How Hans Ulrich Rudel Sank the Soviet Battleship Marat 

A man with such an experience was certainly a valuable advisor. Thanks for the comment!

That’s awesome! I had no idea Rudel was involved in the A-10’s design. No wonder the A-10 kicks butt!

A small addition. Rudel’s autobiography Stuka Pilot was required reading for most, if not all, of the engineering and design team of the A-10. The powers that be really wanted to give those responsible for the design and manufacture of the Warthog the greatest possible idea of what was needed in a CAS aircraft… and who else to teach them than the greatest there ever was? If you are going to design an airplane intended to destroy Soviet armor, what better than to consult with the one who did it the most? 😊

I think the only source of that was Rudel and Pierre Spery, a Fighter Mafia/reformers guy. This probably is fake news as no sane USAF persobnel will give access to sensitive info to an Ex-Nazi with friends possibly in argentina.

Cool but he was definitely behind the times a bit. The gun on the A10 has been proved to be effectively pretty useless

They are indeed. Although, once you are pass those early missions, your chances of dying are much lower.

Napoleon had 8 horses killed under him. Some are not meant to die in battle.

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One of Hans Rudel's fellow Stuka pilots was also a highly skilled, experienced, and capable Stuka pilot who excelled at destroying Red Army T-34 tanks with standard bombs, just as Rudel started out doing. This captain flew hundreds of successful missions and was also a tank-destroyer ace. Then the Luftwaffe introduced the Stuka G model, armed with two, 37mm Rheinmetall cannons. Hans Rudel grew his tank tally enormously with the Stuka G cannons. As for the captain, the Luftwaffe switched out his standard Stuka D model for one of the new cannon-armed G models. The captain and his rear gunner took off in mid-April 1944 for their first mission using the cannon-armed Stuka G. Both men were never seen or heard from again. That is an example of the sudden twists and turns of fate interwoven with luck, good and bad.

Did people really reach 2k flying missions? According to Google the most combat flights was Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 - 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions.

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You are right, he wasnt a pilot, he was just a subhuman nazi pice of crap

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@@Altruist-ambitions Yes, "Stuka". You see the JU-87 Gal Wing Nazi German Dive Bomber had been Name Designated as being called a "Stuka". When I was a Boomer Child growing up, well, the TV Stations, to fill the time, would come up with strange Programming Ideas, and one of them was to show Combat Camera footage from WWII. They would do complete collections of JU-87 Stuka, doing bombing runs and getting shot down. It was all quite compelling, and so it was that I remembered that JU-87s were called Stukas. Also, the plastic model airplane boxes all spelled out STUKA on the front their boxes big and bold. Then there was the book "Stuka Pilot" by Hans Rudel, the most famous JU-87 to survive the War.

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Present tense : to sink....Past: He SANK the ship...Past Participle: The ship was SUNK by a Stuka.

he has never been a consultant for USA constructors

I first read Rudel's book "Stuka Pilot" in about 1968. Dang! I was impressed. When I was a little kid, my Dad took me to the Chicago "Museum of Science and Industry", where they had an actual Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" on display. A few other interesting books: "Stuka Pilot-Hans Ulrich Rudel", by Gunther Just "Suka - Ju87", by Alex Vanags-Baginskis "Junkers Ju-87 Stukageschwader of the Russian Front", by John Weal "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot", by Helmut Mahlke

He was also a nazi war criminal

Incidentally, the A-10 Thunderbolt is based on the design plans of the Junkers "Schlachtflugzeug". The similarity of the aircraft is unmistakable.

Rudel was a dirty Nazi! During and after the war! There is nothing to amire!

You might want to read about Douglas Bader 😁

@@Parocha yes and he got a new plastic leg near Baden-Baden, where he was shut down,

It looks like they invented that decoration especially for him.

​@@showtime112: The Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten) was instituted on 29 December 1944. This medal was the highest level, originally intended for the 12 most distinguished servicemen in the entire German armed forces after the war ended. Six sets of Golden Oak Leaves were manufactured, each consisting of an A-piece, made of 18-carat gold with 58 real diamonds, and a B-piece, made of 14-carat gold with 68 real sapphires. One of these sets was presented to Hans-Ulrich Rudel on 1 January 1945; the remaining five sets were taken to the palace of Schloss Klessheim in Austria, where they were captured by US forces at the end of the war.

And he was a 1st Class Nazi swine.

@@timonsolus Do they know Rudel's is?

Who’s “they”? And do they Rudel’s is what?

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that might explain the Argentine AFs successes in low level Bombing of British ships during the Falklands war.

@@MrSGL21 Probably not the same generation because Rudel lived in Argentina in the late 40s, most probably falkland-era argentinian pilots were trained by israel (Giora Epstein and some others)

Rudel, Galland, Baumbach were some of the most decorated Luftwaffe pilots who emigrated to Argentina in the late'40s and early '50s. When West Germany grew stronger around 1960, most of these war aces returned to their fatherland.

He mostly got those air to air kills while flying a 190.

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He was not a Nazi. He was German.

@@brianwilliams3345 Those two things are not mutually exclusive 😁 And yes, he was a Nazi, unfortunately.

