Aircraft · Germany · 1942-1945
Henschel Hs 129
ground-attack aircraft
A dedicated tank-buster with a heavily armoured cockpit tub, the Hs 129 carried a nose-mounted 30mm or 75mm cannon designed to crack Soviet tank armour from below; it was underpowered and vulnerable, but squadrons flying it claimed hundreds of kills at Kursk alone.
| crew | 1 |
|---|---|
| top speed | 407 km/h |
| armament | 1x 30mm or 75mm cannon, 2x 20mm cannon |
| produced | ~865 |
Eastern Front, Mediterranean and North Africa
