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On this channel we like to do a lot of dogfighting most videos are some sort of dogfight between 2 different aircraft as we explore their different capabilities. From time to time I like to dabble in Virtual Reality, I think VR is a great new technology and I love to show that stuff off for the channel from time to time.
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Check out the Merch Store: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/ American Murder Hornet Hoodie: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/listing/american-murder-hornet-bluepri?product=227 Something a little different today, thought we could try our hand at some dive bombing, hope you guys enjoyed the video thank you for watching and your on going support with the channel, its very much appreciated.

[@mandernachluca3774]

In real life, there was version of the Stuka with 2 37mm cannons under the wings, they called it the "Kanonenvogel" or cannon bird. If there is such a version in IL2, how about taking it out for a video? :D There were other versions too, with 2 20mm guns and gunpof options ranging from 8 machinguns to 4 20mm cannons.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Good drop....Thanks

[@totallynotthecia]

“Other stukas hitting what seems to be….military targets” Every Russian house and hovel explodes in the distance

[@scottfoster161]

lol

[@gtaraya]

@@Stormidze every russian is a military object

[@blackorange5091]

Fun fact: That is not a 1800lb bomb.. It is a 1800 KG bomb

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

I was literally looking for this comment. That's just shy of 4000lb

[@mathewm7136]

Great video and thanks for posting. Cliff Claven trivia: Early war Stuka sirens could not be turned on or off and ran continuously throughout the entire flight. After one or two months of operation, Stuka pilots were known to sneak out to the flight line at night and smash off the siren blades with hammers.

[@Chad_Thundernuts]

Not at all surprising!

[@debbiestimac5175]

Not just for the noise, it slowed them down quite a bit too.

[@TrojanHell]

The Jericho's Horns are such a beautiful concept. Singlehandedly making planes less effective, troops more scared, and leaving people forever under the impression that a diving plane "makes that sound".

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@debbiestimac5175 Yeah, slow enough with the fixed undercarriage (why?) without added drag.

[@heeder777]

@@andrewstevenson118 All in the name of simplicity. Given the Stukas mission put them pulling out of a dive right above ground forces, the gear would be the exposed to ground fire. Believe it or not, the wheel pants or skirts reduced drag quite a bit. On my own airplane, adding the wheel pants increased my airspeed by almost 20 knots. 18 to be exact.

[@Spencer481]

"I haven't done any dive bombing yet" sounds like an average late war German dive bomb pilot

[@wheelwrightpl9429]

It is 1800 kilograms not 1800 pounds, so about twice as heavy. For comparison: Pe-2 which is a much larger two-engined tactical bomber can only carry up to 1000kg bombs in the game.

[@fluffybilly]

2.2 pounds per kg. 10 kg = 22lb.

[@tdm5100]

The SC 1800 (Sprengbombe Cylindrisch) or cylindrical explosive bomb 1800kg or 4000 pounds

[@JETZcorp]

Well that explains why the explosion looked so much more Chadly than a Mk-84.

[@sztypettto]

Whenever I come across someone from the US talking measurements, I allow myself to accept any bullshit measurement system. Luckily he said pounds and not 1800 Footballs or beef burgers.

[@joergmaass]

My grandpa was a Stuka pilot at the eastern front. I listened to a lot of war stories...

[@SnaketheJake87]

There's book, called "Kiev 1941", by David Stahel. It's a solid read.

[@Gryphon861]

Good on ya for letting us know 👍✊

[@adamgarrison4737]

"I've never done this before. I read about it in a book once." *goes perfectly* -I can't even remember how my buttons are mapped.

[@cakeadventure8412]

That was an 1800 KG or 4000 lb bomb which makes this plane even crazier

[@debbiestimac5175]

The History Channel has got nothing on you, keep up the stellar work! This concept of aircraft and conflict histories and then the same narrator actually flying in VR is absolute gold! No more voice actors that have little to no knowledge of what they are talking about, let alone how you can put us in the shoes of those brave airmen from so long ago, you show how they fought and demonstrate it with candor, sincerity and just enough humor to let us smile and enough humility to even share your mistakes. Well done!

