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 ...

2025年1月30日 · Stuka, a low-wing, single-engine monoplane—especially the Junkers JU 87 dive-bomber—used by the German Luftwaffe from 1937 to 1945, with especially telling effect during the first half of World War II. The Stuka was designed to employ the dive-bombing technique developed earlier by the U.S.

2023年8月19日 · Its distinctive inverted "gull" wings and fixed undercarriage make it unmistakable, and while its role evolved during the conflict, the basic design hardly changed. From its first flight to its...

2024年7月29日 · The Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' was a two-seater dive-bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) in various theatres of the Second World War (1939-45). The Stuka, with its distinctive angled wings...

The Junkers Ju 87, commonly known as the Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber”), was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935 and became a symbol of German air power during World War II.

2015年6月4日 · IT WOULD BE difficult to come up with a more potent symbol of the German Blitzkrieg of World War Two than the Ju 87 Sturzkampfflugzeug or “Stuka”. The notorious single-engine, two-man, dive-bomber’s iconic ‘gull wings’ and ‘spatted’ undercarriage are as unmistakable as the plane’s instantly recognizable wailing siren, dubbed the ...

One of the most notable was the Battle of Britain in 1940, where the Stuka, officially known as the Junkers Ju 87, was used extensively by the German Luftwaffe. The Stuka's ability to deliver accurate and devastating dive-bombing attacks made it particularly effective against ground targets, including enemy airfields, factories, and shipping.

ww2dbase The all-metal Ju 87 Stuka aircraft were the German Luftwaffe's primary dive bombers. At first glance, they were crude-looking, but this feature reflected the principle behind the Ju 87 design, which stressed the ease of production and the ruggedness of …

4 天之前 · The Stuka was as much a psychological warfare weapon as it was an actual weapon of war. Before hostilities fully commenced, ... (“Dive Bomber” in German) or, more simply, the “Stuka.”

The Junkers Ju 87, commonly known as Stuka (short of ‘Sturzkampfbomber’, the German word for dive-bomber), is one of the classic military aircraft of aviation history. The name Stuka, together with the ‘Panzer’ is equal with the modern vision of the ‘Blitzkrieg’ (Lightning War).