4/5/2023 0 Comments Tank buster aircraft of ww2![]() ![]() The lack of respect this plane gets from Gaijin astonishes me, it's the Luftwaffe s equivalent, in terms of mythical status, to the Spitfire for Britain or Mustang for the Americans. A plane that was at both the very start of the war and the very end, downplayed for decades by allied propaganda, it done enough damage in Royal Navy tonnage sunk alone to justify itself. I know other planes have problems and anything that can be done to fix them, such as historical ammunition, has my support - but there is a particular problem with the Stuka. Here is some real evidence of underperforming, it also highlights the annoying D/G Series flight model changes that have made it a nightmare to fly.: Source 4: "Each gun had 12 rounds of tungsten-cored ammunition designed to explode inside the tank." Aviation Archive, Issue 18 Source 3: "The ammunition was specially made to go through 4 to 5 inches of steel." ![]() Development Improvements ensured that this improved to penetration of 140mm plating at the same range and thus could penetrate the turret of a T34/85 battle tank" Luftwaffe Ju 87 Dive-Bomber Units 1942-1945, Peter C Smith. This was capable of penetrating the 58mm thick armour of a Soviet tank at a 60 degree angle of impact at a range of 100 metres and 95mm armour could be penetrated at a range of 600m at a 90 degree trajectory. Source 2: "The muzzle velocity was 855 metres per second firing a 1.4kg Minengranatpatrone 18 tungsten-cored explosive shell. These shells do not explode until after they have penetrated the protective armour." Stuka Pilot Source 1: "They use a special ammunition with a Wolfram centre, supposed to penetrate any armour likely to be encountered. Rudel got most of his 500 tank kills in the G series it's a shame to see it designed so poorly. The spread on 3.7 cannons, as reported by Rudel in 'Stuka Pilot', was 20-30cm, in the game its about 2-3 meters, if you destroy a tank you did so because of a lucky shot on its ammo rack or a lucky shot on its fuselage, if you hit anything else on the tank usually nothing happens. You have and I've destroyed a few myself, but its not down to anything but luck. ![]() 'Ah!' I hear the apologists shout, 'I have destroyed many tanks with the G2!' War Thunder: It always penetrates but never does anything to seriously damage the tank. Historically: The 3.7s should be able to penetrate the flat side and rear of almost any soviet tank,if it penetrates it should destroy the tank or crit due to the wolfram ammo that explodes upon penetration. ![]()
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