Would it be possible to get a German edition at same point? Highschool German teacher here, I can almost guarantee I have more than a few students who would be interested in this.
Inside the cockpit - "Cockpit not available due to conservation reasons." So let's watch "Outside the cockpit". EDIT - still worth watching, thank you"
That and the word Prang! The destruction of ones aircraft, The sound made when an aircraft comes into something solid, like the ground, usually preceded by a long decent, or short one.
Stuka won't crash because he runs off cocaine red bull and mountain dew and because it is the only thing that keeps him from thinking about his ex wife who left him for the chad me 262
I thought it was hilarious, even more so in German, at least as funny and grim as cumular granite, I think that was a US slang expression for what we call land LOL
“ONE TAKE!” Well done! I’ve read about the aiming window, but never seen one. Thanks very much indeed. Great information about a truly fascinating aircraft.
So much great information here. I’ve been an admirer of the Stuka since my childhood decades ago, and I learned quite a lot from this, particularly around the landing gear.
Outstanding look at the Ju-87! Thank you very much! Ever since I was a kid (56 now) I have always found the Stuka to be the coolest-looking, most original aircraft only seconded by the F-4U Corsair. I had a Cox .049 powered, line controlled flying model back in the day, as well as many models that I have built through the years. I consider modern crop dusting aircraft, like the Cessna Ag Truck, Turbo Thrush Commander, and many others to be distant relatives. Bombing tanks or bombing bugs and fires, the designs are very similar.
Must admit, I didn't know that the siren was 'fixed' on in the early days but that does explain the scene in the first, (and easily best)version of the movie Dunkirk when the 25pdr battery gets plastered by Stukas and you can hear the sirens droning away as the aircraft approach and then as they leave - always wondered about that and whether it was a 'goof' on the part of the movie makers. Now I know it wasn't!
My grandfather was a late war Stuka pilot in the Ost Front. I still have photos of him in his trainer plane, in the barracks, at the range and other pics. He also gave me his flugbuch, badges and his copy of the Der Adler that featured Stukas.
That was a fabulous presentation! I have said years back that your presentation style is improving fast, and you have been getting even better! Could you enlighten us how you prepare for such a long, detailed tour?
Thanks for the video ! I didn't know there were such well restored stukas. It is important, I think, to emphasize how this aircraft was technically advanced and elaborate for its time. The stuka is really stunning!
Mmmh, that siren that cannot be turned off sounds exactly like the sort of device that would *accidentally* get damaged. That or unfortunately be on the only place where enemy ordnance hits the plane. You know, like 8mm mauser, sledgehammers, hacksaws...
Watched a video of an interview with a stuka pilot....he said that his squadron commander ordered the sirens taken off all their aircraft because they where so annoying and also noticeably slowed the aircraft down.....they fitted whistles to their bombs instead that only made noise after the bomb was released
I'm struggling to understand why such design choice was made. A simple cable or a small electric motor would've solved to problem at no significant increase in weight or production man-hours. For all the German's tendency for "over-engineering", this overlook seems very uncharacteristic, especially for a interwar/early-war craft such as the Ju-87.
@@leoa4c I've thought about this after i watched that video i mentioned and came to the conclusion that the sirens where probably the brainchild of something akin to a psychological warfare department......who in all military's have a reputation for some very clever ideas.....and a habit half-baked real world application of said ideas.
@@unhippy1 I think you are absolutely right. If it had been a design requirement from the very beginning, designers would've taken it into account. By being an afterthought, there would be no accommodation for the cable and cockpit lever.
US Army officers in Vietnam would sometimes get a sniper shot on their tent from a Vietcong mortar and get killed, while everyone else was safe. Same concept.
It's great. There is one in London, and a bigger one Near Cambridge. They are both amazing. I was blown away by the Beaufighter at the museum in London. It is a true beast of war!
They are very comparable with the D3A being generally superior to the significantly older Ju 87B, but perhaps a little inferior to the more contemporary Ju 87 D. Compared to the D model, the D3A had more range, but the Ju 87 could carry considerably more ordnance.
@@mattbowden4996 Yes, but that mainky reflects design priorities, the Ju 87D got extra wing tanks that improved range and the was no reason for the B to not have them... other than the fact it was a CAS aircraft and the 1.000Kg payload was prioritized. The D3A was a carrier aircraft, where range is far more important, so they traded payload for fuel capacity.
@@herrsiroktopuss looking around on google tells me he's German, but he's been living, studying and working in the UK for a long time, so it sounds like he's got some Britishness leaking into his native language. That can happen, I had a russian teacher who had lived in the UK for so long that she ended up speaking russian with a slight British accent even though she was born and raised in russia.
It was actually quite large the Ju 87 G2 as it weights over 2,700 kg empty without the 2 Bordkanone BK 3,7 gun-pods 295 kg each which all this was moved with a Jumo 211J with 1,400 hp. It was slow and quite cumbersome...
@@neilwilson5785 Some do, some don't. I was at Duxford a few years back, the standouts size wise were comparing the Corsair and the Wildcat/Martlet; and the Lancaster, once inside (just looking inside near the rear on s special opening) seemed a lot smaller from that POV.
Had he pleasure of being up at the RAF Museum last Friday, no less and the JU-87 was one of (the many) highlights there, so this is a very nice addendum to it. Many thanks!
Shame that RAF Hendon really f*cked up their displays by closing the excellent 'Battle of Britain' focused hall. What a dsigrace. Now the aircraft are just crammed in and littered across other halls. Someone should be sacked there for having such little foresight.
*Reason for the mg13 weak machine guns on the Stuka:* Tracers to mark the bomb line. Not an easy thing to line up a bomb during a dive, you need a witness to see how to correct your approach. By firing a long burst you can see your line of trajectory. If the guns are on target at a specific range, you know it's time to release and pull up. Or you can also use that same line of fire to gauge your off-mark drop (say if you want to be safer and drop the bomb early, It's literally a marking tool (even for ground troops) more than a fighting piece of equipment.) You're welcome :)
Pretty small comfort for the tail gunner- it was like shooting ducks for the Spitfires. (and to have survived that long, Rudel's gunner was a real rara avis) What was the life expectancy- 3 weeks? The least they could have done was give them a .50 or even a cannon.
@@scriptsmith4081 I have no source for this but playing a bit of War Thunder made me realize how easy it must have been to accidentally shoot your own tail off, if it wasn't because the game's systems stop you. SOOO take my theorycrafting with a considerable grain of salt. I wouldn't trust myself under deadly pressure and threat, to aim at a moving target to not shoot my own tail off in a moving vehicle (that I'm not driving) while attempting to down the enemy fighter. So I have a theory as to why the machine guns may have been kept at that caliber. Despite being a tad underpowered, they can go through the cockpit glass, and since you have the target facing you, chances are fairly high that you'll hit something important (prop, engine, or pilot). The small ammo would allow for more rounds in the plane, and depending on the machinegun it would have a higher firing rate because of that light ammo. So while it's damage is low it's killing power remains fairly OK (kinda how a .22lr isn't exactly going to knock you down with a shot to the torso like a shotgun round would, but it will kill you just as easy if it hits something vital). A bigger caliber would make the tail gunner more deadly yes, but I believe that the fire rate would be a bit more limited, ammo would be more limited, and any mistake near your own tail would be even more deadly. I believe this is further proven by the Stuka D having a twin machinegun as opposed to a cannon. Accuracy by volume (more shots = more chance ONE hits the target), better ranging via tracers, better suppression (having more bullets fly DIRECTLY at you, is a better deterrent), but also less chance that a mistake by the gunner is deadly (although at double the fire rate 🤣).
