1:72 Scale Metal Diecast - Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Soviet Ground Attack Airplane Double Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Pavlov, 6.GvShAP, Soviet Air Force. "To the countryman Hero of the Soviet Union comrade Pavlov from the workers of the town of Kustanay" ? Length: 6.5" Wingspan: 8? This model is a two seat plane. The cockpit is glue shut. It has no pilot/crew figures included. The landing gear is optional, pieces are included to make the model look as if it were inflight or on the ground. This is not a toy. Recommended for 15 and older. The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: ???????? ??-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: ?????????), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2 in English sources, where it is commonly rendered Shturmovik, Stormovik and Sturmovik. To Il-2 pilots, the aircraft was known by the diminutive "Ilyusha". To the soldiers on the ground, it was called the "Hunchback", the "Flying Tank" or the "Flying Infantryman". Its postwar NATO reporting name was Bark.