I enjoy this too much, really I do.
Ju 88 P
Armored fighter, bomber destroyer later, reconstruction of bombers of the A series. Cannons of 37, 50 or75 mm
•Ju 88 P-1: derived from the Ju88 A-4, a 7.5-cm-BK 7.5 cannon under the fuselage. The burden of the heavy weapon turned out to be too large for the machine.
•Ju 88 P-2 derived from the Ju88 A-4, two 3.7-cm-BK 3.7 cannon under the fuselage. When fitted with the same type of machine gun Ju 87 and Hs 129 proved to be the armored combat at low altitude more suitable. A Ju 88 P-2 was tested as a night fighter: she received two limited pivotal 3-mm cannon MK 103 and a radar. Presumably, this machine has been used in the NJG 10, but has not proven.
•Ju 88 P-3: as Ju 88 P-2, but with reinforced armor and Jumo 211 P, only a small series was used on the Eastern Front.
•Ju 88 P-4: as Ju 88 P-3, but with out the 5-cm KwK 39 developed BK 5 under the fuselage. Probably 32 machines were converted from Ju88 A-4, and with some success, used for hunting tanks on the Eastern Front. Test applications against four-engined bombers were unsuccessful, as the Ju 88 could not prevail against the Allied fighter escort.
http://desertwar.net/junkers-ju-88.htmlAgain, I'd love to know Megalodon's source, as I said before. It seems to be Wiki, but even the information on Wikipedia is in contradiction to his production number claims (and beside's, it is wikipedia). What is it, then? He seems to be privi to the lost documentation that has yet to be found by the rest of the world to:
Arado at Brandenburg-Neuendorf ATG at Leipzig-Mockau (fuselages & tails, not wings + final assembly 1940-June 1944)
Dornier (North) at Wismar (A-series fuselages and tails, 1939-Jan 1942)
Dornier (South) at Friedrischshafen (A-series bombers only, 1939-Dec 1940)
Heinkel at Oranienburg (complete aircraft 1940-Aug 1942, wings only until March 1943)
Henschel at Berlin-Schönefeld (complete aircraft from mid 1939, night-fighters only 1944-Feb 1945)
Junkers at Bernburg (all variants 1938-1945)
(Fuselages from Aschersleben, wings from Halberstadt, tails from Leopoldshall with assembly at Bernburg)
Siebel at Halle (wings and final assembly, early 1940 – April 1944)
Also factories in Czechoslovakia and France by 1944
Major sub-assemblies produced by Volkswagen at Wolfsburg (tail units for Junkers until mid 1944) and AEG at ?? (tail units for Arado & others until mid 1944).
Thanks for providing the wiki citation to page 27 of the United States Air Force Museum Guidebook, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Air Force Museum Foundation, 1975. I look forward to finding it and looking up what secrets it holds on the Ju88P series within it's single page article.
And where did you pick up that all later P-series Ju88s were covnerted from other P-series Ju-88s? Everything I've found for each individual P-series mentions they were modified A-4s, not re-modified Ps.
Ju 88P V1 1 conv A-4 ? Summer 1942
Ju 88P-1 ? conv A-4 ? 1943
Ju 88P-2 ? conv A-4 ? ?
Ju 88P-3 ? conv A-4 ? ?
Ju 88P-4 32 conv A-4 ? 1944
Ju 88P series total ? - -
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/aircraft/types/junkers-ju-88-fighter-variants.htm And Krusty, nothing crits the Krustymeter stronger than when your imagination sides against facts. IE: The 88P didn't do anything, yet we know
at least it was fielded to Erprobungskommando-25, an entire staffel of Nachtschlachtgruppen 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9
each (that's 5-squadrons worth right there! vs. the Hs-129's what, two?! *facepalm*), NSGr 8, NSGr 9...... AND FINALY the 32 P-4s entirely to one other. That insinuates enough P1-P3s for eight (8) operational units....
If anything, you've proven to me how invalid any credibility there is for the Hs 129 - both in wild speculation and unfounded hypothesis that aren't only backed up by any numbers, but get shot down by the numbers/statistics that do exist (but are being ignored).
Lastly, this is not my wish. While I would welcome a Ju88P varient, especialy at being more practical and effective than the Hs-129 in the game (scenarios and MAs) I'd welcome ANY Ju88 varient (or remodel with no expansion!). The Ju88 is the only german plane set more wronged by the lack of examples than the 190 in AH.
So many that I can't even list them at the end of this single post! (maximum post length)