Great video! I have a German Shepherd puppy , I named him STUKA as an homage to my love of German engineering....He's a good boy (also, he said he loved this video). Cant wait for the book! Thank you for the great content.
You just made me realise being a backseat gunner must have been a lot more fun than one would think. lol, man these wars sure created a lot of adrenaline junkies. I was just talking about Chuck Yeager today, how he was stuck with that need for speed after diving on fw190's doing 900 kmh in his mustang from 30 000ft lol. There was no other way out for him after that other than being a test pilot and eventually breaking the speed of sound. Imagine the fn feeling during those dives... In those crazy new machines and equipment. Guaranteed he had the shakes with a pasty mouth coming home. Thirsty. What a crazy time to be alive as a young man. Either put in a tank or in the dirt, in a war plane or thrown overboard in a parachute. Conquering entire cities and nations. Entering places you would never be allowed to see in a life time. All that while being forced to kill each other like it's a game of who wins. There's no winners other than the ones not fighting. But there's no evolution for those either. No speed of sound. No nuclear. No internet. Nothing. Crazy I tell ya lol
@@PatTheRiot First motorcycle gangs (now known from being involved in organized crime) were formed bt US Air Force veteran flyers who were grounded as their service was no longer needed. Craving for speed and belonging to something lead from one thing to another...
That was a fantastic video my friend. A thoroughly enjoyable and informative half hour. You and Nicholas Moran are, IMO the very best at these 'get around' videos. Thank you very much.
Was looking forward to this for a while, definitively worth the wait. Also didn't the C model for carrier operations also have the gear blowing off feature too?
26:59 is some great detail shots of the radiators, thanks. About to build my first Stuka model! A tank buster variant. These aircraft amaze me in that they looked so outdated for the war, yet kept being used successfully. That and the ominous Jericho sirens. It's a very cruel war machine.
I hadn't realized the anti-tank Stukas were mostly used against breakthroughs. Sounds very much analogous to the US tank destroyer doctrine -- put a gun capable of stopping a tank onto vehicles quick enough to converge on and slow or stop an armored breakthrough that had pierced the front lines. The Luftwaffe's version was just even more mobile.
Us Brits did the same early in the desert campaign where we used the tropicalised Hurricane fitted with a 2 pounder anti-tank gun under each wing with 12 rounds per gun. In the hands of an experienced pilots they were deadly to both Italian and the early German tanks. They had to be flown pretty fast and low to do the job though as the recoil from the 2 pounders almost stalled the aircraft!
@@grunthostheflatulent9649 yes especially in the later war periods when aerial superiority was lost and the stuka was extremely vulnerable to enemy fighters. Pretty much only viable role at that point.
Regarding that siren (early models). Had I been a Stuka pilot back then, I would have found a way to "write it up" as _inop_ during my pre-flight. edit: Awfully nice of the RAF Museum to give you free acces to their display. Well done "old boy".
Fabulous! A really fascinating in-depth tour of the JU-87.... (shame we never actually got that 'in cockpit' view though). An amazing aircraft - deemed outdated and vulnerable as WWII was starting over Britain, yet it had a full and very effective life throughout the war, and a very effective tank killer..... such an ugly and clunky looking thing, yet very beautiful in it's own way! Thanks for this excellent video! :-)
"One take"! I was indeed very impressed how fluent this presentation went ... aside a minor hick-up (13:57) and a missing/stolen(?) book at the end ;-) PS: I missed the Inside-aspect though :-( ... was really looking for that. Hopefully there is another chance in the future :-)
The book is already "missing" from the interpretive display as Bis/Chris starts his walk around about 2 minutes in. I think the book might be in his back pocket. It might be one of those situations where you can't find your glasses because you forgot you are wearing them, but Chris would have to confirm or deny that himself. EDIT - the book is there at 2 minutes in, there is some inserted footage as Chris is talking, and then when we return to the footage of Chris as he is talking at 2:10, the book is gone. So that would be an extremely sneaky thief!
'Ground, Aeroplane and pilot interface'. Great stuff! We apply so much ingenuity to mashing each other up, such a shame. Thank you for an interesting look at this historical artefact.
Between 1978 and 1988 I worked at the Government Aircraft Factories in Port Melbourne, Victoria. It was a very multi-cultural workforce, like all manufacturing in Australia, then and nowadays. While there I overheard a conversation between a few workers, being led by one of the blokes from Malta, saying how wonderful Malta was and that we should all go to see it. One of the blokes then said he wasn't really impressed with Malta, everyone there was very unfriendly, did nothing for him. Puzzled, the first bloke asked him when he'd seen Malta, and why didn't he like it. The answer was that the bloke wasn't visiting as such and that the few times he was looking at Malta was through the bombsight of his Stuka, and people kept shooting at him.
"violent machine/human/ground interface." I wonder how many people did not understand that was clever humor for "crash"? Those trim tabs are huge - was that due to the differences in behavior before and after bomb release? I would think a well designed airframe would not normally need such large tabs.
Some other possibilities would be to lower input forces for the auto-trim system, to increase the aerodynamic efficiency when heavily trimmed and to allow variants to share parts. The second possibility would definitely play into what you were talking about.
Is there another fixed landing gear aircraft that had/has an explosive device to blow off the gear in an emergency? Seems both novel and dangerous. Thanks for another great video.
The FW190 and Me410, used external rocket tubes for breaking up bomber formations... they were wired with explosive bolts (the same kind used in rockets and missiles today). So if the pilot was under attack by enemy fighters he could jettison the heavy rocket tubes in emergencies -
Vielen Dank, da ist eine ausgezeignete Präsentation. Ich bin seit lange an dieses Flugzeug besonders interessiert, es würde doch echt toll da drinnen anzusehen haben. Wieder schönen Dank!
Grandfather was with StG168, StG77, StG151 and SG 151. Was in the start of the program in 1937 as a 23 year old transfer from the Army (because he did so well on his physical fitness test). He said engine replacement parts were a key breakdown in the system for the D. Grounded many aircraft around 1942 onward when parts were ordered and parts for the B would arrive from Germany. Wrong version or radiators also arrived much to the grief of the aircrews.
I take it that the MGs in the wing fired through the cover plate in the leading edge that was just over your head? (Obviously the plate would have been removed for that.) Did you have any pictures of the dive brakes from a non-tank-buster variant that you could show? I love the phrase "violent human-machine-ground interface". Do you have any information about how the dive recovery system works? LOL at triumphant "ONE TAKE!" at the end. Great video as always!
Do you have any information or documentation about the He 219 Nightfighter? My father flew this bird in the second WW in Denmark at the 2/NJG 3 (zweite Gruppe Nachtjagdgeschwader drei). Your site is very interesting therefore subscribed and thumbs up !
