Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. It first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War It served the Axis forces in World War II.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 11.10 m (36 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 13.805 m (45 ft 3.5 in)
- Height: 4.01 m (13 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 31.900 m2 (343.37 sq ft)
- Airfoil: Göttingen 256
- Empty weight: 2,712 kg (5,980 lb)
- Empty equipped weight: 2,760 kg (6,090 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,336 kg (9,560 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Junkers Jumo 211Da V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine, 890 kW (1,200 hp) for take-off 820 kW (1,100 hp) at 1,500 m (4,920 ft)
- Propellers: 3-bladed Junkers constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 339.6 km/h (211.0 mph, 183.4 kn) at sea level 383 km/h (238 mph; 207 kn) at 4,087 m (13,410 ft)
- Cruise speed: 209 km/h (130 mph, 113 kn) at 4,572 m (15,000 ft)
- Range: 595.5 km (370.0 mi, 321.5 nmi) with 500 kg (1,102 lb) bomb 789 km (490 mi; 426 nmi) without bomb load
- Rate of climb: 2.3 m/s (450 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 2 minutes 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 4 minutes 18 seconds 3,716 m (12,190 ft) in 12 minutes
Armament
- Guns: 2× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine gun forward, 1× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine gun to rear
- Bombs: 1× 250 kg (550 lb) bomb beneath the fuselage and 4× 50 kg (110 lb) under-wing.