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    Il2 sturmovik LUNAR sale!!! :)
    76.IAP-Blackbird
    By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
    Attention Pilots!   The Lunar New Year Sale has begun in the IL-2 Official Webstore and on Steam! Save between 30% to 85% on most items.
    The Lunar New Year Sale runs from 10:00am PST February 11th to 10:00am PST February 15th in the IL-2 Official Webstore and on STEAM.  
    IL-2 GREAT BATTLES IN IL-2 OFFICIAL WEBSTORE   IL-2 IL-2 GREAT BATTLES ON STEAM   Tank Crew - 35% Off  (Webstore & Steam)   BOS – 85% Off
    BOM – 75% Off
    BOK – 75% Off
    BOBP – 66% Off
    FC1 – 66% Off   Hurricane Mk.II - 35% Off   Yak-9 – 40% Off
    Yak-9T – 40% Off
    Fw-190 D-9 – 66% Off
    P-38 J-15 – 66% Off
    U-2VS -75% Off
    Ju-52/3M – 75% Off
    Bf-109 G-6 – 75% Off
    Yak-1B – 75% Off
    Spitfire Mk. VB – 75 % Off
    LA-5FN – 75% Off
    HS-129 B-2 – 75% Off
    P-40E-1 – 85% Off
    Macchi MC.202 – 85% Off
    Fw-190 A-3 – 85% Off
    LA-5 Series 8 – 85% Off   Ice Ring – 30% Off Blazing Steppe – 75% Off
    Fortress on the Volga – 75% Off Hell Hawks Over the Bulge – 30% Off (Webstore Only)
    Ten Days of Autumn – 75% Off (Webstore Only)
    Havoc Over the Kuban – 75% Off (Webstore Only)
    Achtung Spitfire! – 75% Off (Webstore Only)     CLIFFS OF DOVER IN IL-2 OFFICIAL WEBSTORE   CLIFFS OF DOVER ON STEAM   Cliffs of Dover: Blitz - 75%
    Desert Wings: Tobruk - 35%     RISE OF FLIGHT IN ROF OFFICIAL WEBSTORE   RISE OF FLIGHT ON STEAM   All ROF Content – 75% Off   Enjoy!   See you in the skies and on the battlefield!    The Sturmovik Team

    Il2 DD Update Dev Blog 271 "Groundunits"
    76.IAP-Blackbird
    By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
    Dear friends,   There will be a lot of Battle of Normandy news in 2021. Relatively soon we'll be able to show you the first landscape shots, while today we have some of the ground vehicles that are already done. Please note that the quality level for the new trucks, armored cars and other objects for Normandy has increased. Of course, the new objects will benefit from all the previously developed physics and AI improvements.   Dodge WC-54 - while working on the Battle of Normandy we have decided to add the ambulance vehicle for the US Army that was missing in 'Bodenplatte'. This 3-ton all-wheel-drive vehicle was designed specifically for the US Army medical service.   Austin K2/Y - you can tell the country of origin of this 3-ton military ambulance vehicle after a first glance. Of course, it is British.   Ordnance QF 17-pounder - the famous British gun which was very effective in the anti-tank role in spite of its relatively small caliber. This gun, either in an AT gun form or installed on a tank gave good chances against German panzer beasts.   Sd.Kfz.222 - this German all-wheel-drive 5-ton armored car with 3 men crew had a powerful weapon for its class, 20mm automatic gun KwK-20, and sloped armor.   AMES Type 15 was a British made radar.   SCR-584 was a US radar. Also on this screenshot are the British AA searchlight and its accompanying electric generator.

