Ilyushin Il-102

In 1967, the Soviet Air Forces drew up a specification for a jet-powered shturmovik or armoured ground attack aircraft.The design was rejected by the Soviet Air Forces, but Ilyushin decided to continue in-house development regardless, renaming the programme Il-102.It was highly unusual for its time in having a rear gun turret, something not seen in ground-attack aircraft since the World War II Il-2 Shturmovik and Il-10, the Il-102's spiritual ancestors, controlled remotely by a gunner sitting in a cockpit above the trailing edge of the wing.[citation needed] Although development was abandoned in 1984, the prototype Il-102 was publicly unveiled at the 1992 Mosaeroshow air show at Zhukovsky, being claimed to be available for export.[citation needed] Data from The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995[4]General characteristics Performance Armament
The tail turret of the Il-102, armed with a GSh-23L twin-barreled cannon
Ilyushin Il-102 on display at the Gromov Flight Research Institute
The under-wing pylons of the Il-102, armed with unguided rocket pods
The under-wing bomb-bays of the Il-102, armed with bombs
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