Question on the JU-87 D3

[Shane]

I'd like to encounter a mission of 20 Ju87s......   

the wailing would far exceed any decibel level the sirens could output.

[STEELE]

The siren was replaced fairly quickly with a small, simple whistle-type device on a fin of the bomb
that acheived the same effect without all the extra drag   

[TUK]

Betty used to put up some HUGE Stuka missions.   Was a while back however. . No real use for the Stuka in the MA now. I used to use them to hit towns before they re-did the towns...

[oTRALFZo]

In fact, actually finding photographic evidence that this siren was ever used is RARE. That is why AH does not have it modeled, aside from the B/D differences. Either model would not have it.

Perhaps photographic evidence is rare, but nothing is more iconic during the war which is why I was surprised we never had it.

You have to admit, it would be pretty badarse to hear a group of them diving in the game. As 5point said earlier of the AH culture wanting the uber bomb, I wonder if having the siren would bring more people to join stuka missions. Siren or not..they are fun planes in game with big numbers or you are just assured you will get slaughtered.

[Krusty]

Iconic from reputation, from before others got into the war... Iconic from reports of Polish civilians and the like.


Not from their use in, say, France, or over London.

It has no war-time relevance. Might as well say the P-26 needs to be added to the game because of the wonderful reputation it had.... before the war.

[Shuffler]

Woot Peeshooter

[oTRALFZo]

Iconic from reputation, from before others got into the war... Iconic from reports of Polish civilians and the like.


Not from their use in, say, France, or over London.

It has no war-time relevance. Might as well say the P-26 needs to be added to the game because of the wonderful reputation it had.... before the war.

So then why do we have the B29?

[B-17]

So then why do we have the B29?

because it had iconic ctatus DURING the war. the other two didnt.

[gyrene81]

So then why do we have the B29?

to quote someone else who said it in another discussion on wishlist..."to save space on the forums"

[oTRALFZo]

because it had iconic ctatus DURING the war. the other two didnt.

  The stuka model with the siren had iconic status during peacetime? And what is the other one we were talking about?

[kvuo75]

whats that weirdo lookin plane in formation with the stuka in krusty's photos?

[Mustaine]

Betty used to put up some HUGE Stuka missions.   Was a while back however. . No real use for the Stuka in the MA now. I used to use them to hit towns before they re-did the towns...

That's from an old JB 50 Stuka HQ raid on the Mindanao map years ago. there is film of it somewhere, he11 I may even have it but don't have the gumption to find it in the archive of all those old films and versions of AH.

[BrownBaron]

whats that weirdo lookin plane in formation with the stuka in krusty's photos?

I'm by no means knowledgeable about the Regia Aeronautica, but that appears to be a Fiat G.50?



(G.50 in foreground, Bf 110 in background)

[kvuo75]

I'm by no means knowledgeable about the Regia Aeronautica, but that appears to be a Fiat G.50?

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(G.50 in foreground, Bf 110 in background)

thanks!  (a plane I was completely unaware of)