They called it SNIPER AMONG BOMBERS - Ju 87 Stuka
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 Published On Mar 16, 2023

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The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber is popularly remembered to be an extremely accurate aircraft, able to lob bombs straight on bunkers, tanks, and ships. But how accurate was it really? Thanks to new data from the archives, we are able to figure this out and answer the question of how close the Ju 87 tended to hit the target on average.

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- Sources -
Bergs, Christoph and Bernhard Kast, STUKA – The Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber, Military History Group, 2022.

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- Timecodes -
00:00 - JUNKERS JU 87 STUKA
00:35 - POPULAR PERCEPTION
02:26 - THE 'WHAT' OF ACCURACY
03:15 - TRAINING ACCURACY
06:58 - "SNIPER AMONG THE BOMBERS"
10:46 - EFFECTIVE ACCURACY

- Audio -
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

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