https://cast.pudmed.ir/videos/watch/67ffa861-b9ca-4a80-856f-79ab27e56d5b The infantryman's best friend has wings. Fighters duel for glory. Bombers fly for strategy. But attack aircraft fly for the soldier in the mud. They come in low, slow, and loud – and they put steel on target. The Soviet Union perfected this brutal art: armoured cockpits, massive cannons, and a willingness to absorb enemy fire while protecting their own. This is the story of the planes that fought above the battlefield. In this full-length episode: 🔩 The Original Flying Tank – Il-2 Sturmovik – The most produced military aircraft in history (36,000+). We break down its armoured shell (up to 12mm of steel), its deadly VYa-23 cannons (capable of penetrating 40mm of armor), and its terrifying vulnerability to rear attack – leading to the rushed addition of a rear gunner. Why German soldiers called it the "Concrete Airplane" and Soviet pilots called it "Flying Infantryman." 💥 Il-10 – The Refined Beast – The post-war evolution. Better armour, more powerful engine, and improved aerodynamics. We examine its combat debut over Berlin in 1945 and its service in Korea. 🚁 The Jet Age Transition – Su-7 & MiG-27 – How the Soviets tried to convert supersonic fighters into attack aircraft. The Su-7 Fitter (fast but fragile) and the MiG-27 Flogger-D (a MiG-23 with a flat nose for terrain-following radar). Why neither truly satisfied the mission – but both saw heavy combat. 🦅 The True Successor – Su-25 Frogfoot – The Soviet A-10. Designed from a blank sheet for low‑intensity wars. We examine its titanium-armoured cockpit (can survive 23mm hits), its nine hardpoints (4,400 kg of ordnance), its rugged landing gear (unpaved strips), and its legendary survivability over Afghanistan. Rare footage of an Su-25 returning with half a wing missing. ⛰ Afghanistan (1979–1989) – The Crucible – How the Su-25 became the Mujahideen's nightmare. We reconstruct a typical mission: flying below mountain ridgelines, dodging Stinger missiles, delivering cluster bombs on enemy hideouts. The cost: 23 Su-25s lost. The legacy: the Frogfoot's design refined for endless counter‑insurgency. 🔥 Second Life – Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine – The Su-25 remains in Russian service today, now upgraded to Su-25SM standard. We analyze its use in modern conflicts – and why both Russia and Ukraine still fly the same Frogfoot against each other. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:51:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://cast.pudmed.ir https://cast.pudmed.ir/lazy-static/avatars/eed1cb33-d04c-4158-b000-2f2fb9545c13.png https://cast.pudmed.ir/videos/watch/67ffa861-b9ca-4a80-856f-79ab27e56d5b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://cast.pudmed.ir/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.