Talk:Shturmovik/@comment-72.228.167.20-20100321134836/@comment-66.230.81.7-20120920054707

Shturmovik translates, word for word, as "Storm Bird" but in general usage as "one which attacks"....It was used to denote the ground attack aircraft of WWII specifically the IL-2.

The confusion arises, not from Russian but from German. The NAZI SA (Brown Shirts) were Hitler's "Storm Troopers".....Translated from SA (Sturm Abteilung)....Hope this clears up a bit......