Ju-88 also a Stuka ?
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Mauser K98k
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The JU-88 was designed to perform multiple roles, one of them being dive bomber. It was equipped with dive brakes and was very strong structurally to take high G's upon pullout. Some crews removed the dive brakes as a weight saving measure since they were not using it as a dive bomber.
So in that sense it could be called "stuka", but as pointed out, only the JU-87 will always be known by that name.
So in that sense it could be called "stuka", but as pointed out, only the JU-87 will always be known by that name.
Incorrect.Reich Ruin wrote:I wouldn't consider the Ju-88 to be a pure dive bomber. It was found out early on that unlike the actual "Stuka", the Ju-88 was too big to dive vertically. The only way it could actually dive bomb was at shallower angles like 45 degrees or so.
Ju-88 could dive from vertical dives, it just was not practical for such a large airplane. The usual diving angles were between 45 and 60 degrees.
I never even knew that the JU88 was in the 'dive bomber' category, I know Stuka is derived from another term for the JU87, but as the JU88 was a larger craft with a standard wingspan the idea of diving would be precarious if not suicide! the JU88's swarmed the channel and carried out raids on key areas in London & other cities primarily due to its range, it held more fuel, crew 7 bombload and was in essence along with the Dornier the main spearhead of mass bombing raids.
The JU87 was most effective when 'Blitzkrieg' was in effect, gull winged, screaming sirens... an absolute terror weapon used to maximum effect.
The JU87 was most effective when 'Blitzkrieg' was in effect, gull winged, screaming sirens... an absolute terror weapon used to maximum effect.
Hello Andreas!
Yes your right, sorry for being impetuous...
Sometimes I dive into a topic without reading fully what others have written!
Im working on it
I have been interested in the luftwaffe since a child & find it amazing that we all still continue to learn about our interests years later!
Thanks for the welcome btw
Judas
Yes your right, sorry for being impetuous...
Sometimes I dive into a topic without reading fully what others have written!Im working on it
I have been interested in the luftwaffe since a child & find it amazing that we all still continue to learn about our interests years later!
Thanks for the welcome btw
Judas
Forgive me if this is totally wrong, but I heard the Stuka means Cow. The Ju 87 was not the most graceful aircraft, but it certainly was effective as long as there were no enemy "wolves" to pray on them.
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Also, I think all planes can be a dive bomber, but speaking of sizes, they would have a hard time diving a one big planeGrendel-B wrote:Incorrect.Reich Ruin wrote:I wouldn't consider the Ju-88 to be a pure dive bomber. It was found out early on that unlike the actual "Stuka", the Ju-88 was too big to dive vertically. The only way it could actually dive bomb was at shallower angles like 45 degrees or so.
Ju-88 could dive from vertical dives, it just was not practical for such a large airplane. The usual diving angles were between 45 and 60 degrees.
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One way you could look at it is if a particular aircraft was assigned to a Stukageschwader. (dive bomber wing) The only non-Ju-87 a/c I know of that was assigned to a frontline StG was a handful of Henschel 123s (to I/StG 162) in 1935 or thereabouts. In any case they were replaced by the first Ju-87s as soon as the latter left production lines.
(Does this mean that the term 'Stuka' existed even before the Ju-87s were issued, at least?)
Thereafter, Hs-123s and other ground attack a/c (including the cannon-armed Ju-87 tank-busters) were assigned to Schlacht (attack) gruppen or Geschwaders. AFAIK, bomb-laden JU-88s have always been in Kampf (bomber) geschwaders.
(Does this mean that the term 'Stuka' existed even before the Ju-87s were issued, at least?)
Thereafter, Hs-123s and other ground attack a/c (including the cannon-armed Ju-87 tank-busters) were assigned to Schlacht (attack) gruppen or Geschwaders. AFAIK, bomb-laden JU-88s have always been in Kampf (bomber) geschwaders.
