Kurfürst
Staff Sergeant
The Ju 88 was originally designed as a fast bomber with a very thin body, 2 men crew and close to no defensive armament (1 light machinegun). Very similar to what the Mosquito later would become. There were always problems with the bomb bay being too small for 250 let alone 500 kg bombs. Nevertheless it could carry up to 28 50 kg bombs internally (1400kg). Maybe you should be a little more respectful and search twice before calling one of the best planes of the war pathetic?
There was also option to carry bombs up to 1800 kg externally. I am not sure about the exact layout, one German primary source notes 2 x 1800 kg, another is a bit unclear wheter the 1800kg bomb was only possible as an assymetrical external load or not..
In any case, the Ju 88A was hugely versatile, and I am not meaning the airframe's adaptability here, but the very single Ju 88A-4 type, you could use it as light fast bomber against soft targets with internal load of 1400 kg as you mentioned (the speed w/o the external racks was pretty high, 510 km/h);
it could carry some very heavy loads if needed and large bombs if needed - true only externally, but still it was as fast as any other medium even in this condition; it could act as a dive bomber, or equipped with cannon and MG pods for ground attack...