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Richard Aigner 25th July 2019 13:42

Rockets on Stukas?
 
Warship 46, April 1988, has an article on the sinking of 3 Soviet destroyers by Ju87 of StG 77. "Soviet Destroyers vs the Luftwaffe, 6 October 1943" Author is Pierre Hervieux.
p. 27 reads: "..we concentrated on Besposhadny. She ceased fire and came to a stop. Unhappily we did not carry rockets, so we had to return to the airfield for more bombs..."
Did Ju87 ever carry rockets in combat, and were there any air-surface rockets in the German inventory in 1943 that might have been used/useful against warships?
Richard
P.S.: Unfortunately no source is given apart from the preamble to the quote "The German Gruppe Leader's report on the first three strikes translates as follows:"

Andrey Kuznetsov 25th July 2019 18:33

Re: Rockets on Stukas?
 
Hello,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Aigner (Post 272230)
Unhappily we did not carry rockets, so we had to return to the airfield for more bombs..."

Looks like incorrect translation.

Best regards,
Andrey


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