How Accurate Was Dive Bombing

GrauGeist said:

Although the "very fast" part is not all that true - Stukas, SBDs, A-36s, Vals, etc. all deployed dive-brakes that limited their dive speed.
The SBD's massive dive-brakes held it steady at 250mph in it's 70-80 degree dive.
The Stuka was about 350mph in it's near-vertical dive.
The A-36 Mustang was about 390mph and the D3A 273mph.

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A.G. Williams said:

At the beginning of WW2 torpedoes had to be dropped at a relatively low speed, but a lot of work was done during the war to increase the permitted water impact speed, so they could be dropped at high aircraft speeds.

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