Would the Stuka be a viable weapon in Finnish Air Force hands?

[davebender]

I assume that includes avoiding airspace containing 14,000 enemy air sorties.

 

[Milosh]

I assume that includes avoiding airspace containing 14,000 enemy air sorties.

Well naturally as the objective is to 'hurt' the enemy, not get 'hurt' yourself.

 

[stona]

I assume that includes avoiding airspace containing 14,000 enemy air sorties.

That includes all Allied air sorties for that period,everything from glider tugs,parachute transports,diversion raids,mining,reconnaissance,meteorological and photographic flights and many more to fighter and bomber operations.
Steve

 

[bobbysocks]

read for yourself....some good stuff here. except for the part juutilanen where he claims to shoot down a couple russian 51s....

WW II ACE STORIES - Finnish Aces

 

[redcoat]

The Ju 87 Stuka was used on the Western front during the 1944-5 campaigns but only in the night harassment role.

 

[swampyankee]

Normandy was a relatively small area blanketed by thousands of enemy fighter aircraft. No CAS aircraft can survive in that environment. Throw a hundred A-10 Warthogs into 1944 Normandy and that wouldn't last much longer then Ju-87Ds.

Considering that the Warthog was twice as fast [eta] as the Ju87[/eta], probably faster at low altitude than any WWII aircraft and extensively designed to resist modern AAA [eta], they'd probably have a much lower loss rate than any WWII aircraft[/eta]

Just imagine what a gun designed to destroy modern MBTs would do to anything from WWII. The German Army would break.