There is only one that survived that is displayed in America. Do you happen to have any documentary from your father? Like pictures or else, it would be an absolute rarity and treasure for any Luftwaffe historian.
@@snofrid8662 Unfortunately I don't have much, three flight logs with entries for the Ju 88 from 1943, a few photos with cockpit shots, some bright yellow sheets about the position of the stars in 1943, a parachute grab when he had to get out due to icing in October 1944, but the radio operator stayed with him hang with the parachute in the rudder of the Me 110. My father came from a humble background and had excellent training in the Air Force. He had the ELF 2A (extended air force driver's license class 2 with astronomical training). He was only allowed to fly the He 219 6 times for testing in Denmark, he was enthusiastic about this night fighter. Major Streib shot down six Lancaster bomber in a single night with an armed He 219. After the war he was supposed to join the newly formed Air Force as a lieutenant in 1955, but he hated the war and refused...
@@chriscarbaugh3936 A poor Polish fighter pilot caught taking off just as the Stukas attacked. Bad luck. weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/04/20/fighters-over-poland/ As the Stukas of I./StG 2 were returning from their strike, they passed over Balice airfield just as PZL fighters of the III/2 Dywizjon (121st and 122nd Eskadry), attached to the Army of Kraków, were taking off. By sheer chance one of the Stuka pilots, Ltn. Frank Neubert, found himself in position to get a burst from his wing guns into the leading P.11c’s cockpit, after which he reported that it “suddenly explode[d] in mid-air, bursting apart like a huge fireball-the fragments literally flew around our ears.” Neubert’s Stuka had scored the first air-to-air victory of World War II-and killed the commander of the III/2 Dyon, Kapitan Mieczyslaw Medwecki. Medwecki’s wingman, Porucznik (Lieutenant) Wladyslaw Gnys of the 121st Eskadra, was more fortunate, managing to evade the bombs and bullets of the oncoming trio of Stukas and get clear of his beleaguered airfield. Minutes later, he encountered two returning Do 17Es of KG 77 over Olkusz and attacked. One went down in the village of Zurada, south of Olkusz, and Gnys was subsequently credited with the first Allied aerial victory of World War II. Shortly afterward, the wreckage of the other Do 17E was also found at Zurada and confirmed as Gnys’s second victory. None of the German bomber crewmen survived.
My Dad peeled potatoes at RAF Hornchurch , then did the dishes at RAF Boxsted. They were bombed by some JU 87's. Whilst everyone was taking cover, he was getting souviners from the Officers Mess He finished the last 3 years at an HQ where he pilfered so much stuff he retired in 1950 Thank you for your service I followed in his footsteps of service, having recently completed 20 years at McDonalds
Might be their experience (or how it felt like) but that's probably more linked to gunners knowing the approx altitude of a pull out (usually around 1000m) than the dive recovery system. When pulling out, you also suddenly show a lot of surface to incoming bullets, so wouldnt be surprised if they felt at their most vulnerable then.
@@MilitaryAviationHistory Likely. if you dont have it I really recommend the book, he was a KM pilot and would have flown from the GZ if completed, of course that didnt happen and he was "stolen" by the LW and flew in France, Britain, Malta and the USSR. His unit did some night dive bombing as well.
A lot of Sherman tank crews disconnected the gyroscopic devices on their tanks as well. Others loved it and fired on the move. I guess that commanders had different views on fire and movement.
Although it was designed primarily as a fighter aircraft, Vought's F4-U Corsair had a window through the wing also. In fact, it had no cockpit floor to promote and facilitate the downward vision thru the wing window...
Thank you so much for this video. I have just acquired the brand new 1/35 Stuka from Border Model. It is a G1/2 variant. I have a question.. would the cockpit sliding windows in the canopy sides be appropriate for Rudels G2 in 1944?
My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division. He was a Panzerjager attached to the 43rd Abt. The Stuka story he told talks about the fog of war and how a simple mistake causes death and carnage. His unit was being disembarked and staged in Russia. The young officer who was in charged staged the Marders and trucks in an area. Minutes later they heard the diving Stukas but wasn’t to concerned. They quickly realize that they were the targets. Everyone dove for cover or ran. He said the skill of the pilot destroyed several vehicles and killed many comrades. The randomness between living and dying was just a toss of a coin. It was over in less than 5 minutes. The cause of the confusion? The officer disembarked the Marders with the barrels pointing in the wrong direction. It was one of the biggest one day losses to the Panzerjager Abt 43….
Looked up the RI+JK serial. Was constructed as a D-5, construction number 2883, around 43-44 and was remanufactured as a JU-87G-2, with a new construction number, 494083. Was captured by British Forces in Northern Germany in May 1945 with a new serial number, 8474M RAF. I bought the hard copy of the book, can't wait to get it.
Thank you so much for this, most appreciated. I belive I have heard, that someone, somewhere is building a flying replica, does anyone kvow more about that? ;o)
My oma was attacked by a Stuka during the Dutch campaign. She was cycling along when she saw a plane making strafing runs. She just made it under a bridge when the Stuka fired at her. She remembers the bullets flying everywhere past her. Fortunately it missed and only made the one pass.
Good video and great information....but you made the video, knew you didnt have cocokpit video and still titled "Inside the cockpit". Solid clickbait and some bullshit...
The series is called Inside The Cockpit - but as indicated sometimes conservation (and radiation) doesn't allow it. Generally I always prioritise planes that have access to the cockpit for the series but sometimes it's simply not possible, hope you still enjoyed it :)
I thought this too on another video, apparently it’s the name of the video series. So not really clickbait at all but confusing until you know that fact, yes
@@MilitaryAviationHistory History of the Stuka would have been a great title that was not also false advertising. As I said in my initial comment, it was great info, and Id have been far more pleased to have it, had you not titled the video the one thing you didnt have. My opinion its thats a really shitty way to get clicks. Good luck in future.
One little thing you didn't mention while talking about the bombs was the "Abweisergabel" that was mounted (and can be seen clearly whilst he is talking about the bombing-window) to push the bomb away from the plane to avoid a collision of the bomb with the propellerblades.
I just finished reading Stuka Pilot and have renewed interest in the Stuka. This video was incredibly informative. I have personally seen the aircraft in this video while in London and the one in Chicago. I believe they are the only two surviving examples in the world.
+@TimothyTimmons Those two are the only intact examples from WW2. There is wreckage/partial wreckage of six or eight more. Also Paul Allen's museum has used parts and wreckage from two examples to construct a flyable example, but it is not finished just yet.
Its mad to think that I started watching your channel just to watch some dude that was good at IL2 and now you are a full on historical channel, honestly really cool.
Thanks for the walk around. Could you help me? I wanna know when the ju87 stuka begins to use the 500kg bombe, and when the 1000kg? I'm a volunteer from a belgian fortification, hardly bombed by ju87 in may 1940...
I knew embarrassingly little about the Stuka; thank you so much for educating me. I have seen the other 2 surviving Stukas that are restored or being restored. I visited the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and seeing their Stuka was one reason why I went. Unfortunately it is hanging from the ceiling so it is not particularly easy to examine. I also went to the Paul Allen Flying Heritage Museum in Seattle and saw theirs. That is a stunning collection and I didn't even know they are restoring a Stuka before I got there. It is on display during its restoration.
