Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. It became a feared symbol of German air power during the early Blitzkreig ("lightning war") campaigns The Junkers company, led by designer Hermann Pohlmann, won the contract to build the Ju 87, which first took wing in 1935


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The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (derived from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber"), was a two-man German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft that served with the Luftwaffe during the Second World War After some early technical setbacks, including a fatal crash during.

The Stuka, with its distinctive angled wings, excelled when combined with armoured divisions in Germany's blitzkrieg ('lightning war') tactics in the early years of the war, but its inferior speed and manoeuvrability compared to single. Nešić (Naoružanje Drugog Svetsko Rata-Nemačka), on the other hand, notes a number of 400 aircraft being built. When first committed to combat, the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka - a derivation of Sturzkampfflugzeug which was a term descriptive of all dive bombers - was widely believed by its advocates, not least among whom was Ernst Udet, to be the supreme weapon

. After some early technical setbacks, including a fatal crash during. The Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' was a two-seater dive-bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) in various theatres of the Second World War (1939-45)

. The Stuka was designed by a team led by Hermann Pohlmann at the Junkers Flugzeug und. Despite being one of the most infamous dive bombers of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka is now one of the rarest aircraft of that era