During tests with the Ju 87 A-2, new technologies were tried out to reduce the effects of g. The pressurised cabin was of great importance during this research. Testing revealed that at high altitude, even 2 g could cause death in an unpressurised cabin and without appropriate clothing.

Nov 15, 2020 · Both Ju 87 G Staffeln were dispatched to the area east of Bautzen on 19 April 1945, where Soviet spearheads were approaching the city (they would capture it the next day). One aircraft from 10.(Pz.)/SG 2 was lost during these operations.

Nov 7, 2020 · In April 1943, the first production Ju 87 G-1s were delivered to front line units. The two 37 mm (1.46 in) cannons were mounted in under-wing gun pods, each loaded with a six round magazine of armour-piercing tungsten carbide ammunition.

The Ju87 was one of the most feared aircraft during World War Two. Its fixed undercarriage and cranked wing gave the Ju87 an evil appearance and the scream of its ‘Trumpets of Jericho’ sirens as it dived helped to spread terror amongst both soldiers and civilians.

The Ju 87G was a specialized anti-tank version, fitted with two BK 3.7 (Flak 18) guns hung under the wings just outboard of the landing gears. This 37-mm-gun was a formidable weapon weighting over 363 kg (800 lb) and in wide service as ground-based Flak (anti-aircraft artillery) equipment.

During the spring of 1943 SG 2 worked up with modified Ju 87 G-1 'tank-busters' armed with two Rheinmetall-Borsig 37mm Flak 18 guns mounted under each wing. Prototypes were first used against Russian landing craft in the Black Sea area.

The Junkers Ju 87 G-2 Kanonenvogel, also known as the "Cannon Bird," was a specialized variant of the famous Stuka dive-bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. This powerful aircraft was specifically designed to engage armored ground targets, employing a fixed forward-firing 37mm BK 3,7 cannon.

Mar 22, 2025 · By Tom Laemlein. T he Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber remains one of the most iconic weapons of World War II. Images of the bomber in screaming dives, its talon-like landing gear poised below its sharp nose, created a terrifying international impression of Germany’s Blitzkrieg onslaught from the attack on Poland in 1939, through the battle of France in 1940, and the invasion of the Soviet ...

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber”) was a two-man (pilot and rear gunner) German ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, the Stuka first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in 1936 as part of the Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.

May 17, 2021 · To get planes built and into service fast, the Ju 87G-1 was converted from a Ju 87D-3; while the Ju 87G-2 was rebuilt from a Ju 87D-5. Both sub-types involved removing dive flaps, all bomb racks and apparatus, and wing mounted armament.