german stuka ju-87g gun camera, anti-ship WW2

[ghamdi070]

those 37MMs are totally overkill. hans rudel killed 12 tanks in his first tank busting mission

[tninbredretard]

are they shooting at jews that escaped the concentration camps in this?

[ghamdi070]

@tninbredretard are you bieng sarcastic? fuck off

[deino117]

I read Rudel's biography a long time ago. He talked about one sortie when he was equipped with the "tank buster" cannon (is that the one we're watching here?) and was intercepted by Russian fighters. In what must have been a very lucky shot, he hit one and it simply disintegrated in a huge explosion. The other Russians promptly remembered that they were late for an appointment elsewhere.

[infernalzen]

@deino117 the man must have had such an eye for the gun +got a deflection shot?

[deino117]

@infernalzen Well, yeah. I wrote that 'it must have been a lucky shot' and later I thought - this is Rudel, the guy who got 500 T34s. So maybe you're right and luck didn't have so much to do with it!

[infernalzen]

@deino117

i was thinking a usual mg or cannon had alot of rounds, to fire +not worry if you miss.

but rudel had to realy make them count. :o

i wonder if the 37mm had alot flatter trajectory? of alot higher velocity?

[deino117]

@infernalzen Good points. I'm not enough of an expert to tell you about the trajectory or velocity. But I'm sure someone not too far away has an opinion...:)

[infernalzen]

@deino117

i knew rudel had destroyed planes with fw190s, but not the ju87 :o

[infernalzen]

@deino117

air combat in a ju87 cant be anyones favourite thing to do LOL

[walsertaler]

@infernalzen about 900m/s velocity and special ammunition (W-Carbid)

[healer378]

Even with todays standards, this weapon and the way it was delivered is way too deadly. I believe it could rip through even A1 Tank. If they had provided adequate coverage with mid air refilling of gas they could have attacked Atlantic liners , England. This destruction is unbelievable and I am very sorry for poor crewmen had very low chance of even making it out of the wreck. What do we humans do to each other?!

[infernalzen]

if they were using bombs....

missing can still cause enough damage to the structure, through the waters shock waves...

[Master7770]

Could you imagine being on one of those boats and having those shells hit near you like that? Instant shit pants...At least until he corrected it and blew you to bits.

[infernalzen]

@Master7770

think they fired the mgs too, to put off/injure any AA gunners on deck

[hlimkb]

state of the art at that time,

anglo french did not have anything like that for ground suppression

[infernalzen]

@hlimkb

later on they had the hawker hurricane mkIId with 2x 40mm cannons.

not sure they saw service in europe though.

the mosquitos +typhoons/tempests with rockets being used in europe

[hlimkb]

@infernalzen

thk airpower to suppress superior german armour/communication line after the invasion of normany,

[infernalzen]

@hlimkb

yeah. maybe the rockets were would cause more damage than just a 40mm shell.

not sure of what rocket warheads would do? purely penetrating jet of copper? or fragmentation aswell?

[drewnwalker]

@infernalzen The devil is in the details. The 37mm cannon's shells used tungsten nitride giving it high penetration. The cannon could be aimed reliably not only because it had a much flatter trajectory than a rocket but the large cannon nacelles also provided inertia and drag that slowed down airspeed and made aiming easier. Also this cannon was already in production and they were making the most out of materials.  Rockets could do the job but weren't as accurate or "capacity friendly".

[infernalzen]

@drewnwalker

yep, i can imagine the cannons would wreck structure +ignite stores....

ive seen some ship wrecks where the bombs missed, but the shock alone, opened the ship, inwards

[KrautGoesWild]

@infernalzen According to Wiki and Vintagewings the "Tank Buster" was only used in North Africa.

But those 37mm cannons on the Stuka G are true killers (if one can handle the recoil that is).

[Bloodyfist77]

the ju87g arent dive bombers and they hadnt dive bombing brakes ;)

[sweetsongman1]

boy the stuka is a great plane.

and wheres the siren sound the stukas make? i guess they only do it when dive boming

[infernalzen]

it would get on your tits if it made that sound +you had to listen to it for 4hrs

[Ralroost]

That was only one model of stuka i think, the B-1 or B-2

[Bloodyfist77]

@Ralroost its a g1 or g2

[Ralroost]

@Bloodyfist77 Which is? the one in the video or the one with sirens?

[tninbredretard]

wunderbar!!!!!!!!!!!

[nolifemerc]

@tninbredretard yes only 1 problem 7 round clip with 6 rounds missing in 1 attack so.....

[Streptokokkeninfekti]

damn man u can be glad u dont hear the scary sirens of these damn stukas

[PotatoGunsRule]

In that engagement, the Stuka is using standard 37mm anti-aircraft shells that explode on impact. It was devastating to those boats.

[infernalzen]

the cannons gave the stukas a final few years of operation :)

[Jokerr6900]

those 37mm cannons are brutal

[sweetsongman1]

those are 37 mm? they sounded more like 57 mm guns. if not then i can't imagine the sound and power of a 57 mm

[infernalzen]

yep 37mm.

at the start of the war, that was the caliber of some tank guns :o

think the mossie had a huge anti-ship cannon fitted under the belly

[woodbinedrinker]

Boats. The Russians were trying to send soldiers into the Kuban area - very marshy. Rudel's expiremental unit used the underwing cannon to stop the Russians. Rudel claims 70 boats.

[infernalzen]

ships in the russian campaign

[politirel]

They were 37mm guns not 60mm

[EugenBaumann1]

Anybody else notice how they usually shoot high with the first shot?