In Germany and the USSR, where they were known as Schlachtflugzeug ("battle aircraft") or sturmovik ("storm trooper") respectively, this role was carried out by purpose-designed and heavily armored aircraft such as the Henschel Hs 129 and Ilyushin Il-2. In the United States and Britain, attack aircraft were generally light bombers or medium bombers, sometimes carrying heavier forward-firing weapons like the North American B-25G Mitchell and de Havilland Mosquito Tsetse. The precise implementation varied from country to country, and was handled by a wide variety of designs. The dedicated attack aircraft as a separate class existed primarily during and after World War II. Strike fighters, which have effectively replaced the fighter-bomber and light bomber concepts, also differ little from the broad concept of an attack aircraft.
įighter aircraft often carry out the attack role, although they would not be considered attack aircraft per se fighter-bomber conversions of those same aircraft would be considered part of the class. Designs dedicated to non-naval roles are often known as ground-attack aircraft. This class of aircraft is designed mostly for close air support and naval air-to-surface missions, overlapping the tactical bomber mission.
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