IL-2 Great Battles | Junkers JU52 | Paratrooper Drop near Lommel!

Hello all, today we will be flying the JU52 as we are sent up to deploy paratroopers to capture a canall crossing near Lommel.
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ABOUT THIS GAME
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles of World War II. Better quality of content, bigger scale, new physics, more realistic aerodynamics and new game elements set this title apart from all which came before. We have only one goal - To give you a New Higher Level of Immersion!
Key Features:
PLAY:
Robust Single-Player Campaign that features a challenging and innovative AI system. Includes an extensive in-game achievement system that allows players to unlock historically based airplane modifications and upgrades as your campaign progresses.
Realistic graphics and unique visual effects: clouds, lightning, tracers, explosions and huge smoke plumes - all of them fully realized to recreate the aerial combat scenery of war time Stalingrad.
Flexible Quick Mission mode that allows you to create your own custom combat scenario in just a couple of minutes.
Classic Multiplayer gameplay with dedicated player controlled servers with your favorite settings for team battles and dogfight duels.
FLY:
Realistic sounds and physics, detailed aircraft systems modeling, advanced aerodynamics and state-of-the-art flight modeling gives you a real sensation of flight.
Become an ace fighter pilot or try your hand at flying attack planes and bombers where you can destroy tanks, trucks, AAA batteries, artillery units and even armored trains.
Control your plane with either joystick or mouse keeping the highest level of simulation fidelity and accuracy.
For those that won’t make it back to base, each plane comes equipped with a handy parachute!
COMBAT:
Hone your skills versus AI or join multiplayer where you can fight in the air or on the ground, manning T-34-76 or Pz III Ausf L tanks.
Control a plane or tank all by yourself or have your friend aim a tank gun or a bomber turret.
Unique and detailed damage model lets you use the pros and cons of various aircraft and tanks to your advantage.
Adjust the tank aiming sights for distance and view the tank interior just as a plane cockpit!
LEARN:
Action takes place on a 358 х 230 km map - The largest and most detailed recreation of the Battle of Stalingrad theatre ever modeled in a flight simulation with unique structures, buildings and landscapes.
Single-Player Campaign scenario follows the real chronology of the battle starting with Operation Uranus on November 19th, 1942 and continues to the complete liberation of the city on February 2nd, 1943.
Ten Legendary aircraft of the era have been thoroughly re-created using original drawings and blueprints from the Central archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Precise simulation of the flight model allows everyone to learn the special character and limits of each and every plane in the game. Use each of their special abilities and performance characteristics to complete your mission and survive the brutal fight.

[@Rvoid]

That gunner deserve a round of beer from the entire flight. Also, that one poor paratrooper who landed in the river...

[@judyhopps9380]

I'd blame the dummkopf who put the LZ next to a river. Still, there's a chance he survived.

[@paletobay1017]

Also hes the enemy I’m glad he landed in that river 😂

[@charlesc.9012]

There are weak currents and shallow water in a river, and fallschirmjaeger are the most experienced infantrymen, so they should know how to swim and ditch gear quickly.

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

You don't see this kind of plane getting flown often in gameplay videos of this game. Good to see you give the Ju 52 some love.

[@timonsolus]

Talk about a fantasy mission! Ju 52’s carrying out a daylight parachute drop in summer 1944. They would have run into 40 Allied fighters, not 4, and been slaughtered.

[@spudpud-T67]

And the allied fighters in this video were allergic to firing.

[@Ostwind1944_]

Not really. They did smaller scale drops somewhat frequently, with even a large scale one occurring during the Argonne Offensive.

[@marce3841]

10:23 lol that guy in the water

[@SergeiMosin]

I've often wondered why the Junkers company was so determined to make fixed landing gear happen on so many of their aircraft. They certainly did something right with the 52, though, since some of them are still active in commercial service.

[@owensks]

cheaper less moving parts

[@nikbear]

Great production on this Taff, really did look great to watch the paratroopers jumping off 👌 and all of the flight came home! 😯 nice work and a peachy landing as well! 👏 excellent work Taff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍻

[@Joe0161]

Oh great, I dont have to watch the video now. Thanks..!

