posted 08-12- 02:29 PM               

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yesterday i've got some old magizines from a friend of mine with a picture of a stuka with a torpedo under it.

maybe this is an idea for the next planepack as extra loudout for the stuka

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posted 08-12- 05:01 PM               

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well I heard of a Stuka modified for carrier landings, but never heard or seen a thing about a stuka-torpedo!
Germans really had a lot of fantasy for weapon testing, but it had to be a fat ass bird, since the stuka himself was very heavy and underpowered (unless we're talking about the D version, but I dunno), placing a torpedo under him was kinda a death sentence for the crew...

li'l b

P.S.
Guess it had a modified rear gear like the FW190 w/ torpedo...

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posted 08-13- 04:53 AM               

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it's really a stuka, i have a picture of it but my scanner doesn't work

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posted 08-13- 05:07 AM               

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To watch a modified Stuka for carrierusing look here: http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ju87c.html
Nice pics of a wing folded Stuka!
So itīs not impossible that the Stuka also carried a torpedo.

Rendsburger

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posted 08-13- 08:30 AM               

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Like Rend says, when the Luftwaffe were building up planes to put on their soon-to-be-abandoned aircraft carrier, they had modded versions of the Stuka and 109 lined up to produce. When the project got cancelled, the planes got converted back to ordinary spec.

If you are going to have a carier, you have to have a torpedo dropper for anti ship work...and I don't think there were many options. A Stuka would be a logical choice. Flies slow, carries a decent payload...and was available! They also had robust gear etc. for those bumpy carrier landings!

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posted 08-14- 02:33 PM               

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this are all the stuka types Ju87A0, Jumo 210Ca (470kW), 10 preseries aircraft built in 1936
Ju87A1, Jumo 210D (530kW), serial production since 1937
Ju87A2, Jumo 210Da (530kW), serial production line in 1938, about 200 built
Ju87B0, Jumo 211A1 (735kW), preseries built by Weserflug at Tempelhof in 1938, 10 built
Ju87B1, Jumo 211Da (880kW), new fuselage and wing, 952 built in 1937/1938
Ju87B2, Jumo 211Da built by Weserflug since 1939 slightly modified B1. Ju87B2Trop for tropical regions
Ju87B2U2, strengthened armor
Ju87B2U4, with skies for Eastern front
Ju87C, air carrier version for Graf Zeppelin with retractable wings, 5 built in 1938, B2-standard
Ju87D, Jumo 211J-1 (1043kW) with complete aerodynamical redesign
Ju87D1, front replacement of B2 since 1942 with larger wing and stronger undercarriage
Ju87D2, as D1 with stronger weapons, projected only
Ju87D3, with stronger armor
Ju87D4, torpedo aircraft, similar to D3
Ju87D5, increased span (15 meters), modified undercarriage and dive brake
Ju87D7, as D1 with longer span (15 meters) for night missions
Ju87D8, as D3 with longer span (15meters) and stronger weapons
Ju87F, Jumo 213, projected in 1941 with larger span, stronger undercarriage and Jumo 213, not built
Ju87G1, Jumo 211J1, tank attack aircraft, rebuilt from D3
Ju87G2, combat and tank attack aircraft, rebuilt from D5
Ju87H, training aircraft, rebuilt from D series (H1 to H8 rebuilt from D1 to D8)
Ju87K1, export version for Japan, 2 built in 1937, similar to A1
Ju87K2, export version for Hungary, 2 built in 1940 from B2, licence production at Weiss in Budapest
Ju87K3, export version for Bulgaria, 12 built in 1941 from R1
Ju87K4, export version for Hungary, 4 built in 1942 from A1
Ju87R, long range version with additional fuel tanks, based on B2
Ju87T, torpedo aircraft, projected only
Ju187, complete redesign with retractable undercarriage, Jumo 213 of 1942

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posted 08-14- 02:41 PM               

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it's a real shame you don't have a scanner!

I would really like to see this plane!

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