[@LEO-fk1io]

I genuinely love how you added history and its significant impact it had on both sides axis, allies

8:00 - "You can take Growling Sidewinder out of the fighter, but you can't take the fighter out of Growling Sidewinder !" ! 😂 Dive bombing were my favourite missions in the OG IL2. For some the thrill is in knife-edge dogfight, to me it was when I was diving down in an SBD over a Japanese cruiser firing all guns and chased by zeros, wheezing thru the bullets as speed gets higher and higher, getting the ship in the crosshair to drop a devastating blow.

[@aryanjaiswal3110]

Battle of Midway Intensifies 😂

[@VikingTeddy]

During the battle of Britain, Stuka losses were too high so they were assigned Bf-110 protection. However the 110's were an easy target for fighters so they were in turn sssigned 109 cover :) The 110 was quickly relegated to ground attack and bombing only.

[@Aqueox]

Heavy fighters. Heavy and incapable of fighting.

[@tarkalak]

The only good heavy fighter was the P-38.

[@VikingTeddy]

@@tarkalak Huh, never realised the P-38 was a heavy fighter, I see it's even heavier than the Jug. It's just so nimble and sleek looking that I never realised how swole it actually was. The only good wunderwaffe was Kelly Johnson.

[@tarkalak]

@@VikingTeddy There was a whole concept of Heavy Fighters before WWII. BF110, Ki-45, P-38 and a few others were designed as heavy fighters. Il-1 (from which the Il-2 was derived) was also designed as heavy fighter. Heavy fighter were made to have long range and provide escort to long range bombers. They usually had 2 engines. Only the P-38 was successful in the original role.

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

I like how when your bomb hit the rear gunner fired into the explosion

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

It’s like when u kick dirt into the face of a guy someone else already beat up

[@zawiszaczarnysulima3700]

I once had a chance to talk to a lady who survived WWII in Poland, and experienced a number of Stuka's raids in the city of Lviv. She described with horror what she thought was the whistle of the bombs falling through the air, and when I told her that these were sirens attached to the Stuka airplanes, and that they were designed (among other things) as psychological weapons, her comment was: "these sons of bitches...". She also mentioned that even many decades after the WWII, when she heard these sirens as a part of a soundtrack in some documentary playing on TV, she was instantly transported to her time in Lviv under bombardment, and that the horror of the experience never neither left her, nor lessened with time. You have to keep in mind that one of even the smaller bombs was capable of collapsing several buildings in a densely populated urban area, burying the inhabitants gathered in the basements of these buildings alive. The sirens were so loud, even people in the basements could hear them clearly.

[@bicok0073]

3:13 Ah yes the yonkers 87

[@basecoat1966]

I like the pictures of wives/girlfriends in the cockpit of these aircraft. It's a nice touch.

[@debbiestimac5175]

My cockpit pin-up is a Keanu Reeves look-alike, with great shoulders and forearms. 6'2" of twisted steel and sex appeal!

[@Randomguy-sq5sj]

@@debbiestimac5175 wth??

[@debbiestimac5175]

@@Randomguy-sq5sj I'm a woman, why would I have a girl on my cockpit steam gauge cluster?

[@nickharvey7233]

Love these IL2 WW2 vids - I've been playing the since it first came out, having started on flight sims back in 1990 on the Amiga with FA-18 Interceptor (revolutionary for its day!). While I can appreciate the clinical artistry and positioning in your modern jet fighter dogfight kills, I much prefer the visceral feel of a WW2/WW1 scrap. BTW, your '2 morons" vids are always good for a chuckle. Thanks again; keep up the good work!

[@jacdavis]

Can you do a video featuring the B25 Mitchell? There was an awesome stub nose version that housed a tank gun i believe. Would love to see some ground and pound on tanks and trains. 😃👍

[@badgermcbadger1968]

It's not in the game yet

[@JETZcorp]

"A little luck never hurt anybody." Well, except a couple trucks, amirite?

[@r.c.a.f_lynx9992]

Originally, the Jericho Trumpets sounded all the time. The pilots hated that noise. Eventually the Jericho Trumpets were changed so the pilot could control when they came on and when to shut them off. Not the same but, the same: They use to attach whistles to bombs to make them whistle while they were falling to earth.

