Junkers Ju 87
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The Junkers Ju 87, commonly known as the Stuka, was a German World War II dive bomber famed for its distinctive gull wings and terrifying siren used during precision ground-attack missions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
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dive bomber ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
dive bomber
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ground-attack aircraft ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Junkers Ju 87
ⓘ
surface form:
Junkers Ju-87
Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
surface form:
Stuka
|
| approximateNumberBuilt | about 6,500 ⓘ |
| armament |
bomb load up to about 1,000 kg (early variants)
ⓘ
forward-firing machine guns or cannon (depending on variant) ⓘ rear defensive machine gun ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewRoles |
pilot
ⓘ
rear gunner ⓘ |
| designedBy | Hermann Pohlmann ⓘ |
| engineType | liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ |
| famousPilot | Hans-Ulrich Rudel ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1935-09-17 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1936 ⓘ |
| laterRole | tank-buster (especially Ju 87G with cannon) ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Junkers ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 390 km/h ⓘ |
| nameEtymology |
Junkers Ju 87
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber)
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| notableFeature |
Jericho-Trompete siren
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automatic pull-out dive brakes ⓘ fixed spatted landing gear ⓘ |
| notableUse |
Battle of Britain
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Battle of France ⓘ Blitzkrieg campaigns in Poland ⓘ Eastern Front operations ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ
surface form:
North African Campaign
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| notableVariant |
Junkers Ju 87
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ju 87A
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87B
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87C
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87D
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87G
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87K
Junkers Ju 87 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ju 87R
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| powerplant | 1 × Junkers Jumo 211 inverted V-12 engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1930s to early 1940s ⓘ |
| range | about 500 km (combat) depending on variant ⓘ |
| retired | 1959 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bulgarian Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Hungarian Air Force
Luftwaffe ⓘ Regia Aeronautica ⓘ Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ Slovak Air Force (WWII) ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | inverted gull wing ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers
this entity surface form:
Stuka
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju-87
this entity surface form:
Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber)
this entity surface form:
Ju 87A
this entity surface form:
Ju 87B
this entity surface form:
Ju 87D
this entity surface form:
Ju 87G
this entity surface form:
Ju 87R
this entity surface form:
Ju 87C
this entity surface form:
Ju 87K
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
this entity surface form:
Stuka dive bomber
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 B variant
subject surface form:
Trotzdem
this entity surface form:
Luftwaffe Sturzkampfflugzeug (Stuka)
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 B
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 D
this entity surface form:
Junkers Ju 87 G
subject surface form:
Italian National Republican Air Force
this entity surface form:
Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers