“The use of divebombers by the Germans helped maintain that huge combat frontier with the USSR; the best of the supposedly passe’ Stuka pilots destroyed over 500 Russky tanks from the air.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, an ace Stuka pilot, was personally credited with over 500 destroyed Soviet tanks.
I once met a tool & die maker who had a painting of a pair of Me-109G “Gustav’s” taking off under battle conditions on his office wall. I was startled to hear that he flew them against the Russians. His Gustav had the 30mm cannon firing through the prop spinner. Must have been pretty tough on Soviet tanks, too.
Thanks Tallguy!