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Originally Posted by George Hopp
As noted in "The Condor Legion" by Ries/Ring, about He 112 V4: "The He 112 had been in action with 1. Staffel for several weeks. Flown by Uffz. Schulz, ... it specialized in hunting Red tanks. On account of its good success the aircraft was jokingly dubbed "Dosenoeffner" (can opener). Unfortunately, in July the aircraft was written off in a crash." It appears that Schulz had popped 3 tanks with the a/c. And, it also sounds like he was more than satisfied with it. So, where did you find the contrary info?
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It was good at knocking out tanks but what the Luftwaffe was after was armament suitable for air combat. You can judge their view of the MG C/30L by the fact that only the one plane was ever fitted with it, and after that they switched to the much smaller, lighter and faster-firing MG-FF.
It is possible that this was influenced by the decision to choose the Bf 109 over the He 112. Although the 109 could probably take the MG C/30L the considerable weight (about 180 kg loaded) would have hurt the performance of the little plane.
Tony Williams
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