The Junker Ju 87 Stuka was the greatest threat to the Polish and French during the Second World War. They were known as the dive bombers as they would come down and spot the targets accurately. This was one of the fighter planes that Germany relied mostly. It was used throughout the war. It was estimated that more than 5,700 of these planes were built at that time.
The Junker Ju 87 Stuka did a major role in attacking the Russian tanks for many years. This prevented the Russian to enter from the Eatern border for many years. The German war history says that a pilot named Hans-Ulrich Rudel did serious damage on the allied forces sing the Ju 87 Stuka. It is said that he destroyed a battleship, 519 tanks and more than 200 vehicles using the bomber.
The dive and drop technology was implemented in the Second World War. The process of diving will help to aim at the targets properly. The complex problem of aiming from a high altitude and calculating the target from the forward motion and turbulent air was avoided using this technique. The expertise of the pilot is important in performing the operation.
The pilot has to pull the air craft out after the dive. Dive breaks are another concept introduced during this period to prevent the air craft from gaining excess speed. The pilot has to be highly trained and motivated for performing this operation. The prototype of the plane was not good looking. It had the look of a gull wing plane. But the flaps and ailerons were sufficient enough to provide good control in the air. The gear struts were aerodynamically designed. The pilot had a good view since the fuselage ran down from the cockpit.


