German dive bombers Junkers Ju-87 (Ju.87D) take off from a winter airfield on the Eastern Front. World War II in Soviet Russia.
The dive bombers have cluster bombs of the AB-250-2 type suspended under their wings.
Cluster bombs of the AB-250-2 type were equipped with 144 fragmentation submunitions of two types, either SD-1 or SD-2.
German dive bombers were the most famous product of the Junkers Ju.87 design, commonly called the Stuka (short for the German name Sturzkampfflugzeug, i.e. dive bomber), which, in fact, became the symbol of the Blitzkrieg.
Junkers Ju-87 were indeed successful, although by the end of World War II the war had almost disappeared from the battlefield. Unfortunately (for the Lutfwaffe), the Stukas were too easy prey for enemy fighters and, no matter how hard their fighters tried to protect them, they suffered too many losses.
The photo source: www.asisbiz.com.
Location: Soviet Union