[@careyamos485]

Bruh

[@cyberfutur5000]

I love this plane. Theres one going over the place I life in summer times, a view (and sound) that didn't get old since I was a little child.

[@sopwithcamelus]

Growing up, a gentleman in my area owned "Iron Annie" a Junkers 52. It was a fixture at all of our local airshows. I loved seeing that lumbering warbird with its three motors growling over my hometown. Sometimes some AT-6 Texans disguised as A6M Zeroes would show up. They had been used in the classic movie :Tora, Tora, Tora. Good times.

[@grahvis]

Back in the 90s one used to regularly fly over East London.

[@yoosta22]

Glad you did this one Taff. Love the variety. The German paratroopers had correct helmets. Love this game………..

[@willchalloner706]

Cinematic AF! loved that one Taff.

[@donaldwrightson]

That was a nice change of pace,gj Taff!!!!

[@nealboswell8786]

As and old "Fahlshermjaeger, I enjoyed.

[@yoosta22]

Loved it Taff. Great plane to fly. Love the trim/flap thing going on.

[@cgd1037]

Cinematically beautiful. A great change from screaming fighters!

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Well, that was a surprisingly nice flight. Well done, no crash, no worries. Do more of these, please.

[@jameslanning8405]

That's a good thing... "Diversity." You don't always have to be in a fighter, flying in intense battles. Bombers, troops, cargo, are good alternatives for a slower, 'milk run,' approach to flying. Slow and low means you get to enjoy the scenery as well, besides seeing the tops of clouds!

[@marlboro9tibike]

10:23 that paratrooper landed at the river has a great start of the fight😂

[@JDKempton]

Wow the game animation of troops parachuting from the plane was very cool. Excellent video as always.

[@flieger701]

One of the most enjoyable IL2 Great Battle videos I have seen in quite a while! 🍺 Prost!

[@hummerltheOh]

Love to see all those Ju52s

[@dakosaurusrex9850]

I like these kinds of missions. Taff, would you be interested in doing the c47 night drop into Normandy? I'd do it myself but my kit won't run il2. Graphics card problem.

[@LawrenceSeetoh]

These non-fighter ones are quite fun to watch, it is interesting to see other kinds of flights

[@woofdogmeow2159]

It's always good to see tanta ju back in action.

[@MagnumGreenPanther]

Beautiful jump!

[@N.i.l]

Love Tante Ju ! great video!

[@Perktube1]

Yesss!! I haven't seen a good JU-52 drop since Magztv's night drop a few years ago.

[@willgnue2240]

Not often you see a full flight return home. Watched and 👍 Liked

[@craigmurdoch5368]

great vid taff!

[@conmcgrath7174]

You are not ponderous dear Taff, you are a deep thinker, a man of various and manifest talents! Huzzah!

[@MarkBuckleyCorkTuba]

Cheers Taff, I enjoyed that. :)

[@pacmanpus64]

Good job those 52's didn't have to fly in storm eunice !

[@esbenk.d.jensen9345]

Very nice with a different mission type :) thx

[@darthvegan]

6:25 That propeller to the back couldn't feel good! Well done!

[@atoka2206]

At least it wasn't spinning tho

[@lukaszimmermann2215]

I flew with one of those amazing planes over the swiss alps. I will never forget it.

[@dreamF_]

Nice start of this video. Looks familiar with the beginning of Band of Brothers😅

[@joshjosh6526]

Nice. I have spent many hours in a JU-52 in career mode. Nice, simple flying. I’ve watched quite a few of your videos and can say that I have enjoyed them all. Well done. Subbed! Here’s to hoping you do some C47 videos when it finally gets released.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Nice change.

[@jsmith3772]

I do like flying the Ju-52in IL2GB it is a different type of experience, especially night parachute drops

[@rvkasper]

Ponderous :> me too friend, me too

[@stevepirie8130]

Cool

[@yoosta22]

Yes!!!!!!

