Wargaming.net has introduced ground-attack planes today into World of Warplanes, currently in its alpha testing stage. Ground-attack aircraft are most famous for deadly strafing runs, dive bombing and destructive missile attacks, while their armor provides high survivability and combat effectiveness.

These heavily armed warbirds are a massively threatening class designed to wipe out ground targets. Several legendary names stand out in the class of ground-attack planes, including the classic Il-2, Il-10, and the highly progressive jet-powered Il-40 "sturmoviks", which is presented in the Soviet tech tree, and will expand into models from other nations as World of Warplanes gets close to launch later this year.

"This is the best example of what a flying tank would be like," said World of Warplanes Project Manager, Alex Zezulin. "Ground-attack planes are heavy, slow-paced, close to invulnerable machines that might have the most important objective in combat: to eliminate any ground-based resistance and ensure the safety of their lighter allies."

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