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Quick Ju-87 question: What is this?


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IonicRipper
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What is this thing found on the tail of the Ju-87 just behind the gunner seat?

 

Almost looks like a dynamite stick... Is it for seft-destruction in case of a crash landing behind enemy lines?  :lol:

 

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Edited by IonicRipper
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More probably the antenna of EZ6 radio direction finder ;)

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IonicRipper
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Ahh I see, thanks Milo.

 

Its for the direction finder for anyone else who wants to know.

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Peil GIV: post-481-0-22013100-1393854320_thumb.jpg This is the same device IMO, but with a bumped plexiglas dome (as seen on some Bf 109 E night fighters)

Peil G6: post-481-0-70422600-1393854405_thumb.jpg

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what is stuka's advantage over il-2 other than better look? :)

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Well- it`s a dive bomber, so it can deliver bombs with pin-point accuracy.

I don`t think you can compare the two really, as one was a dedicated ground-attacker, the other a (dive)Bomber only.

 

And about the looks- that is highly subjective. I find them both great- like blond and brown hair :ph34r:

 

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I thought it was a fire extinguisher! :wacko:

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Would be interesting to have a Ju87D-5 with 20mm cannons & working StuVi sight at a later point

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The Ju88 has the same radio aid at the same place on top of the fuselage behind the canopy.

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