Best tank killer aircraft of WW2

[Lightning Guy]

I've been saying that the Il-2 was the best tank-buster.

 

[plan_D]

I never said it wasn't.

 

[Lightning Guy]

So we've produced a mass agreement.

 

[plan_D]

Well Kiwimac might argue the Stuka being better.

 

[cheddar cheese]

but thats just silly the il-2 WAS the best tank buster

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

atleast the stuka was a feared weapon up untill '40...............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Woo-Hoo! A feared weapon for 3 months!

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

atleast it was truely feared............

 

[cheddar cheese]

"oh look, here come a group of those planes that fall apart easily, are crap at defending themselves and are really slow, whaddaya call 'em? oh yeah, stukas "

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

that's not what they said at the time..............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Lancaster is right on this one. The Stuka had a fearsome reputation during the Blitzkrieg and truly terrified those on the receiving end. But that all changed with the BoB.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it was the first time they were really shot down, before then they had a reputation as being indestructible, far from the truth..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

i know they were feared, but they were so crap at defending themselves it was laughable

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but no-one knew that at the time............

 

[Lightning Guy]

The 109 and the skill of the Luftwaffe pilots probably had more to do with the reputation of the Stuka than the plane itself did.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah, during the blitzkreig the stuke could only go in after air superiority had been achieved...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

yeah, i realise the stuka was good at what it was supposed to be good at, but nowt else

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well surely that's all it has to be good at, what it's desgned for, if it can do anything else, it's a bonus.............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Lancaster's right. Frankly, the Stuka's tank-busting ability was a bonus. It was designed to do it.