[@gnak6525]

"it looks like friendlies are hitting what looks to be other military targets, softening them up" Friendly Stukas: *bombing village homes*

[@Aqueox]

You see a village home. I see a fortified position.

[@Boslandschap1]

I know it's a video game, but the sound of the Jericho trumpets is just haunting

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Would have been more impressive if he had used the F3 view in replay though

[@rwd76]

If the automatic pull out was used in real life, it would allow enemy flak gunners to target them as they would all pull out at the same height. So it was disconnected once stukas reached front line units.

[@peted2770]

That was a lesson learned the hard way in either the Spanish revolution or when they pushed into Poland, cant remember.

[@lancemurdoc6744]

I wait to see you killing tanks with this thing in "Hans Ulrich Rudel - Style".

[@baginatora]

GS, as a German pilot: "A little bit of luck never hurt anybody.." Soviet ground forces in that village: "Comrade, are you sure about that?"

[@seangr4222]

Dude, such a great channel. As a first responder it's always a pleasure to watch your videos on my down time.

[@goawayihavecommentstomake1488]

I have seen/used those bombs in War Thunder… Those are 1000kg bombs! The blast from those is absolutely barbaric.

[@kaletovhangar]

Well,he dropped 1800 kg bomb, which is almost double the fun of those.

[@charlesneitzel6558]

Really love your whole channel, GS. I especially love these recent videos with the little history blurb w/ clips at the beginning. Really a great testament to your knowledge and passion for military aviation. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@raghknarrscott1790]

Any chance you will be flying a, Vought F4U CORSAIR sometime soon ?

[@edwardbarocela3064]

Yes! I’d love to see that against the FW 190, since those two airplanes never actually met in combat.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Will probably happen when Leatherneck's F-4U-1D for DCS drops. Corsair vs. 190 is a very interesting fight, they're more or less on par (is the FW is an A-5 especially) in speed, climb and diving capabilities, but the FW rolls better and is more responsive at higher speeds while the Corsair turns better and has superior low speed handling.

[@edwardbarocela3064]

@@CakePrincessCelestia And the Corsair is faster. It would be a great matchup.

[@edwardbarocela3064]

Interesting video. I would love to see something similar done with the Dauntless SBD!

[@TheSoundsage]

Especially the air battle where Dauntless pilot "Swede" Vejtasa, attacked by three Zeros shot two down and and brought the other down with his wingtip during a head-on pass!

[@cmr2988]

Great video! One correction only: the stuka’s mg was 8mm (7,92) caliber, not the 7,62

[@MAMAYAYALALARARA]

love the educational aspect of this one! great research!

[@scrubsrc4084]

I've got so many books on the stuka and it's hilarious how often the pilots complain about the trumpets, they hated them.

[@IceyJones]

is there the 37mm flak cannon version of the stuka in this game?! iirc that was the Ju 87 G-1. pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a beast in that version. he flew 2530 missions and scored, besides many other things, 3 ships and 519 tanks and 9 air victories with that plane. despite the fact that he was a real nazi, this was a very impressive record.

[@hipsukun]

Yes, that variant is in the game.

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

Loved his book "Stuka Ace". A picture perfect example of a confident, bordering on arrogant, German WW2 pilot. You can really feel the growing concern, then alarm, then despondency at the turn in fortunes of the Wehrmacht in the Soviet Union.

[@caseface8022]

Love the history lesson in the beginning of the vid keep up the great work

[@tylerszulkowski6828]

I'm so glad he made a video about the flying kazoo

[@stianandersen1780]

“A little bit of luck never hurt anybody” well, those poor Soviets might disagree with that..

[@Panzerfire666]

"A little bit of luck didn't hurt anybody" Yeal tell that to the 50 or so Soviets you hit with that bomb. xD

[@mower2008]

Oh, it's too bad there are now flying examples of the Stuka today. Imagine hearing that siren at an airshow.

[@attehosiasluoma3127]

There is one being restored into flying condition actually.

[@thecoolmagnet3785]

I love the intro

[@dyson9422]

Thank you for another great video. I would like to see the challenge that a Ki84 would present to a P51 escorting a B29 on a low altitude bomb run over Japan.

