Stuka - armored plating

[jennifer garrity]

Does anyone know about the clear, glass-like shield that is shaped like a bubble above the pilot and co-pilot on a Stuka...is that called the "armored plating" of the plane? If not, what is it made of and what is it called?

[Witch-King of Angmar]

Does anyone know about the clear, glass-like shield that is shaped like a bubble above the pilot and co-pilot on a Stuka...is that called the "armored plating" of the plane? If not, what is it made of and what is it called?

The armored plating of the D-series Stuka was composed of:

- 4mm thick steel pilot's seat;
- 8mm thick steel plate behind pilot's head;
- 8mm thick steel plate on the cockpit floor;
- 5mm thick steel plate on the rear gunner's cockpit floor;
- 8mm thick steel plate rear bulkhead, behind gunner's cockpit.

To my knowledge, the flimsy "glasshouse" above cockpit was not "armored"(bulletproof multi-layered glass).

~The White Trash

[Takao]

The canopy or "greenhouse" of most WW2 bombers and fighters was not composed of armoured glass. If any parts of it were armoured they would be the pieces directly in front of the pilot. The Ju-87 D-1 version had a small patch of armoured glass on the windscreen directly in front of the pilot, but it's dimensions and thickness escape me at the moment.