Excellent briefing. I was hoping for look inside the cockpit but I recognize the need to prevent any damage to the aircraft from walking on it. Thanks.
This was a very interesting walk around Chris, thank you for providing such an excellent description and some history behind the Stuka. I am currently reading Hans Ulrich Rudel's biography "Stuka Pilot" and it brought me here for some additional information. I love your channel and have been watching you for a couple years. You have one of the best channels on TH-cam related to military aviation history. I especially like when you get inside the plane and describe the cockpit. Thanks again and hello from Kentucky, USA.
The wing mounted guns could, on occasion, shoot down an enemy aircraft. While attacking Malta six Stukas dived down to their target. As there was a number of Spitfires in the area they decided to have a Stuka Party. This meant that as a Stuka dived down it was followed by a Spitfire which proceeded to shoot down the Stuka. One Spitfire pilot became so fixated by the Stuka in front of him he forgot the one following behind. So that pilot got a rare air to air combat kill for a Stuka. The RAF pilot did survive. But then had to face his fellow pilots, whom, I assume, were not going to let him forget about it in a hurry. There was an incident before the war where where there was to be a demonstration by a squadron of Stukas in front of a number of high ranking officers. When they got to the area where the demonstration was to take place it was discovered that the area was covered in cloud. There was talk of calling off the demonstration because of the cloud, but it was decided to go ahead anyway. So the Stukas flew to where the demonstration was to take place and proceeded to dive down through the cloud. The problem was that the cloud layer was lower then it was thought and once the aircraft broke through the cloud it was realised that they were to close to the ground. There was frantic efforts made to call off the demonstration but without success. One after the other each aircraft crashed into the ground killing each of the crews on board. One time when the automatic recovery system would have helped. The German S-Boats was referred to by their crews as the Stuka of the sea. Interestingly the British gunboat crews referred to their boats as the Spitfire of the sea.
The Stuka is the video was a Canone Vogel, the siren was called Jericho's Trumpet by Junkers in the technical documents for the Ju-87. Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug
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"One take!" \o/
"Take my money!!" Fry, Futurama.
Would it be possible to get a German edition at same point? Highschool German teacher here, I can almost guarantee I have more than a few students who would be interested in this.
@@Mazeura9184 they have 2 other books that have German on the left and English on the right. I bet your students would like those.
Too bad indegogo won’t recognize my card, first website ever… Will the book be on sale later like on Amazon or other?
I really enjoyed the cockpit tour. Incredible what's inside - the exterior of an entire plane...!!!
exactly. NO SHOTS INSIDE THE COCKPIT!!
The museum would not let him walk on the a/c.
@@rayF4rio ... but I'm sure they would be okay with him changing the title of the video...
Damm Click-Bait... Skipped all the way trough the Video and been very disappointed to have litterly NO INSIDE COCKPIT VIEW
@@rayF4rio would of thought he could get a ladder and film from above or something lol
Inside the cockpit - "Cockpit not available due to conservation reasons." So let's watch "Outside the cockpit". EDIT - still worth watching, thank you"
Ha, quite right!
Hahaha GOTEM
Looking for this comment, I only clicked to see the cockpit :(
He used to include video from a simulator that at least gave you some idea of the cockpit
@@rtello45 to be fair, that's always been a good thing to do as good sims are often as good as the real thing :-)
20:00 “a very violent machine/ground interface” that’s probably the most eloquent description of a crash I’ve ever heard
.........did you not put that on the insurance form.........
That and the word Prang! The destruction of ones aircraft, The sound made when an aircraft comes into something solid, like the ground, usually preceded by a long decent, or short one.
Stuka won't crash because he runs off cocaine red bull and mountain dew and because it is the only thing that keeps him from thinking about his ex wife who left him for the chad me 262
Dude! You left out the MOST important part! (HUMAN/machine /ground interface) LOL
Germans always find a way in any language to explane something easy with high professional descriptions. 😄
that "one take" cheer was amazing, also the "machine-human-ground interface" was a good drachnifiel level joke. The "dryer" the humour is, the better
Bit like my other favourite he uses a lot: Brown Alert
I thought it was hilarious, even more so in German, at least as funny and grim as cumular granite, I think that was a US slang expression for what we call land LOL
"Inside the cockpit"
"cockpit not accessible"
I've never given a video a thumbs down in my life. First time for everything.
I give your thumbs down a thumbs down, no wait two thumbs I have two thumbs, have two!
@@edwardschmitt5710 ok? Cool. You do you bro
“ONE TAKE!” Well done! I’ve read about the aiming window, but never seen one. Thanks very much indeed. Great information about a truly fascinating aircraft.
Not gonna lie, the way Bismarck posed around the plane and shows it off gives me big Car Salesman Vibe. :D
*slaps wing*
"- This bad boy can traumatize an entire generation of europeans !"
@@Paludion
Ohh so Bad but so good 😂
*Slaps fuselage* this baby can traumatize so many Frenchmen on the Maginot line
Edit- I now realize this joke was already done
So much great information here. I’ve been an admirer of the Stuka since my childhood decades ago, and I learned quite a lot from this, particularly around the landing gear.
Christopher Lee: "I have been looking forward to this"
Came here only for cockpit shots. Watched everything despite no cockpit shots, because the content is absolutely top notch!
You're the Tom Scott of airplanes. Travelling all over Europe and doing single take talking videos!
Boring
@@Buck9672 - no one's forcing you to watch.
@@Buck9672 not as boring as an individual taking time off his miserable existence just to say "BORING"
@@Buck9672 your mom
@@stephenmurray2048 Why always "mom"? This is gender fascism.
Outstanding look at the Ju-87! Thank you very much! Ever since I was a kid (56 now) I have always found the Stuka to be the coolest-looking, most original aircraft only seconded by the F-4U Corsair. I had a Cox .049 powered, line controlled flying model back in the day, as well as many models that I have built through the years. I consider modern crop dusting aircraft, like the Cessna Ag Truck, Turbo Thrush Commander, and many others to be distant relatives. Bombing tanks or bombing bugs and fires, the designs are very similar.
I never heard about any of that with the siren before. Such a small detail but that must have been so annoying to the crew until the upgrade.
Must admit, I didn't know that the siren was 'fixed' on in the early days but that does explain the scene in the first, (and easily best)version of the movie Dunkirk when the 25pdr battery gets plastered by Stukas and you can hear the sirens droning away as the aircraft approach and then as they leave - always wondered about that and whether it was a 'goof' on the part of the movie makers. Now I know it wasn't!
Okay what happen to the round siren that I always see in photos and film? Was that the field installed unit?
My grandfather was a late war Stuka pilot in the Ost Front. I still have photos of him in his trainer plane, in the barracks, at the range and other pics. He also gave me his flugbuch, badges and his copy of the Der Adler that featured Stukas.
That’s awesome.. you should have a TH-cam channel talking about his time in the stuka
Thats is so incredibly kool love to see and hear about it
“Stuka Pilot” was my favorite as a kid, so naturally I can’t wait to get my hands on your new book. Congratulations!
