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Is that a Typhoon or Tempest?
The Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik known to the German soldiers as "Schwarzer Tod", "Black Death"
And as "Maatalouskone" ("agricultural machine") among the Finns, but IL-2 wasn't a very deadly plane at the Finnish Front.
For example on the 4th June 1943 6-10 IL-2s attacked the Finnish aerodrome at Nurmoila covered by eight fighters. For twenty minutes they strafed, bombed and fired rockets but the only damage was the holes in the runway. [1]
Finns probably shot down more IL-2s than the Iljushins killed Finnish soldiers and equipment. The total number of shot down planes is somewhere in 400 - 450 at the Finnish Front.
[1] T-19282/91. Finnish National Archive Service.
What were the Fins using to battle the Soviets?
I just know it wasn't the Gladiator!
I voted for Ju87G. I think that for an old designed aircraft like that...was more that devastating on the russian tanks. The next logical choise was IL-2 (good armour...).
I judge after the number of kills, and the facts are for the Stuka.
We (the romanian army) had Ju87, Hs129 and also IL-2(10). Our pilots loved the Stuka and the Hs129.