IL-2: Great Battles latest WWII aircraft type is the Hawker Typhoon Mark IB. This well armed fighter fills a gap in the Allied tactical fighter force and brings us one step closer to the completion of the IL-2: Battle of Normandy expansion in the series. What’s this aircraft like, how does it perform in combat…
Tag: Typhoon Mark IB
Typhoon first impressions
Yesterday, patch 4.603 for IL-2: Great Battles arrived and I set out immediately to test out the brand new Hawker Typhoon Mark IB. These are some first impressions of the new aircraft and how it shakes out after just a couple of hours of use. Typhoon, not Tempest A lot of people confuse the Tempest…
Typhoon and Fokker D.VIII fly into IL-2 patch 4.602
Fans of the IL-2: Great Battles Series will be happy to know that patch 4.062 is out and with it some key new pieces of content and plenty of notes and updates that cover a wide range of features and issues in the sim. Let’s have a look at the highlights! Here comes the storm!…
1CGS shows off Typhoon, Ju88C-6, teaser for next week
The Typhoon Mark IB for IL-2: Battle of Normandy is now in beta and looking ready to go as 1CGS drops a ton of screenshots on us prior to the release of this aircraft. We also get our first look at the Ju88C-6 and a bit more of a teaser for next week. Let’s have…
Fokker D.VIII, Normandy objects, IL-2 discount and more!
The latest developer diary for IL-2: Great Battles Series is out and its loaded with essential details about the series and what’s coming next too. There’s also a new sale out and a great new video has been released to show off how to make use of the new GAZ anti-aircraft truck. Let’s dig into…
Landing craft and Typhoon cockpit dev update for IL-2
The latest IL-2 developer diary has given us new looks and detailed screenshots of the Typhoon Mark IB coming to IL-2: Battle of Normandy as well as a landing craft for the same project. There’s also a few tidbits of details in there on how development is going. We also have a cryptic message from…
Typhoon, 72-K AAA, Normandy map update for IL-2 (updated)
It’s the first 1CGS IL-2 Great Battles Series update of 2021 and it comes bearing some great new screenshots and a few new details on what they are busy doing behind the scenes right now. Most prominent are the screenshots of the Typhoon Mark IB and of the 72-K 25mm gun from the GAZ-MM Collector…
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