[@jyralnadreth4442]

Broadsword calling Taffy Boy 😁 Where Luke Scott's dare lol

[@pawelsawicki1750]

0:56 I liked flying this plane in the game - 100km/h and up in the air! :)

[@JDKempton]

Hope there are more missions in this aircraft you can share.

[@Nangleator22]

Great mission! Glad it didn't get ugly. Beautiful old plane. I'm eager to see if stock Stalingrad has the 52 or if I have to shop, because I want to try out this kind of mission.

[@vonskyme9133]

It's an extra, and sadly quite pricy (about 25 USD if I got my conversion right).

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

5:04 clean kill

[@MarqueOfWarNavalCampaign]

Damm, I go to school in Lommel, Belgium. Never knew this happened (if it happened IRL)

[@johnsullivan6843]

When the American pilot hit the silks at 6:20, he had a rough go of it trying to get clear of the aircraft. His legs went through the propeller and chute was tangled in the wing 🤔. #GranddadsWarStories

[@thomashiggins9320]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that, in real life, his parachute would've gotten tangled up with the plane and it would've dragged him down.

[@Tuulos]

I really wish for a career where both sides have to do daily parachute drops.

[@JoeC-bz2ep]

Creat cinematography. Where are the full length movies taff? I would watch them.

[@Coinkidoink]

Tante Ju, good old girl

[@draigaur9543]

who are you and what have you done with the real Taff? that landing was obviously photoshopped 🤣🤣🤣, love this series keep them coming !

[@endi3386]

I suggest finding a German voice actor on a website like Fiverr - hearing a British voice talking from the perspective of a Ju 52 pilot is very strange. You could find such a voice actor for only $5-10.

[@aidanserad1143]

@Taff in Exile do you have any idea when you’ll be starting a new Il-2 Great Battles Career with a new character?! Like maybe a previous character’s sibling or relative?

[@pgmetcalf]

Did your gunner shoot the troops as they were dangling?

[@josephakai7297]

Please help, i play on keyboard and mouse, my ju 52 cant takeoff, engine power randomly up and down max speed is 60-70km/h . What problem is?

[@northernlad52]

which campaign was this taff ?

[@art2themax]

you never looked at your airspeed. I thought you need to slow down to 160 for drop.

[@jumpferjoy1st]

All that effort to have a flight of Ju52s and the setup. Messed up with Fw190a's on the ground and P51d attacking. So sad with the poor time frame equipment. Why couldn't they have had ME109 at the base and be attacked by Spitfires or Hurricanes?

[@MrAnottakenusername]

why does a game like IL-2 not model germans with german parachute. eg. 1 line to the back instead of allied 2 lines going to the shoulders?

[@timonsolus]

These are German paratroopers in 1944 (anti-historical I know). By then the Germans had figured out that the one line parachute was a terrible design.

[@jaydeister9305]

What year was this?

[@NotAFirefighter1]

Do a career on this

[@roberttaylor4990]

What was the “rule” on shooting airborne paratroopers with airplane arms?

[@kimvibk9242]

That late in the war I suppose 'Kill as many as possible'...war sucks.

[@rembrandt972ify]

The rule is just don't lead them as much.

[@patrickh4540]

Lommel is my hometown. Be advised, all German paratroopers landing in my garden will have their heads bashed in. They tried it twice, and never got to stay.

[@spudpud-T67]

Bash the Bosch.

[@kal.50bmg32]

These Ju 52´s wear the markings (yellow belly-band) for the Eastern Front. 🙄

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

What's the minimum altitude for A German paradrop?

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@Calum Little Today's parachutes take about 900 ft to open. The minimum altitude for US parachutists is 2 500 ft.

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@Calum Little you talk about drops, I talk about paradrops. The Webster definition for that is "delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight".

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@Calum Little not 'by parachute' and 'by airplane in flight'

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

Ah, I found the info. Minimum jump altitude was 80 - 100 m AGL, depending on the parachute type. Which is surprisingly low. Windspeed had to be max 6 m/sec. It took 30 m / 2.3 sec for the chute to open fully. There was no reserve chute and no steering. Only light equipment could be worn.

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@Calum Little 2 500 ft is correct for today's US sport parachutists/skydivers.