[@CastawayHikes]

I'd love to see more Stula content! Maybe a dive bombing montage?

[@troyready721]

Have you talked of the night witches?... Silent glide attacks in biplane cropdusters!... those ladies had balls

[@eagle1_160]

I would love to have this plane in dcs. It will make the warbirds battles really entertaining. Imagine hitting train stations or the ships at the coast in Normandy

[@nightslayer500]

Growling Sidewinder: "A little bit of luck never hurt anybody" *every target that had bombs dropped on it*: What about us?

[@Aqueox]

Everyone asks WHERE is the target but never HOW is the target. :(

[@luistamez1141]

Man I love your content. Keep going 💪🏻

[@heeder777]

They included the trapeze into the modeling of the aircraft, it would be cool to see if it was actually functional. Maybe the profile to drop the larger weapon restricted releasing the bomb at a 90 degree dive. Cool video. I’ve been a Stuka fan since I was a kid and built a Gullows stick and tissue model.

[@jzcski]

“Only he is lost who gives himself up for lost!”

[@MrRecorder1]

I am getting quite a bit of a chuckle out of this imagining that 4:10 is the actual inner monologue of the pilot in that plane.

[@Sir.suspicious]

One of my favourite planes in the whole game

[@CamaraMan-dw2ss]

The cameraman inside a plane: hey, I didn't turn on the camera, let's take the shot again...let's repeat it again 🗿

[@MieseKartoffel218]

Could you fly other bomber like the ju 88 (idk if thats possible)? Cool vid btw

[@tedarcher9120]

Ju88 fighter maybe?

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Ju-88 is available, so it's possible. Also the Pe-2 which is the Russian counterpart. I'd love to see him in the Il-2 doing CAS though.

[@MGB-learning]

Another great video!

[@Gibbetoo]

detachment Kuhlmey was very important in Finland at 1944 destroying tank's and delaying soviet attack.

[@NoLesDejesGanar]

haha SSTUKA GOES IIIIIIIAAAAAAAAHHHUUU BOOOM!

[@Brakerjw]

Dude I love you in the ww2 heavies. Such a different interesting dynamic

[@janianttila]

8:00 Bagged 2 of those with Ju-87

[@paulpaulson6200]

Love these new bomber missions from sturmovik! Keep them Coming!

[@SledgeFox]

Very refreshing and well presented history! Thank you very much!

[@coreymarshall462]

"a little bit of luck never hurt anybody" except the guys you bombed lol

[@daviddedominici1705]

Bismark just published a book on the Stuka

[@Genital_Malaise]

Nice...enjoyed the paratrooper insertion as well...interesting perspective.

[@bukhariali71]

The STG77 got quiet a few air to air kills in the Stuka I think. Back in the days of IL2 1946 hyperlobby, the virtual STG77 squad was known for getting A2A kills in their Stukas.

[@brealistic3542]

The Stuka was designed from the American dive bomber program. The Germans say American dive bombers and liked what they saw. They in fact imported some American dive bombers to examine.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

Hans Ulrich Rudel approves of this mission... You are now welcome to share a glass of milk with him.

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

I have read that the bombs were carried on a rack that swung forward slightly and down from the planes belly so the stuka could employ a steeper dive and drop the bomb without it hitting the propeller. Maybe there was a weight limit on the bomb, maybe this was a different variant plane, I'm not sure.

[@MrDino1953]

“A little luck never hurt anyone”…apart from the 4 tanks you vaporized with an 1800 kg bomb. 🙄

[@robertschrans5700]

Could you play at A-1 Skyraider versus a mig-17 Vietnam the very first shot down in a dogfight

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

More luck than dogfight.

[@clarkdewar7122]

Great to be back watching your channel again... After being horribly hacked by some Freakshow....as always,very entertaining and informative... Thanks again.

[@adavis5926]

I'm thinking that Mig 3 pilot did not have enough airspace for his chute to fully open.

[@channelchannel1848]

Does the Stuka in IL2 have the auto dive/recovery feature like the real Stuka?

[@TheMusashi76]

yes he has it ;)

[@Randomguy-sq5sj]

She does

[@Ob1sdarkside]

Love the history intro to the vid!