You just have to love the term " to avoid a very violent machine/human/ground interface ", i.e crash, that cracks me up every time, love your videos.
That was a fabulous presentation! I have said years back that your presentation style is improving fast, and you have been getting even better!
Could you enlighten us how you prepare for such a long, detailed tour?
Thanks so much! Short answer, manuals and a lot of talking to a mirror.
@@MilitaryAviationHistory had a sudden image of the image in the mirror independently giving scathing reviews to Bismarck on his delivery
@@MilitaryAviationHistory And you're doing it in your second language! I got 6% in my German exam at school. Sorry
Messerschmitt BF 109 // Junkers JU 87 // Heinkel HE 111 -- Just pure PURE love for these planes.
Thanks for the video ! I didn't know there were such well restored stukas. It is important, I think, to emphasize how this aircraft was technically advanced and elaborate for its time. The stuka is really stunning!
Really great presentation! Learned a number of new things about the Ju87, thanks!
Mmmh, that siren that cannot be turned off sounds exactly like the sort of device that would *accidentally* get damaged. That or unfortunately be on the only place where enemy ordnance hits the plane. You know, like 8mm mauser, sledgehammers, hacksaws...
Watched a video of an interview with a stuka pilot....he said that his squadron commander ordered the sirens taken off all their aircraft because they where so annoying and also noticeably slowed the aircraft down.....they fitted whistles to their bombs instead that only made noise after the bomb was released
I'm struggling to understand why such design choice was made. A simple cable or a small electric motor would've solved to problem at no significant increase in weight or production man-hours.
For all the German's tendency for "over-engineering", this overlook seems very uncharacteristic, especially for a interwar/early-war craft such as the Ju-87.
@@leoa4c I've thought about this after i watched that video i mentioned and came to the conclusion that the sirens where probably the brainchild of something akin to a psychological warfare department......who in all military's have a reputation for some very clever ideas.....and a habit half-baked real world application of said ideas.
@@unhippy1 I think you are absolutely right. If it had been a design requirement from the very beginning, designers would've taken it into account.
By being an afterthought, there would be no accommodation for the cable and cockpit lever.
US Army officers in Vietnam would sometimes get a sniper shot on their tent from a Vietcong mortar and get killed, while everyone else was safe. Same concept.
Holy crap! i did not expect this to ever make it on the channel! the Stuka is so awesome!
Can't wait to see this cause I am going to the RAF museum this year
Edit:thank you for all the likes!
They have a me-110 aswell it’s great
Fantastic collection, you'll enjoy it!
I went in 2015 and it was wonderful.
@@MilitaryAviationHistory let's just hope the "virus" doesn't mess anything up
It's great. There is one in London, and a bigger one Near Cambridge. They are both amazing. I was blown away by the Beaufighter at the museum in London. It is a true beast of war!
I'm curious how this compares to the Japanese Aichi D3A, also having fixed gear. If the book covers this, I'll find out when I get it.
The IJN did buy a Stuka for trials, but for them range was a must.
They are very comparable with the D3A being generally superior to the significantly older Ju 87B, but perhaps a little inferior to the more contemporary Ju 87 D. Compared to the D model, the D3A had more range, but the Ju 87 could carry considerably more ordnance.
Don’t know if any D3As still exist
@@mattbowden4996 Yes, but that mainky reflects design priorities, the Ju 87D got extra wing tanks that improved range and the was no reason for the B to not have them... other than the fact it was a CAS aircraft and the 1.000Kg payload was prioritized.
The D3A was a carrier aircraft, where range is far more important, so they traded payload for fuel capacity.
The D3A did sink more tonnage throughout the war
It's good to see that the Emblems are still intact. I always thought they looked bad without them. Good job very informative
Yet another fantastic presentation. Vielen Dank Christoph
His german pronouncation and Translation is flawless
Greets from Germany 🇩🇪
I don't know this channel yet, but given his accent I'm almost certain he's a native German speaker lmao
@@schicktmirkarakale1232 nope he still sounds a bit foreign to me (im german)😂
@@herrsiroktopuss looking around on google tells me he's German, but he's been living, studying and working in the UK for a long time, so it sounds like he's got some Britishness leaking into his native language. That can happen, I had a russian teacher who had lived in the UK for so long that she ended up speaking russian with a slight British accent even though she was born and raised in russia.
¡Gracias!
Thanks very much, Christian
Saw this very same plane a few years ago. The sheer size of this aircraft amazed me.
It was actually quite large the Ju 87 G2 as it weights over 2,700 kg empty without the 2 Bordkanone BK 3,7 gun-pods 295 kg each which all this was moved with a Jumo 211J with 1,400 hp. It was slow and quite cumbersome...
The WW2 planes look huge up close. Then you get to the Vulcan, lol.
@@neilwilson5785 Some do, some don't. I was at Duxford a few years back, the standouts size wise were comparing the Corsair and the Wildcat/Martlet; and the Lancaster, once inside (just looking inside near the rear on s special opening) seemed a lot smaller from that POV.
Had he pleasure of being up at the RAF Museum last Friday, no less and the JU-87 was one of (the many) highlights there, so this is a very nice addendum to it. Many thanks!
Shame that RAF Hendon really f*cked up their displays by closing the excellent 'Battle of Britain' focused hall. What a dsigrace. Now the aircraft are just crammed in and littered across other halls. Someone should be sacked there for having such little foresight.
*Reason for the mg13 weak machine guns on the Stuka:* Tracers to mark the bomb line. Not an easy thing to line up a bomb during a dive, you need a witness to see how to correct your approach. By firing a long burst you can see your line of trajectory. If the guns are on target at a specific range, you know it's time to release and pull up. Or you can also use that same line of fire to gauge your off-mark drop (say if you want to be safer and drop the bomb early, It's literally a marking tool (even for ground troops) more than a fighting piece of equipment.)
You're welcome :)
Pretty small comfort for the tail gunner- it was like shooting ducks for the Spitfires. (and to have survived that long, Rudel's gunner was a real rara avis) What was the life expectancy- 3 weeks? The least they could have done was give them a .50 or even a cannon.
@@scriptsmith4081 I have no source for this but playing a bit of War Thunder made me realize how easy it must have been to accidentally shoot your own tail off, if it wasn't because the game's systems stop you. SOOO take my theorycrafting with a considerable grain of salt.
I wouldn't trust myself under deadly pressure and threat, to aim at a moving target to not shoot my own tail off in a moving vehicle (that I'm not driving) while attempting to down the enemy fighter. So I have a theory as to why the machine guns may have been kept at that caliber. Despite being a tad underpowered, they can go through the cockpit glass, and since you have the target facing you, chances are fairly high that you'll hit something important (prop, engine, or pilot). The small ammo would allow for more rounds in the plane, and depending on the machinegun it would have a higher firing rate because of that light ammo. So while it's damage is low it's killing power remains fairly OK (kinda how a .22lr isn't exactly going to knock you down with a shot to the torso like a shotgun round would, but it will kill you just as easy if it hits something vital). A bigger caliber would make the tail gunner more deadly yes, but I believe that the fire rate would be a bit more limited, ammo would be more limited, and any mistake near your own tail would be even more deadly.
