Junkers Ju 87 g-2

Hasegawa #09054 (1/48)

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This model depicts the Ju87g-2 of Kommodore Oberstleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Stab/SG2
(Staff/Ground Attack Group 2)
Autumn 1944

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The Pilot

Hans-Ulrich Rudel
(Eagle of the Eastern Front)
b: 20/7/1913
d: 18/12/1982
The most highly decorated German serviceman of the war, Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
and the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Germany's highest military decoration.

Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed;
including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, nine aircraft, 4 armored trains, several bridges, a destroyer, two cruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat.

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Ju87g-2 Information

	Role:	Ground attack
	Country:	Germany
	Manufacturer:	Junkers
	Production:	1943 - 1945
	No Produced:	230* /6500**

*g-2 / **all variants

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, a Stuka ace, had suggested using two 37mm Flak 18 guns, each one in a self-contained under-wing gun pod, as the Bordkanone BK 3,7, after achieving success against Soviet tanks with the 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon. These gun pods were fitted to a Ju 87 D-1, W.Nr 2552 as "Gustav the tank killer". The first flight of the machine took place on 31 January 1943, piloted by Hauptmann Hans-Karl Stepp

The Ju 87G was put into production. In April 1943, the first production Ju 87 G-1s were delivered to front line units. The two 37 mm cannons were mounted in under-wing gun pods, each loaded with a six-round magazine of armour-piercing tungsten carbide ammunition. With these weapons, the Kanonenvogel ("cannon-bird"), as it was nicknamed, proved spectacularly successful in the hands of Stuka aces such as Rudel. The G-1 was converted from older D-series airframes, retaining the smaller wing, but without the dive brakes. The G-2 was similar to the G-1 except for use of the extended wing of the D-5. 208 G-2s were built and at least a further 22 more were converted from D-3 airframe.

Specifications:
crew:	2
length:	11.1m
wingspan:	15.25m
height:	3.9m
weight (empty):	2750kg
weight (loaded):	6585kg
Performance:
Powerplant:	1 x Jumo 211J, Water cooled Inverted V12, 1300hp
Max Speed:	402km/h
Range:	1000km
Service Ceiling:	7320m
Armament:
Guns:	2 x 37mm (flak 18 or Flak 36) Cannon in underwing pods
	1 x 7.92mm MG81 twin barrel machine gun in rear cockpit

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