Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, also built by Weser Flugzeugbau and SNCASO, France
Type: two-seat divebomber and close support
Engine: (Ju 87B-1) one 1,100hp Junkers Jumo 211Da 12-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled, (Ju 87D-1, D-5) 1,300hp Jumo 211J
Armament: (Ju 87B-1) two 7.92mm Rheinmetall MG 17 machine guns in wings, one 7.92mm MG 15 manually aimed in rear cockpit, one 500kg bomb on centerline and four 50kg on wing racks; (D-1, D-5) two MG 17 in wings, twin 7.92mm MG 81 machine guns manually aimed in rear cockpit, one bomb of 1,800kg on centerline; (D-7) two 20mm MG 151/20 cannon in wings; (Ju 87G-1) two 37mm BK (Flak 18 or Flak 36) cannon in underwing pods; (D-4) two underwing WB81 weapon containers each housing six MG 81 guns
Speed: maximum speed (B-1) 390km/h, (D-1) 408km/h, (D-5) 402km/h
Climb: 10 minutes to 4,115m
Ceiling: service ceiling (B-1) 8,000m, (D-1, D-5) 7,320m
Range: with maximum bomb load (B-1) 600km, (D-1, D-5) 1,000km
Weight: empty (B-1, D-1) about 2,750kg; loaded (B-1) 4,250kg, (D-1) 5,720kg, (D-5) 6,585kg
Wingspan: (B-1, D-1) 13.8m, (D-5) 15.25m
Length: 11.1m
Height: 3.9m
Crew: two
History: first flight (Ju 87V1) late 1935, (pre-production Ju 87A-0) November 1936, (Ju 87B-1) August 1938, (Ju 87D-1) 1940, termination of production 1944
Users: Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany (Luftwaffe), Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia

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