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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #135 on: December 18, 2009, 08:18:28 AM »
Well in this game it hunts tanks with a great deal of success.   :O
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They call it "common sense", then why is it so uncommon?

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #136 on: December 19, 2009, 06:30:52 PM »
I'm curious as to which American aircraft you think has a "tank-busting gun?"  The P-39s 37mm was for air-to-air work, not busting tanks.  The B-25's 75mm was for anti-shipping duties, not tank busting.

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #137 on: December 20, 2009, 08:30:13 PM »
T-34's beware when i get my BK-37's
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #138 on: December 27, 2009, 11:34:39 PM »
T-34's beware when i get my BK-37's

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #139 on: December 28, 2009, 02:44:05 PM »
Fingers crossed for this update  :pray
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #140 on: December 31, 2009, 01:52:47 AM »
GIVE ME THE BK-37's
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #141 on: December 31, 2009, 07:13:51 AM »
I can see pilots being dedicated tank killers in JU-87s with the 37mm.  Its gonna be fun!
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #142 on: January 07, 2010, 12:43:58 PM »
I'm all for this plane.
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #143 on: January 08, 2010, 03:04:48 AM »
This is the only way forward for the Stuka the dynamics of the MA and mixed planeset means your lucky to even get enough alt for a bomb run before your set upon. Nothing sucks more than spending 10 minutes climbing for a bomb run and having to jetison your bombs and start dogfighting  :mad:
I don't think it would affect gvers to much the il2 is the 'dweeb ride' of tank killers, the hurri IMO is a better tank buster than the il2 if you know where to shoot + you rarely get the same attention from cons as an IL2 gets.

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #144 on: January 08, 2010, 03:37:34 AM »
I would make it shine  :devil
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #145 on: January 08, 2010, 04:11:40 PM »
Give us the 37mm Cannon Stukas. +

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #146 on: January 10, 2010, 09:15:32 AM »
The hurricane IID is very susceptible to gun fire
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #147 on: January 12, 2010, 06:03:17 AM »
What do you think would be the max\practical range for the JU87 w\37mm to destroy a tank?

Is convergence even a factor here?

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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #148 on: January 12, 2010, 08:18:39 AM »
1k
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Re: JU87 w\37mm Cannon for Tank Busting
« Reply #149 on: January 14, 2010, 06:30:41 AM »
This addition would be quite nice to the Stuka here in AH.  :aok

I have seen gun footage of this weapon used against T-34's while watching The History Channel.  The T-34's did not make it. lol  Wings of the Luftwaffe, if I recall the program's name correctly.  That wasn't the only program shown with gun footage of the Stuka using the BK's though.  But it's just one that springs to mind.  It has been a long time since I've seen it, so I could very well be wrong.

Some info regarding the BK 37:
The Bordkanone BK 37 ((on-)board cannon 37) was a 37mm anti-tank/bomber autocannon based on the earlier 37 mm Flak 18 made by Rheinmetall. It was mounted on World War II Luftwaffe aircraft such as the anti-tank or bomber-destroyer versions of the Junkers Ju 87D-3 and G-2, Henschel Hs 129B-2/R3, Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2/R1-3, and others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or fuselage of the aircraft as a self-contained pod with a 12-round magazine. It fired APCR (Tungsten hard core) ammunition or high explosive shells in 37x263B mm caliber at 160 rounds per minute.

I pulled this info off of the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BK_37

According to the info here, it is telling me that the BK 37 carried a 12 round magazine.  They probably loaded a round into the gun prior to loading the 12 round magazine, meaning each gun would have 13 rounds for a total of 26.  But in our case, we would only have 24 rounds total.
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