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18 lip 2015 · Ilyushin began work on this twin engined long-range bomber long before the outbreak of WWII, and it was initially given the code DB-4 from the Russian for Long-Range Bomber.
As with the DB-3, the Il-4 was used to haul cargoes on platforms attached under the fuselage, with a set of personnel modules developed as well. Il-4s were also used as glider tugs; a few were fitted with auxiliary tanks to haul fuel to frontline airfields, and some were kitted up for reconnaissance missions.
17 wrz 2015 · Il-4. In 1938, the Ilyushin design bureau redesigned the Ilyushin DB-3 to ease production and improve its performance, the revised version receiving the designation DB-3F. ... , using the 12.7 mm UBT machine gun in place of the earlier 7.62 mm weapons. In addition it was found that the gunners were attacked first, so blocks of armor were placed ...
The Ilyushin Il-4 (DB-3F) (Russian: Ильюшин Ил-4 (ДБ-3Ф); NATO reporting name: Bob) [1] is a Soviet twin-engined long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, widely used by the Soviet Air Force and Soviet Naval Aviation during World War II.
2 kwi 2015 · The fit was excellent, a very few amount of filler was needed (nose section only). Also the design was quite good, the level of detail is great - and not that overengineered than the Tu-2. Unfortunately a lot of the interior is invisible. I used Eduard PE and masks (a must!).
26 sie 2013 · Ilyushin DB-3/Il-4. This page has been made with the help of: Tapani Tuomanen, Aleksandr Ruchkowsky, Fabrizio D'Isanto, Ilya Grinberg and many members of Sovietwarplanes and Britmodellers. Bibliography: Il-4 of Vladimir Kotelnikov, ed. Eskmo, 2009.
The Ilyushin Il-4 / DB-3 is a twin-engined medium bomber aircraft developed by the Soviet design bureau Ilyushin OKB. The designation DB-3 (DB-3F) changed to Il-4 in 1942. The Il-4T is a torpdo bomber variant.