    Il2 DD Update Dev Blog 270 "Fw190A6"
    76.IAP-Blackbird
    By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
    Dear friends,   Today we have mostly images for you. Soon we'll be able to share news on the Battle of Normandy progress in various areas, but today we can show you the first in-game screenshots of Fw 190 A-6. This aircraft will include the assault modifications G3, G3/R5 and Sturmjager and is planned to be released in the coming update along with the new graphical effects and aircraft AI improvements.     And here are the screens on what we're working on at the moment, the feature that all the previously released BoX projects will benefit from:  

    Il2 DD Update Dev Blog 269 "Typhoon Mk.1B"
    76.IAP-Blackbird
    By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
    Dear friends,   So, here is the new year 2021! Like anyone else, we're going to hope that it will be better than the previous one. However, for IL-2 Great Battles, the last year was quite positive in spite of all complications. We hope that we'll build on this success this year - the plans are quite extensive. Let's start with the first in-game shots of the British fighter Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib which is being developed for the Battle of Normandy. As you can see, it looks nearly complete, but in fact, there is still a lot to do - a hefty chunk of work is left on its cockpit instruments and the flight model. Nevertheless, we're expecting to finish everything before the end of this Spring and release it to all Battle of Normandy customers.     Speaking of the Normandy map, the layout of the towns on its continental part is complete for the first iteration. A bunch of landmark buildings and a significant part of AI-controlled ground vehicles planned for Normandy are already done. We're researching the data for the Normandy Career mode.   Meanwhile, the AAA trucks are also showing good progress - the GAZ-MM with the 72-K gun will be ready first. Its chassis is ready both in terms of the 3D and physical models while the crew animations and audio are being worked on. We've managed to find the authentic firing tables prepared by the Main Artillery Directorate of the Red Army and printed by the military publishing house of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union in 1943 and made the ballistics of the 25mm rounds and their armor penetration ability in various cases as close to the real thing as possible according to this data. We still have to research and recreate the really complicated correction system for the gunsights, that's what we're working on now while our partners at Digital Forms are creating the complex 3D model of the AAA gun itself as you can see on the screens below:  

    Il2 DD Update Dev Blog 268 "AAA/Typhoon Mk.1B"
    76.IAP-Blackbird
    By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
    Dear friends,   Another year is ending. This one was tougher than usual, but the team has managed to do without losses and meet all the planned goals nevertheless. The work on Normandy is going well and soon we'll be able to show you the screenshots of the unique buildings and ground vehicles being developed especially for it. It will be a while before new aircraft are released because several of them are at the same stage of development at the moment, but in Spring we plan to release a number of player controllable content we're preparing right now. This, however, doesn't mean we won't release anything new till that moment - as you know, we're constantly improving the project in all its aspects and we plan to release some of the improvements sooner, in big updates before that.   One of these improvements is 4K texturing for I-16 fighter created by Martin =ICDP=Catney. In addition to this, we're always glad to have more people improving the project and one can spot a result of the new collaboration on these screenshots. We won't disclose all the details of the coming surprise right now but we're sure you won't be disappointed.     The player controllable self-propelled AA guns saw good progress lately. A new system of visualizing the tires, not less interesting than the one previously developed for tracks, is in the sim already and we'll show it to you soon. The model of wheeled and half-track propulsion is also ready and gets the final touches. In the meantime, our partners at Digital Forms made significant progress working on the second object of this pair - German Sd. Kfz. 10 half-track with 2cm Flak 38. We already can show you the WIP screenshots of it along with a Luftwaffe soldier in Winter uniform:     To finish today's Dev Blog we want to show you the progress that was made on the fascinating bird, one of the planes that are in development for Battle of Normandy - Typhoon Mk.Ib. This legendary aircraft is planned to be released in late Spring 2021, it will be the third one of the Normandy planes that are planned to be released before the Summer. This concludes the last Dev Blog of this year, see you in 2021! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!    

    B-52 Quick Aircraft Facts
    Skyviper
    By Skyviper,
    The B-52 Stratofortress or "BUFF"     At the end of WW2 the USAAF was looking for a better aircraft to execute bombing missions. Boeing was awarded the contract to build what would become the B-52. This video will quickly tell you the B-52's history. Feel free to share your thoughts about this aircraft, video, and other aircraft in the comments below. Thank you for watching.  

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