Best tank killer aircraft of WW2

[bronzewhaler82]

Double Plus Shite

 

[cheddar cheese]

wow, ive had a thought, a nasty one at that what if the stuka was french

 

[plan_D]

How did anyone come to the conclusion the Stuka was good?

It attacked France and Britain in mass numbers and with supporting 109s was effective but it was slow, under-gunned and under-armoured. They got ripped to pieces when the British fighters were there. As dive bombers they did their job, but they didn't do it well compared to others.
As ground attack planes, they were out-classed by nearly everything, Henschel 129, Typhoon, Tempest, Sturmovik, Hurricane IV..the list could go on.
The 37 mm cannons put under the Stuka were good at anti-tank role if there were nothing else in the sky or no AA on the ground. Which is always unlikely.

 

[plan_D]

I meant the Hurricane IID, although I imagine the Hurricane IV would have been quite good against troops and softs, after all it did have twelve .303 guns. But this is tank killers, so, IID.

 

[cheddar cheese]

How did anyone come to the conclusion the Stuka was good

we didnt, we just like winding each other up

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Well i think Kiwi is convinced its a good plane because of this 'Rudel' bloke he keeps going on about - but Kiwi is wrong most of the time so we don't pay any attention to him usually 8)

(joke!)

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[bronzewhaler82]

I think the answer to this partiular threads question has to be: any plane that WASN'T a Ju87 Stuka!!



(I LOVE these emoticons!)

 

[cheddar cheese]

it was easily the il-2 8)

 

[kiwimac]

Oh, how funny, it is to laugh!!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

nice use of unnecessary commas 8)

 

[kiwimac]

I run a home for unwanted punctuation! Commas are never unnecessary!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

they are, the comma is evil

 

[plan_D]

I like the comma, it's nice being all curvey like that

 

[cheddar cheese]

i draw my commas straight 8)

 

[plan_D]

You have violated the comma!

 

[cheddar cheese]

i wont have any bents in my schoolwork

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you are all wrong, the best punctuation mark has to be the full stop without a doubt.................................

 

[cheddar cheese]

ive always liked the colon : its a happy fellow and the basis for most smileys 8) anyway, getting back on topic, the il2 adthe tiffy were good ground attacks, unlike a certain german plane...... *cough* stuka *cough*

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i prefer the tiffy to the IL-2...............................