I believe this is further proven by the Stuka D having a twin machinegun as opposed to a cannon. Accuracy by volume (more shots = more chance ONE hits the target), better ranging via tracers, better suppression (having more bullets fly DIRECTLY at you, is a better deterrent), but also less chance that a mistake by the gunner is deadly (although at double the fire rate 🤣).
@@Snowfireblues pretty sure i've heard that the rear mg of course Was mechanically blocked from shooting when it was aiming at the tail
Great video! I have a German Shepherd puppy , I named him STUKA as an homage to my love of German engineering....He's a good boy (also, he said he loved this video). Cant wait for the book! Thank you for the great content.
One question: did the gunner/radio operator sit backwards while diving? That must have been some roller coaster ride, coming out of the dive!
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They could turn their seat (which had no back rest🤔) around and look forward
@@theonlymadmac4771 thanks! That's one thing that had always puzzled me.
You just made me realise being a backseat gunner must have been a lot more fun than one would think. lol, man these wars sure created a lot of adrenaline junkies. I was just talking about Chuck Yeager today, how he was stuck with that need for speed after diving on fw190's doing 900 kmh in his mustang from 30 000ft lol. There was no other way out for him after that other than being a test pilot and eventually breaking the speed of sound. Imagine the fn feeling during those dives... In those crazy new machines and equipment. Guaranteed he had the shakes with a pasty mouth coming home. Thirsty. What a crazy time to be alive as a young man. Either put in a tank or in the dirt, in a war plane or thrown overboard in a parachute. Conquering entire cities and nations. Entering places you would never be allowed to see in a life time. All that while being forced to kill each other like it's a game of who wins. There's no winners other than the ones not fighting. But there's no evolution for those either. No speed of sound. No nuclear. No internet. Nothing. Crazy I tell ya lol
@@PatTheRiot First motorcycle gangs (now known from being involved in organized crime) were formed bt US Air Force veteran flyers who were grounded as their service was no longer needed. Craving for speed and belonging to something lead from one thing to another...
That was a fantastic video my friend. A thoroughly enjoyable and informative half hour.
You and Nicholas Moran are, IMO the very best at these 'get around' videos.
Thank you very much.
Was looking forward to this for a while, definitively worth the wait. Also didn't the C model for carrier operations also have the gear blowing off feature too?
That is correct, it was first trialed with the development of the C model but was not put into actual use until the D-5
The Germans had carrier operations?
@@MilitaryAviationHistory - "Inside the Cockpit". We won't be able to go inside the cockpit. 😡
@@davidtuttle7556 They were building a carrier, almost finished, so obviously they would have had planes for it.
@@davidtuttle7556 th-cam.com/video/FZKrsJbAN7M/w-d-xo.html MAH already made a video about that
26:59 is some great detail shots of the radiators, thanks. About to build my first Stuka model! A tank buster variant. These aircraft amaze me in that they looked so outdated for the war, yet kept being used successfully. That and the ominous Jericho sirens. It's a very cruel war machine.
Did it in one take.....very impressive
I would want to avoid a violent, ground, human interface.
One more like.
Fun fact: the Junkers JU-87 Dive Bomber “Stuka” siren inspired the TIE Fighter engine sound.
I hadn't realized the anti-tank Stukas were mostly used against breakthroughs. Sounds very much analogous to the US tank destroyer doctrine -- put a gun capable of stopping a tank onto vehicles quick enough to converge on and slow or stop an armored breakthrough that had pierced the front lines. The Luftwaffe's version was just even more mobile.
It does sound like the best way to use the aircraft.
Given that it's quite slow and has little air to air defence capabilities.
Us Brits did the same early in the desert campaign where we used the tropicalised Hurricane fitted with a 2 pounder anti-tank gun under each wing with 12 rounds per gun. In the hands of an experienced pilots they were deadly to both Italian and the early German tanks. They had to be flown pretty fast and low to do the job though as the recoil from the 2 pounders almost stalled the aircraft!
@@grunthostheflatulent9649 yes especially in the later war periods when aerial superiority was lost and the stuka was extremely vulnerable to enemy fighters. Pretty much only viable role at that point.
Regarding that siren (early models). Had I been a Stuka pilot back then, I would have found a way to "write it up" as _inop_ during my pre-flight. edit: Awfully nice of the RAF Museum to give you free acces to their display. Well done "old boy".
WHY?! Why put a title Inside The Cockpit when there is no cockpit showing?
I've asked that question once before! It's pretty lame everyone wants to see inside the cockpit of any plane but especially a Stuka!!
Thank you for making this informative video about the Junkers Ju 87 for us.
Fabulous! A really fascinating in-depth tour of the JU-87.... (shame we never actually got that 'in cockpit' view though).
An amazing aircraft - deemed outdated and vulnerable as WWII was starting over Britain, yet it had a full and very effective life throughout the war, and a very effective tank killer..... such an ugly and clunky looking thing, yet very beautiful in it's own way!
Thanks for this excellent video! :-)
Thank you so much !!!. What an incredible and feared piece of history
Excellent presentation; full of historical interest. The presenter’s command of English is hugely impressive. Well done and thank you.
"One take"!
I was indeed very impressed how fluent this presentation went ... aside a minor hick-up (13:57) and a missing/stolen(?) book at the end ;-)
PS: I missed the Inside-aspect though :-( ... was really looking for that. Hopefully there is another chance in the future :-)
This was an amazing video. I would have loved to see something like this when I was 20, but am so grateful that channels like this are around now.
The book is already "missing" from the interpretive display as Bis/Chris starts his walk around about 2 minutes in. I think the book might be in his back pocket. It might be one of those situations where you can't find your glasses because you forgot you are wearing them, but Chris would have to confirm or deny that himself.
EDIT - the book is there at 2 minutes in, there is some inserted footage as Chris is talking, and then when we return to the footage of Chris as he is talking at 2:10, the book is gone. So that would be an extremely sneaky thief!
'Ground, Aeroplane and pilot interface'. Great stuff! We apply so much ingenuity to mashing each other up, such a shame.
Thank you for an interesting look at this historical artefact.
Im so excited to get the book, cant wait
Between 1978 and 1988 I worked at the Government Aircraft Factories in Port Melbourne, Victoria. It was a very multi-cultural workforce, like all manufacturing in Australia, then and nowadays. While there I overheard a conversation between a few workers, being led by one of the blokes from Malta, saying how wonderful Malta was and that we should all go to see it. One of the blokes then said he wasn't really impressed with Malta, everyone there was very unfriendly, did nothing for him. Puzzled, the first bloke asked him when he'd seen Malta, and why didn't he like it. The answer was that the bloke wasn't visiting as such and that the few times he was looking at Malta was through the bombsight of his Stuka, and people kept shooting at him.
"...violent machine/human/ground interface..." Have you been hanging out with Drachinifel? 'Cause that qualifies as a Drach-ism...
that one is homegrown, somehow made it up on the spot. rather proud of myself lol #thelittlethings
Seems a lot more like Scott Manley Rapid Unplanned Disassembly! Lolz.