[@vonlitto]

Absolutely loving the ww1 and ww2 videos!!! Love the information too!

[@nacinf227]

Awesome vid GS!

[@huntingfox3351]

Isn't the bomb 1800 kg rather than lbs?

[@davidgrossemunkenbeck6112]

I think so too!

[@trauko1388]

Yep, its a LOT bigger

[@debbiestimac5175]

The standard center line mounted single bomb was 550lbs (250 kg) with provisions for 4 under wing 110 lb (50 Kg) bombs, two on each side. An 1,800 kg bomb would be just short of 4,000 lbs, only 500 pounds short of what a B-17 carried to bomb Berlin. Quite a feat for a single engine aircraft, if it were true.

[@trauko1388]

@@debbiestimac5175 LOL!!! It is true, go look at the actual technical data form the LW, even the B models could carry 1.000Kg bombs, the D 1.800Kg. The Ju87 sacrificed range for payload.

[@debbiestimac5175]

@@trauko1388 Where are you getting your data? The largest standard issue is 500 kg. Are you talking about some version of the English tallboy or something? The Ju-87C-1, the last of the Stukas is listed as 700 Kg max external bomb load.

[@accountuser6670]

Great video, thank you

[@DraikoGR]

*Pro* tip (will not work with 1800+ bombs) Stuka has a hatch right under your legs, between the pedals. When you fly to the target you open that hatch and upon the target coming on full view, you roll and dive. Will work 9/10.

[@MrJavier81]

Great video! Very entertaining

[@Shawn47]

Did I see that right? It looked like the Mig pilot's shoot didn't open.

[@danieldunlap4077]

Sir Robin bravely ran away

[@volatile100]

A note about the Jericho trumpets on the gear. Pilots hated them. They were a great idea, and a morale killer, but that's for people on the ground. Up in the sky, even at cruising speed, they were spinning fast enough to make noise, much to the annoyance to the pilots. That ended up being one of the reasons that they were eventually removed from all later versions.

[@Neneset]

That might have been an 1800kg bomb as I don't recall the Germans using an 1800lb bomb. I used to play Aces High, which is a "use any plane/tank" game with a good flight model. The most dominant air-to-air combat, where I felt I most massively outclassed my opponent, was a "fight" where there was a contact heading for one of my country's CVs, so I took off in an A6M3 'Zero' to intercept it. I found a Ju87D-3 with an 1800kg bomb clearly visible under it. That bomb made the already sluggish Ju87 a complete dog, while the A6M3 was a light and agile version of the Zero. The poor Ju87 had no chance and the ease and speed with which I moved around him sticks with me to this day.

[@jaybatty2728]

Always thought the trumpets were under the nose 👃 lol

[@vinnymorrissey7357]

Loved the intro.

[@lawnchairgaming]

Best intro ever

[@charles_wipman]

Nice dive and AA kill.

[@b2tall239]

GS....who's the fraulein in the photo on the left side of the cockpit?? Miss Eastern Front 1941? :-)

[@stansenter2660]

Dear GS, Could a gun fight between an F-8E(FN) Crusader and an F-4E/D Phantom ll be experimented with?

[@kawafahra]

Your flew the Stuka and the Ju 52. That blonde girl on their respective Dashboards "flew" both their pilots, as it seems.

[@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk]

I note that the Bosch liked to design aircraft with flaperon’s a lot.

[@scottfoster161]

Rudel took his off and never had any issues.

[@peatbogg3688]

"A little bit of luck never hurt anybody." - Except those truck drivers. 😉

[@numbersletters3886]

That was very cool, thanks!

[@mosqa7802]

I wish these types videos got more attention so there would be more reason to do these

[@Razgriz85]

Weren't they used during the Spanish Civil War, which was a means to test how the siren affects people and makes them freeze up?

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

Don't think so. The Condor Legion flew Junkers JU52's and Heinkel 51's, neither model with the sirens.

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

MOAR!!!

[@Chio_OB]

your voice is good for a documentary

[@psycomontis7611]

I love your videos. A fan from Algeria.

[@LogieT2K]

Ok GS hear me out “2 Morons try and survive in a stuka”