IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Developer(s)	1C: Maddox Games
Publisher(s)	1C, Ubisoft
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	NA March 2, 2003 PAL March 21, 2003
Genre(s)	Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ELSPA: 11+ ESRB: Teen OFLC: General 8+
Media/distribution	Compact Disc, DVD
System requirements CPU: Pentium III 800 RAM: 256 MB OS: Windows(r)98/ME/2000/XP Video Card: 3D video card w/32MB RAM Disc Drive: 4X CD-ROM Sound Card: Direct 8.1 Internet: 56 kbit/s/LAN HDD: 1.1 GB

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles (Russian: Ил-2 Штурмовик: Забытые сражения) is a combat flight simulator video game, and sequel to the 2001 combat flight simulation of the year IL-2 Sturmovik developed by the Russian software firm 1C. Unlike the first instalment, Forgotten Battles focuses on the Soviet-Finnish Continuation War of 1941-1944.

Career Mode

The Career mode allows the player to become a pilot of the Luftwaffe, Soviet Air Force, Finnish Air Force, or the Hungarian Air Force. Each campaign consists of approximately 30 missions, and a career includes 4-8 campaigns or 100 to 250 missions.

Aircraft

This is a complete list of all the aircraft in Il-2 Forgotten Battles. Aircraft new to Forgotten Battles are in bold.

Flyable

GERMANY Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Fw-190A-4 Fw-190A-5 Fw-190A-8 Fw-190A-9 Fw-190D-9 Fw-190D-9 (late) Fw-190F-8 Heinkel He-111 He-111H-2 He-111H-6 Junkers Ju-87 Ju-87B-2 Ju-87D-3 Ju-87G-1 Messerschmitt Bf-109 Bf-109E-4 Bf-109E-4/B Bf-109E-7/B Bf-109E-7/Z Bf-109F-2 Bf-109F-4 Bf-109G-2 Bf-109G-6 Bf-109G-6 (late) Bf-109G-6/AS Bf-109G-14 Bf-109G-10 Bf-109K-4 Messerschmitt Me-262 Me-262A-1a Me-262A-2a

JAPAN Mitsubishi A6M Reisen A6M5a Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Ki-84-Ia

POLAND PZL P.11 P.11c

USSR Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 Ilyushin Il-2 Il-2 Series 1 Il-2 Series 2 Il-2 Series 3 Il-2 Tail Gunner Field Mod Il-2I Il-2M (early) Il-2M (late) Il-2T Il-2 Type 3 Il-2 Type 3M Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3 LaGG-3 LaGG-3IT LaGG-3 (late) Lavochkin La-5 La-5 La-5F La-5FN Lavochkin La-7 La-7 La-7 (3x B-20) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 MiG-3 MiG-3UD MiG-3 (2x UB) MiG-3 (2x ShVAK) MiG-3 (AM-38) MiG-3U Polikarpov I-153 I-153M-62 I-153P Polikarpov I-16 I-16 Type 18 I-16 Type 24 Tupolev TB-3 TBM-3 4M-17 Yakovlev Yak-1 Yak-1 Yak-1B Yakovlev Yak-3 Yak-3 Yakovlev Yak-7 Yak-7B Yakovlev Yak-9 Yak-9 Yak-9D Yak-9K Yak-9T Yak-9U

UNITED KINGDOM Hawker Hurricane Mk I Mk IIb Mk IIc Mk II (Soviet Field Mod)

UNITED STATES Bell P-39 Airacobra P-39N-1 P-39N-10 P-39Q-10 Brewster F2A Buffalo B-239 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk P-40E P-40E (M-105 Field Mod) P-40M North American P-51 Mustang P-51D-5NT Republic P-47 Thunderbolt P-47D-10 P-47D-22 P-47D-27 Non-Flyable FINLAND Mörkö Morane FRANCE Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Morane-Saulnier MS.410 GERMANY Arado Ar-196 Ar-196A-3 Fiesler Fi-156 Storch Focke-Wulf Fw-189 Uhu Fw-189A-2 Heinkel He-111 He-111Z Zwilling Heinkel He-162 Volksjager He-162A-2 Henschel Hs-129 Hs-129B-2 Hs-129B-3/Wa Junkers Ju-52 Ju-52/3mg5e Ju-52/3mg7e Junkers Ju-88 Ju-88A-4 Messerschmitt Bf-110 Bf-110C-4 Bf-110C-4/B Bf-110G-2 HUNGARY Messerschmitt Me-210 Me-210 Ca-1 Me-210 Ca-1 Zerstorer ITALY Fiat G.50 Macchi MC.202 ROMANIA IAR.80 IAR.80 IAR.81a USSR Beriev MBR-2 MBR-2 AM-34 Gribovski G-11 Ilyushin DB-3 DB-3b DB-3M DB-3T DB-3F Ilyushin Il-4 Kharkov R-10 Lisunov Li-2 Petlyakov Pe-2 Pe-2 Series 1 Pe-2 Series 84 Pe-2 Series 110 Pe-2 Series 359 Petlyakov Pe-3 Pe-3 Pe-3bis Petlyakov Pe-8 Polikarpov U-2 U-2VS Sukhoi Su-2 Tupolev SB-2 SB-2 M-100A SB-2 M-103 Tupolev Tu-2 Tu-2S UNITED KINGDOM Bristol Blenheim Blenheim Mk I Blenheim Mk IV UNITED STATES Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing B-17G Consolidated PBN Nomad PBN-6 Douglas C-47 Skytrain North American P-51 Mustang P-51D-20NA Ace Expansion Pack Released in 2004, 1C: Maddox Games and Ubisoft Entertainment released the official expansion pack entitled Forgotten Battles: Ace Expansion Pack. It offers players a more in depth simulation experience by allowing them to take control of 11 new aircraft, and fight against or beside 10 non-flyable aircraft. It also includes 2 new maps, one depicting the Finnish Front, and a Hungarian map which includes the Balaton Lake area. Both a Finnish and Hungarian campaign which uses these maps are also playable and allows the player to progress in rank and earn awards. See also IL-2 Sturmovik Pacific Fighters External links Official site Ace Expansion Pack official site