Or military history Visualized, "we will cross that bridgehead when we get to it"
Congratulations on the publication of your Stuka book. The Stuka is a fascinating aircraft, great walk around as usual.
"A very violent machine, human ground interface" -- what a lovely way to describe a crash!
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! what an amazing exterior review of the plane, completely disgrearding the title.
"violent machine/human/ground interface." I wonder how many people did not understand that was clever humor for "crash"?
Those trim tabs are huge - was that due to the differences in behavior before and after bomb release? I would think a well designed airframe would not normally need such large tabs.
Some other possibilities would be to lower input forces for the auto-trim system, to increase the aerodynamic efficiency when heavily trimmed and to allow variants to share parts. The second possibility would definitely play into what you were talking about.
NO INSIDE COCKPIT VIEW.
A very interesting and informative video but I really wanted to see the cockpit.
Is there another fixed landing gear aircraft that had/has an explosive device to blow off the gear in an emergency? Seems both novel and dangerous. Thanks for another great video.
I dont think they would have installed it if it was considered dangerous
The FW190 and Me410, used external rocket tubes for breaking up bomber formations... they were wired with explosive bolts (the same kind used in rockets and missiles today). So if the pilot was under attack by enemy fighters he could jettison the heavy rocket tubes in emergencies -
I bet the Russian 'emergency blow off device' would have been a rope to tie round your waist and a hacksaw.....
Vielen Dank, da ist eine ausgezeignete Präsentation. Ich bin seit lange an dieses Flugzeug besonders interessiert, es würde doch echt toll da drinnen anzusehen haben. Wieder schönen Dank!
Siren: “You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?”
Grandfather was with StG168, StG77, StG151 and SG 151. Was in the start of the program in 1937 as a 23 year old transfer from the Army (because he did so well on his physical fitness test).
He said engine replacement parts were a key breakdown in the system for the D. Grounded many aircraft around 1942 onward when parts were ordered and parts for the B would arrive from Germany. Wrong version or radiators also arrived much to the grief of the aircrews.
I take it that the MGs in the wing fired through the cover plate in the leading edge that was just over your head? (Obviously the plate would have been removed for that.)
Did you have any pictures of the dive brakes from a non-tank-buster variant that you could show?
I love the phrase "violent human-machine-ground interface".
Do you have any information about how the dive recovery system works?
LOL at triumphant "ONE TAKE!" at the end.
Great video as always!
Thanks Dave, yes the fixed weapons were installed outboard of each gear
I rate this video as excellent. The presenter is extremely knowledgeable and teaches his subject perfectly.
This video is better than anything
Do you have any information or documentation about the He 219 Nightfighter?
My father flew this bird in the second WW in Denmark at the 2/NJG 3 (zweite Gruppe Nachtjagdgeschwader drei).
Your site is very interesting therefore subscribed and thumbs up !
There is only one that survived that is displayed in America. Do you happen to have any documentary from your father? Like pictures or else, it would be an absolute rarity and treasure for any Luftwaffe historian.
@@snofrid8662 Unfortunately I don't have much, three flight logs with entries for the Ju 88 from 1943, a few photos with cockpit shots, some bright yellow sheets about the position of the stars in 1943, a parachute grab when he had to get out due to icing in October 1944, but the radio operator stayed with him hang with the parachute in the rudder of the Me 110.
My father came from a humble background and had excellent training in the Air Force. He had the ELF 2A (extended air force driver's license class 2 with astronomical training).
He was only allowed to fly the He 219 6 times for testing in Denmark, he was enthusiastic about this night fighter. Major Streib shot down six Lancaster bomber in a single night with an armed He 219. After the war he was supposed to join the newly formed Air Force as a lieutenant in 1955, but he hated the war and refused...
You're doing great work, mate, keep it up!
First air victory of the war was by a Stuka using MG 17s...
Really, what was the kill?
@@chriscarbaugh3936 A poor Polish fighter pilot caught taking off just as the Stukas attacked.
Bad luck.
weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/04/20/fighters-over-poland/
As the Stukas of I./StG 2 were returning from their strike, they passed over Balice airfield just as PZL fighters of the III/2 Dywizjon (121st and 122nd Eskadry), attached to the Army of Kraków, were taking off. By sheer chance one of the Stuka pilots, Ltn. Frank Neubert, found himself in position to get a burst from his wing guns into the leading P.11c’s cockpit, after which he reported that it “suddenly explode[d] in mid-air, bursting apart like a huge fireball-the fragments literally flew around our ears.” Neubert’s Stuka had scored the first air-to-air victory of World War II-and killed the commander of the III/2 Dyon, Kapitan Mieczyslaw Medwecki.
Medwecki’s wingman, Porucznik (Lieutenant) Wladyslaw Gnys of the 121st Eskadra, was more fortunate, managing to evade the bombs and bullets of the oncoming trio of Stukas and get clear of his beleaguered airfield. Minutes later, he encountered two returning Do 17Es of KG 77 over Olkusz and attacked. One went down in the village of Zurada, south of Olkusz, and Gnys was subsequently credited with the first Allied aerial victory of World War II. Shortly afterward, the wreckage of the other Do 17E was also found at Zurada and confirmed as Gnys’s second victory. None of the German bomber crewmen survived.
My Dad peeled potatoes at RAF Hornchurch , then did the dishes at RAF Boxsted.
They were bombed by some JU 87's. Whilst everyone was taking cover, he was getting souviners from the Officers Mess
He finished the last 3 years at an HQ where he pilfered so much stuff he retired in 1950
Thank you for your service
I followed in his footsteps of service, having recently completed 20 years at McDonalds
According to Mahler's book, the pilots disliked the auto-recovery system and disconnected it, claiming it made them too predictable for the flak.
Might be their experience (or how it felt like) but that's probably more linked to gunners knowing the approx altitude of a pull out (usually around 1000m) than the dive recovery system. When pulling out, you also suddenly show a lot of surface to incoming bullets, so wouldnt be surprised if they felt at their most vulnerable then.
@@MilitaryAviationHistory Likely.
if you dont have it I really recommend the book, he was a KM pilot and would have flown from the GZ if completed, of course that didnt happen and he was "stolen" by the LW and flew in France, Britain, Malta and the USSR.
His unit did some night dive bombing as well.
A lot of Sherman tank crews disconnected the gyroscopic devices on their tanks as well. Others loved it and fired on the move. I guess that commanders had different views on fire and movement.
Although it was designed primarily as a fighter aircraft, Vought's F4-U Corsair had a window through the wing also. In fact, it had no cockpit floor to promote and facilitate the downward vision thru the wing window...
The version of the siren that can't be turned off reminds me of my ex-wife.
Thank you so much for this video. I have just acquired the brand new 1/35 Stuka from Border Model. It is a G1/2 variant. I have a question.. would the cockpit sliding windows in the canopy sides be appropriate for Rudels G2 in 1944?
This is a really good channel, I'm glad I found it and subbed !!
When the title is literally "Inside the cockpit"
"Cockpit not available due to conservation reasons"
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I actually scrolled through the entire video looking for the cockpit part...lol
I kept waiting, then I saw that pop up on screen - immediately stopped watching and hit the "not interested".
