Any discussion about il2 sturmovik series that doesnt belong in the other. The singleengine, twinseat il2 was so critical during the period that it reached production totals in excess of 36,000 units over the span of 1941 to 1945. Allied fighters and bombers square off against the notorious air power of the japanese empire. With 36,183 units of the il2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the ilyushin il10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced. While the sturmovik had no way of keeping pace with german fighters, it proved deadly in taking down slower german bomber, observation and transport. Il 2 1946 includes all of the original il 2 series content. Game content and materials are trademarks and s of their respective publisher and its licensors. Flying circus volume i is an expanded aircraft simulator, for the first time in the history of this series set in the realities of the first world war.
Owners of any edition of the latest generation il2 sturmovik series can supplement his or her collection of aircraft by buying special collectors planes. But the online accolades just kept piling up, and so i started doing some reading a few months ago and discovered that. Correction for some default mission files, because of the newupdated weapons list used in related aircraft. Show off your great screenshots and videos of il2 sturmovik series by 1cgs. Ilyushin il2 shturmovik bark ground attack close air. Choose one of the background, remove the end of the file number if available and put together with the matfile in the appropriate directory 3.
What was years ago began as a one aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total. The prototype flew in december of 1939 but was abandoned for a lighter. Aircraft lie at the heart of il2 sturmovik, replicated and simulated with great care. Ilyushin il2 sturmovik the ilyushin il2 sturmovik was a groundattack aircraft produced by the soviet union in. Landing f4u corsair on aircraft carrier il 2 sturmovik the biggie z. This page was last edited on 4 february 2017, at 23. The ilyushin il2 was not often regarded as an elegant machine.
However, availability in campaign mode depends on historical availability of this plane in that theater or battle. What was years ago began as a oneaircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft. Il2 sturmovik the ultimate ww2 beast from the east. Not to mention wildcats, hellcats, lightnings, dauntlesses, oscars, vals, tonys, and aircraft carriers to land them on. Since 2012, 1cs new developer is 1c game studios, who currently. This sim is the next generation of the legendary il2 sturmovik series of wwii flightsim games. Never before a ww2 pc game allowed the player to fly so many aircrafts from so many countries in so many missions, with so much depth and detail. Daidalos team official il2 1946 updates download il2. For the series of video games, see il2 sturmovik series. I had put off buying il2 sturmovik for years, mainly because i couldnt see myself getting that interested in flying a russian attack airplane. Pacific fighters download best air combat simulation for. As the t34 medium tank was to the success of the soviet ground effort in world war 2 19391945 so too was the ilyushin il2 shturmovik groundattack aircraft. These two aircraft bring the total amount of included aircraft to ten in the premium edition. The latest version of the software can be downloaded for pcs running windows xpvista7, 32bit.
Watch trailers, play free games and join our community. The ilyushin il2 sturmovik was a groundattack aircraft produced by the soviet union in large numbers during the second world war. The il2 engine and the wwii pacific theater go together like french fries and chili. Carriers at war was originally released in 1992, and this version in early 1994.
Il2 sturmovik is a world war two combat flight simulator for the pc. Carriers at war ii caw ii is a very accurate portrayal of carrier warfare in world war ii and allows one to recreate the major campaigns of the south pacific during that war. Landing f4u corsair on aircraft carrier il2 sturmovik. To install additional skins to create a folder yak11 and put it in a folder skins. The most popular version among the software users is 2. Pacific fighters can be installed as a standalone game or on top of the il2 sturmovik.
