The Rotating-Tail Stuka: Junkers Ju 187

In this video, we talk about the German-designed Junkers Ju 187 (also known as the “Super Stuka“), an experimental would-be replacement to the famous Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber, that had quite the bizarre design feature: a rotating tail. We discuss why this feature was added to the design, how the Ju 187 would have improved over the Ju 87, and why the Ju 187 ultimately never came to fruition. We also hypothesize a bit on what would have happened if the Ju 187 had gotten to the prototype phase.