Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Junkers Ju 87G "Stuka", with twin BK 3,7 gun pods attached to the underside of the wings. The aircraft is being started with a hand crank. BK 3,7 equipped ground attack aircraft were developed for tank hunting on the Eastern Front in an effort to blunt the massive numerical superiority of the Soviet T-34 tank as the war turned against Germany. The concept was rather rudimentary, suffered from poor accuracy, severe weight penalty making the craft vulnerable to fighters, and low ammunition capacity; but could be extremely effective when operated by a sufficiently skilled and practised ground-attack pilot, such as Rudel. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Helmut Grosse in the Eastern Front, summer 1943.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BK_3,7
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