The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the " Stuka ", [b] is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe 's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939–1945).

The skuas / ˈskjuːə / are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae. The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English.

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.

The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds.

2018年6月20日 · The "little bomber" was almost obsolete even before WWII began, but it managed to terrorize ground troops and destroy tanks far beyond its planned replacement.

2020年11月7日 · 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. With these weapons, the Kanonenvogel (“cannon-bird”), as it was nicknamed, proved spectacularly successful in the hands of Stuka aces such as Rudel.

Although a formidable dive bomber and ground attack aircraft, the Stuka’s real potency came from its infamous “Jericho Trompeten (Trumpet)” siren. As the Stuka nose-dived upon the enemy, this noise making device would produce a dreadful wailing sound that struck fear and panic in the hearts of countless Allied troops.

2023年5月8日 · The Junkers Ju-87, commonly known as the Stuka, was a German dive-bomber that gained notoriety during World War II for its distinctive design and terrifying precision in ground attacks.

4 天之前 · The Stuka blazed a trail for German success on the battlefield and became the icon of early tactical air support. The Ju 87G tank buster was featured on the cover of the Nazi propaganda magazine “Der Adler” in April 1944. As the war progressed, Allied airpower advanced and the Stuka squadrons could no longer operate unmolested.

2018年1月8日 · What’s a bird to do with such a bad reputation? A closer look at the largest skua colony in the world—1,300 pairs breeding among 300,000 Adelie Penguin pairs at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica—shows there’s much to admire in this inveterate survivor.