The JU-87 dive bomber is certainly one of the most well-known and famous aircraft of the Second World War. This characteristic aircraft with a "gull" wing gained great fame at the beginning of the war and is considered, together with the Panzer Divisions of the Wehrmacht, the symbol of the Blitzkrieg. During the war, new versions were introduced with different operational profiles. The Ju-87G was developed as an "anti-tank" version of the famous Stuka to counter, on the Eastern Front after 1943, the impressive number of enemy armoured vehicles. The famous Stuka pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel suggested applying two 37 mm Flak 18 cannons housed in under-wing pods to better counter this new threat. In this configuration the Ju-87G "Kanonenvogel" proved to be extremely effective in the hands of experienced pilots. More specifically, the G-2 version was characterized by an increased wing area derived from the previous D-5 version.