My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division. He was a Panzerjager attached to the 43rd Abt. The Stuka story he told talks about the fog of war and how a simple mistake causes death and carnage. His unit was being disembarked and staged in Russia. The young officer who was in charged staged the Marders and trucks in an area. Minutes later they heard the diving Stukas but wasn’t to concerned. They quickly realize that they were the targets. Everyone dove for cover or ran. He said the skill of the pilot destroyed several vehicles and killed many comrades. The randomness between living and dying was just a toss of a coin. It was over in less than 5 minutes. The cause of the confusion? The officer disembarked the Marders with the barrels pointing in the wrong direction. It was one of the biggest one day losses to the Panzerjager Abt 43….
Iconic aircraft.
Very well done! I thought I knew quite a bit about the Ju87. I learned a few things. Thanks.
Inside the cockpit without cockpit 👎🏻 bad service
Looked up the RI+JK serial. Was constructed as a D-5, construction number 2883, around 43-44 and was remanufactured as a JU-87G-2, with a new construction number, 494083. Was captured by British Forces in Northern Germany in May 1945 with a new serial number, 8474M RAF. I bought the hard copy of the book, can't wait to get it.
Cheers Stew! Did you get that info from the Museums own PDF, I think it's all explained there like you show, thanks for sharing :)
@@MilitaryAviationHistory Just looked up the number on Google and it came up.
Thank you so much for this, most appreciated. I belive I have heard, that someone, somewhere is building a flying replica, does anyone kvow more about that? ;o)
You might be thinking of the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum one?
@@MilitaryAviationHistory Yes, thank you very much!
@@noahwail2444 rrih7ujett4t2e3uo0o
Amazing documentary about the Ju87. Very interesting, I apreciated it a lot! Thanks
French soldier explaining what he saw on the front, 1940: 8:01
My oma was attacked by a Stuka during the Dutch campaign. She was cycling along when she saw a plane making strafing runs. She just made it under a bridge when the Stuka fired at her. She remembers the bullets flying everywhere past her. Fortunately it missed and only made the one pass.
Good video and great information....but you made the video, knew you didnt have cocokpit video and still titled "Inside the cockpit". Solid clickbait and some bullshit...
The series is called Inside The Cockpit - but as indicated sometimes conservation (and radiation) doesn't allow it. Generally I always prioritise planes that have access to the cockpit for the series but sometimes it's simply not possible, hope you still enjoyed it :)
I thought this too on another video, apparently it’s the name of the video series. So not really clickbait at all but confusing until you know that fact, yes
@@MilitaryAviationHistory History of the Stuka would have been a great title that was not also false advertising. As I said in my initial comment, it was great info, and Id have been far more pleased to have it, had you not titled the video the one thing you didnt have. My opinion its thats a really shitty way to get clicks. Good luck in future.
@@scottwittla not every casual viewer is aware this is part of a larger series...lots of perferctly great titles that dont mislead the viewer
@@mikesmith7249 it's already a good video
One little thing you didn't mention while talking about the bombs was the "Abweisergabel" that was mounted (and can be seen clearly whilst he is talking about the bombing-window) to push the bomb away from the plane to avoid a collision of the bomb with the propellerblades.
I just finished reading Stuka Pilot and have renewed interest in the Stuka. This video was incredibly informative. I have personally seen the aircraft in this video while in London and the one in Chicago. I believe they are the only two surviving examples in the world.
+@TimothyTimmons Those two are the only intact examples from WW2. There is wreckage/partial wreckage of six or eight more. Also Paul Allen's museum has used parts and wreckage from two examples to construct a flyable example, but it is not finished just yet.
@@FiveCentsPlease That would be epic if we see a Stuka return to the air.
Brillant review of the famous/Infamous Stuka! 👌🏻👍🏻 Thank You!
The Junkers logos on the cast iron exhaust manifolds at 3:04 are rather cast than stamped ! Minor detail of a very well made presentation.
Its mad to think that I started watching your channel just to watch some dude that was good at IL2 and now you are a full on historical channel, honestly really cool.
I appreciate that, thanks for sticking around all these years :)
@@MilitaryAviationHistory just awesome to see someone getting to do something they are genuinely passionate about, happy for you man!
The view from below makes it even more impressive! Beautiful aircraft!
One take.... very impressive!!! So much information! Thank you so much!
why thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the walk around. Could you help me? I wanna know when the ju87 stuka begins to use the 500kg bombe, and when the 1000kg? I'm a volunteer from a belgian fortification, hardly bombed by ju87 in may 1940...
Thank you for the great level of detail in your overview. I did not know about the window beneath the pilot. 👍👀
Thank you! Very insightful and you're a great instructor....keep it up my friend!
Authoritative and informative. And your English is excellent :D
Thanks so much for this video!
Great information! Thank you. Good luck with your book.
I knew embarrassingly little about the Stuka; thank you so much for educating me. I have seen the other 2 surviving Stukas that are restored or being restored. I visited the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and seeing their Stuka was one reason why I went. Unfortunately it is hanging from the ceiling so it is not particularly easy to examine. I also went to the Paul Allen Flying Heritage Museum in Seattle and saw theirs. That is a stunning collection and I didn't even know they are restoring a Stuka before I got there. It is on display during its restoration.
Excellent briefing. I was hoping for look inside the cockpit but I recognize the need to prevent any damage to the aircraft from walking on it. Thanks.
This was a very interesting walk around Chris, thank you for providing such an excellent description and some history behind the Stuka. I am currently reading Hans Ulrich Rudel's biography "Stuka Pilot" and it brought me here for some additional information. I love your channel and have been watching you for a couple years. You have one of the best channels on TH-cam related to military aviation history. I especially like when you get inside the plane and describe the cockpit. Thanks again and hello from Kentucky, USA.
The wing mounted guns could, on occasion, shoot down an enemy aircraft. While attacking Malta six Stukas dived down to their target. As there was a number of Spitfires in the area they decided to have a Stuka Party. This meant that as a Stuka dived down it was followed by a Spitfire which proceeded to shoot down the Stuka. One Spitfire pilot became so fixated by the Stuka in front of him he forgot the one following behind. So that pilot got a rare air to air combat kill for a Stuka. The RAF pilot did survive. But then had to face his fellow pilots, whom, I assume, were not going to let him forget about it in a hurry.
There was an incident before the war where where there was to be a demonstration by a squadron of Stukas in front of a number of high ranking officers. When they got to the area where the demonstration was to take place it was discovered that the area was covered in cloud. There was talk of calling off the demonstration because of the cloud, but it was decided to go ahead anyway. So the Stukas flew to where the demonstration was to take place and proceeded to dive down through the cloud. The problem was that the cloud layer was lower then it was thought and once the aircraft broke through the cloud it was realised that they were to close to the ground. There was frantic efforts made to call off the demonstration but without success. One after the other each aircraft crashed into the ground killing each of the crews on board. One time when the automatic recovery system would have helped.
The German S-Boats was referred to by their crews as the Stuka of the sea. Interestingly the British gunboat crews referred to their boats as the Spitfire of the sea.
The Stuka is the video was a Canone Vogel, the siren was called Jericho's Trumpet by Junkers in the technical documents for the Ju-87. Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug