - 475 m
Landing Run - 470 m
Armament
2 x 23mm Yva-23 Cannons (150 rpg)
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2 x 23mm NS-23 Cannons (150 rpg)
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2 x 23mm 23-1 Cannons (150 rpg)
2 x 7.62mm ShKAS
1 x 20mm Berezin B-20 Cannon (150 rpg)
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1 x 12.7mm UBT Machine Gun (150 rpg)
2 x FAB-250 Bombs
2 x FAB-100 Bombs
2 x FAB-50 Bombs
4 x Rockets
(Same as In Game IL-10)
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