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Ju-87GAnti-tank aircraftJunkers![]()
Only two modifications of the Stuka received this anti-tank weapon - the Ju 87G-1, converted from the D-3 (about 100 copies were produced in total) and the Ju 87G-2, created on the basis of the D-5 (174 vehicles). On some "Gustavs" they retained the usual offensive weapons, which were used for sighting. In December 1942, the new version was tested at the Rechlin training ground and ... were satisfied. No one really bothered to answer the question of how the Gustav pilot should fight in a car, under the wing of which bulky pieces of iron stick out, each of which weighed more than 300 kg. The new attack aircraft had such a low speed that it barely overtook the old reconnaissance aircraft Hs 126, contemptuously referred to in the Red Army as a “crutch”, the new Ju 87 also earned many nicknames: “Cannon bird” (Kanonenvogel) or “Thing with long sticks” (Stuka mil den Langen Stangen). ![]() |
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