SPECIFICATIONS
 
Wingspan: 13.80m, length: 11.10m, height: 3.90m, empty mass: 2,750kg,
start mass: 4,250kg, engine :1x Junkers Jumo 211-Da,12-cylindert inverted-vee liquid-cooled, 1,100hp,
max speed: 390km/h,
initial climb: unknown,
ceiling: 8,000m, range w/max.fuel: 600km,
armament: two 7.92mm Rheinmetall MG17 in wings,and one MG15 in rear cockpit,
Crew: 2
 

status 100%, 20/11/' 05

Junkers Ju87 1937

Germany
The Ju 87 prototype flew in 1935 with a tailplane sporting end plate vertical surfaces... but the second prototype and all later aircraft had a single fin and rudder assembly. Early aircraft were evaluated in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). From late 1940 the type was steadily relegated to areas of negligible air opposition. For lack of a replacement the type remained in production long after it became obsolete, production totalled 5,709.

急降下爆撃機としてスペイン内戦に実戦参加しました。その後も改良が続けられ、大戦中期まで第一線機として、機甲師団の電撃作戦で連合国の地上部隊に第一撃を加え、その戦力を低下させるという機動戦で大きなな効果をあげていました。その主翼の形とくびれた胴体など、独特のデザインが特徴です。マニロフさんの作品は初期型です。降着装置部分がクラシカルな雰囲気を出しています。