JU87G TANK BUSTER MISSION

The tankbuster version of the Stuka was
first used operationally in the summer of
1942 on a modified Ju87D-3 which was
flown by several pilots, including
Oberleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel of
1./St.G.2 who was later to become the
Luftwaffe's leading exponent of the art
of tank busting, and to be credited with
knocking out a total of 519 Soviet tanks
while flying the Ju87G-1. The brilliant
success enjoyed by the Panzerjager-
Staffel formed on the first Ju87G-1s to
reach the Eastern front resulted, after
October 1943 (when the Stukageschwader 1,
2, 3, and 77 were redesignated
Schlachtgeschwader 1, 2, 3, and 77), in a
Ju87G-equipped Panzerjaeger-Staffel being
added to each Geschwader.

                    YOUR MISSION

Attack the enemy tanks (represented by
the individual flak guns) with your
Ju87G-1's 37mm cannon.  Destroy as many
as possible surrounding the target area
before enemy fighters force your
withdrawal.
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