The links to this installer will be below the main installer links. The simulator of the legendary flying tank of the times of the great patriotic war or il2 sturmovik tells about the most interesting and major battles on the eastern front. The game puts the player in the pilot seat of both fighters and bombers. The production aircraft was designated the il2 shturmovik where shturmovik meant storm bird, a general term for a closesupport aircraft. Items in italics are collector planes only available individually or in premium editions. This is the ilyushin il2 sturmovik listing page, here you can download the plan, article and see the main thumbnail and extra images. I wonder why they not did a il2 1946 anniversary edition using this current game engine what they have what allows much better map quality and dm. The awardwinning flight combat from oleg maddoxs il2 series moves the setting from the eastern front to the fierce combat of the pacific theater. Many nicknames codified this impression, as well, but in the later models there was a distinct softening of the aircrafts lines. The forward fuselage around the engine and cockpit was built with 700 kilograms 1,543 pounds of steel ranging from 5 to 12 millimeters a fifth to half inch. It was a low level ground attack aircraft, heavily armed wing mounted 2 x high velocity 23mm cannons, 2 x 7. It was kept even after the game got heavily expanded and commercially released, spawning this juggernaut of a series shortly. Forgotten battles, ace expansion pack, pacific fighters and alternate histry campaigns of year 1946. The il2 aircraft played a crucial role on the eastern front.
Robust singleplayer campaigns that recreate the great battles of wwii, letting the players become a participant of these events. Special area to share paintjobs, templates and info on skin creation. The il2 sturmovik was the outstanding ground attack aircraft of the second world war. A battle simulation game for windows that is set in wwii. The il2 sturmovik forgotten battles aep installer is commonly called il2fb. Full text of il 2 sturmovik 1946 flyable aircraft see other formats. Il 2 sturmovik 1942 i used the full mission builder to get the ai to. It was originally started by russian game developer oleg maddox as a hobby garage project featuring the famous soviet ground attack plane, which also lent the game its name. Starting from the eastern front and fighting through to the fierce combat of the pacific theater, he gets to fly british, us and australian aircraft against the japanese empire. For the u2 family aircraft, corrected flight model regarding the previous sharp rollnstall behavior after performing a single underwing container drop. Maddox games, following its association with 1c company. Mikulin engine, designed around a onepiece armored tub which protected the engine and cockpit from the most savage ground fire, and offered mm of. This video is not to be taken seriously, and its made for entertainment purposes only.
Pacific fighters uses the acclaimed il2 sturmovik engine to simulate this epic conflict, but unfortunately it turns out to be the biggest letdown of the series. As the name implies, this is the second version of this game. About the il2 the aircraft was originally designed by sergey ilyushin and his team at the central design bureau in 1938, as a twoseat aircraft with an armored shell. It is the next generation of the legendary sturmovik series of wwii flightsim games. Doing this way, we could have already all planes and maps from il2 1946 in much better quality. In this video ill show you how to narrowly avoid disaster and death when taking off from and landing on an us navy aircraft carrier. Battle of bodenplatte is part of the il 2 great battles series and can be played as a separate standalone product or be integrated with other great battles titles such as battle of stalingrad, battle of moscow or battle of kuban. Please help the sas by contributing to the upkeep of the servers, the site, and whatever else we cant think of right ntributing to the upkeep of the servers, the site, and whatever else we cant think of right now. Platinum collection the most complete collection of all released addons of the legendary simulator. A five player multiplayer mission in which eight hellcats and ten corsairs try to defend their carrier task force from japanese torpedo and kamikaze attacks. This will allow you to have one version of pf as a stand alone install and merge another into il2 which comes with an aces expansion component that then gives you more flyable models as well as more scenery and the ability to fly aircraft from one theater of ops to another. By that time, il2 sturmovik was a total revolution in the pc ww2 flight simulation world. For the first time, a large variety of british aircraft will be included.
With 36,183 examples of the il2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the ilyushin il10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history, as well as one of the most. Il2 sturmovik free download fileplanet il2 sturmovik. Or join huge formations of german or italian fighters and bombers as they roar across the channel towards london. Description pacific fighters is a world war ii flight sim in oleg maddox il2 sturmovik series of games. It conveyed, much more so, a sense of indestructible utilitarianism and foreboding. My war 3 paradice il 4 vs 1 and 3 are free flight for fun,training and or lurning the flight envolpe of the aircraft. A place to discuss mods for il 2 sturmovik great battles series.