To: All
Does anybody know what Stuka means? Some sort of hawk perhaps, it looks like one.
Also, I wonder how the Stuka compares to other dive bombers, say the US Navy SBD. Both had tail gunners. Which was the best WW2 dive bomber?
To: sasportas
"Stuka" is from
Sturzkampfflugzeug.
Essentially, German for "dive bomber".
20 posted on
10/06/2006 8:28:47 PM PDT by
Zman516
("Allah" is Satan, actually.)
To: sasportas
22 posted on
10/06/2006 8:30:27 PM PDT by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: sasportas
It's short for Sturtzkampfflugzeug - which I presume means dive bomber. Kind of like Gestapo is short for Geheime Staats Polizei - secret state police.
27 posted on
10/06/2006 8:52:50 PM PDT by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: sasportas
The SBD of course!Faster and a little heavier bomb load. Ask the japanese navy which was better oh wait you cant,they are on the bottom of the pacific.
33 posted on
10/06/2006 9:52:24 PM PDT by
HANG THE EXPENSE
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To: sasportas
STUKA is an abbreviation for STURTZKAMPFLUGZEUG- German for dive bomber
46 posted on
12/02/2006 10:45:51 PM PST by
PzLdr
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