Best Dive Bomber of WWII

[GrauGeist]

Actually, the Hs-129 had around 660 pounds of bombs it could carry.

The Hs129 (which was a dedicated ground-attack aircraft from paper to production) could carry a combination of bombs to augment it's 20mm cannons and MGs.
However, the 4 50kg hardpoints on the fuselage were omitted when it was equipped with the Mk101 or Mk103 30mm cannon.
When it was equipped with the BK 3.7 or BK7.5, it carried none.

I'll concede that the tank-plinking Ju-87 wasn't exactly a dive-bomber, but it was a strafer based on a dive-bomber.

The Ju87G (and the late D series) was perhaps the most successful "tank-plinker" of the war. An impressive feat, since that was not it's primary design.

 

[Shortround6]

I believe the JU-87G had the dive brakes removed which would certainly limit it's ability to perform a diving attack.
I think, but am not sure, that late production JU-87Ds also had the dive brakes removed/deleted.

 

[ww2restorer]

Quite correct, the JU-87G series had the dive brakes removed and were utilized as a ground attack aircraft. It is funny reading some of the comments of some gamers that think the stuka's still performed their vertical dives while attacking tanks. They actually unofficially changed there name from Stuka to Kanonenvogel.