Stuka

[Rob52240]

Aside from the lower rate of fire, one would think that it would be easier to get a hit on an aerial target, since the balistics were better.

I can't imagine the weight is a whole lot greater than the 1800kg egg. Was the drag really that bad on the BK 37 gondolas?

Lets take this back to high school physics.  
  Put a bowling ball in your backpack and do a cartwheel.
  Now try doing a cartwheel with a shotput in each hand.

Now anyone who goes out in a stuka looking for air to air kills is a fool.

[Ack-Ack]

Aside from the lower rate of fire, one would think that it would be easier to get a hit on an aerial target, since the balistics were better.

An anti-tank gun like the BK 37's did not make for good A2A guns. There is no point in your trying to argue otherwise, reality just doesn't support it.

I can't imagine the weight is a whole lot greater than the 1800kg egg. Was the drag really that bad on the BK 37 gondolas?

The drag was bad enough that it made a plane with already poor maneuverability even worse.  

ack-ack

[Tank-Ace]

Lets take this back to high school physics.  
  Put a bowling ball in your backpack and do a cartwheel.
  Now try doing a cartwheel with a shotput in each hand.

Now anyone who goes out in a stuka looking for air to air kills is a fool.

Ah, OK, I see where you're coming from.


And I agree, anyone who goes out specificly looking for aerial kills with the 37mm's is a fool. But anyone in a fight who does not fire them when he has a shot is an idiot.

[Rob52240]

Ah, OK, I see where you're coming from.


And I agree, anyone who goes out specificly looking for aerial kills with the 37mm's is a fool. But anyone in a fight who does not fire them when he has a shot is an idiot.

I think a stuka would have to be outnumbered 80-1 for it to have any chance of getting a shot on an enemy.

[Tank-Ace]

I'm not so sure. I mean a large advantage in skill trumps a large defecit in preformance most of the time.