Junkers Ju 187

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The Junkers Ju 187 was designed to replace the aging Ju 87 Stuka, which by the time of the Battle of Britain had proved very vulnerable to enemy fighters. It kept some of the features of the earlier Ju 87, such as the inverted gull wing and two man crew, but added retractable landing gear and a rotating vertical tail. When rotated down it would give the gunner, armed with a rear gun position, a full field of fire. It is not known how the airplane would have handled with the tail rotated. Although an extremely radical design, the Ju 187 project never made it to production. The Ju 187 would have been of all-metal construction with improved armor and armament.

The project was cancelled by the Reich Air Ministry in 1943 because the aircraft's projected performance, when fully loaded, was estimated to be no better than the latest Ju 87 D variant.

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[edit] Specifications (Ju 187)

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (pilot and gunner)
Length: 11.80 m (38 ft 8¾ in)
Wingspan: 18.06 m (59 ft 3¼ in)
Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 9¾ in)
Powerplant: 1× Junkers Jumo 213 A 12-cylinder inverted-vee engine, 1,324 kW (1,776 hp)