​@@showtime112If anything, then a National-Socialist.

he did not drown in the river; he and another crew were captured by Soviet troops. from their words it became known that when they reached the river, the rudel abandoned them and swam across the river. they couldn't do it because they didn't have that kind of physical training. in Rudel's book it is written that they met Soviet soldiers and were forced to flee, but in fact they did not meet anyone on the road to the river. They stayed on the left bank of the Dniester for a day from 03/20/1944 to 03/21/1944.and this liar also describes how he met Soviet soldiers (mistaking them for Romanians) and one of the soldiers was armed with a PPSh and Rudel managed to escape, considering that they were in close contact (one of the soldiers took a revolver from Rudel and a holster) how much time do you think Do you need to throw a PPSh and make a long line? this will take 1-3 seconds. How far could a rudel run in such a time?

@@jah886jealous much little one? 😂🤣😂🤣

Correct, Hentshel died during his attempt to swim across the river.

@@FaithnGod1558 I don't think jealousy is the correct counter-'accusation' to level. Be reasonable in your retort, sir. But, we must accept, that this inidividual is far from the only one to harbour some degree of doubt about the veracity of Rudel's accounts, be it in part or in whole and to what degree. It's hardly our place to act butthurt on behalf of a dead Nazi now, is it?

@@glennhansel9411 german top aces would never surrender willingly to the soviets, most had a bounty on their heads placed by Stalin too so they probably knew what fate awaited them. The Dnepr is one of the widest rivers in the world at certain places, it must be very very tough to swim across.

Achtung mein Schnout!

That's what really distinguished him. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks! I certainly agree about non-dogfight stories. You know that saying about which pilots make movies and which make history 😁

Not many people consider I-16 their favorite 😁 But it is certainly iconic. I should do a video which focuses on this plane someday. Maybe something from the Spanish Civil War.

@@showtime112That would be interesting… air combat in that period is certainly a topic that would benefit from deeper coverage

I also have a soft spot for the I-16. It just looks like the most unlikely fighter, as if it almost shouldn't fly, but in its day it was advanced. Too bad that day was several years before Barbarossa.

@iwansetyawan8678 Rudel was the most decorated German soldier of WW2.

In military history I-16 case is actually a textbook example of "rest on one's laurels" action driven by politics. Sad story ngl.

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Also devout Nazi

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Rudel was a convinced diehard Nazi, even and especially after the war. I wish people would stop gloryfying him. He was a loyal Nazi maybe, but not a loyal German.

and fanatic nazi even after ww2

and nazi.

Yes, and the ship was originally called Petropavlovsk.

Renamed you mean ,

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Nazi literature

@@FELIPEFODAOBR12 Naah. Just a tale of a man in combat.

@@PaulFurber a man who never rejected the sick nazi ideology and who openly was butthurt for his military defeat to the point not only he was openly defending german warcrimes well into the 1970's but he also called JFK a "manlet" and a "coward" for not been willing to "kill the sub-human slavs" during the cuban missile crysis... yea... quite a nice guy...

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Certainly the most famous one

Thanks! It is a very interesting read for fans of military aviation.

Exactly. It must be a combination of skill and luck.

U R SOOOO Wrong!!!! I pulled one out of my Weakies breakfast cereal just this morning!!!! Mine is made out of genuine imitation plastic and has glass diamonds and rubies with gold painted swords. I wear it proudly while playing F-19 Stealth Fighter. 😁😜

Yes, that bomb was about as big as a Stuka could carry.

@jeffyoung60 The bomb was a 1000 kilograms bomb. That's exactly 2200 pounds, to be precise.

Открою тайну ,там где стоял Марат нельзя утонуть.Там нет больших глубин.Он встал на дно и стрелял по немцам из оставшихся орудий.

This is the same weapon they issued to X Fliegerkorps to destroy the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Mediterranean. The carrier survived this weapon, although badly mauled of course. The battleship? Didn't quite. Except, it did. It survived this bomb and a main magazine explosion? Remarkable. Very remarkable.

Speaking of gonormous bombs.it was a 1200lbtallboy which capsizedthe german battleship tirpitz

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Thank you for the positive feedback! Yes, that is Galland on the photo.

The “ trumpets of Jericho “ on the JU-87 ate something like 15 to 30 mph off the aircraft’s top speed. When they started running into fighters like the spitfire and needed better fuel economy they started pulling the wind driving sirens off the plane. On early models you’ll see the attachment point right on the top of the landing gear leg. Later model JU-87s have it completely removed. JU-87s worked best as aerial artillery, operating at airfields close to a front they could get up, get altitude and hit tanks or stubborn points before landing to quickly rearm, refuel and do it again. The SBD Dauntless was a late prewar design for a dive bomber specifically with a navy requirement in mind ( the USAAF did operate a few but quickly stopped when they went to fighter bombers vs dive bombing ). Being built to a navy spec it was assumed the SBD would need to be rugged, simple and have long legs. The radial engine was fuel efficient and simple. The retractable undercarriage helped to clean up the plane and designers added big fuel tanks wherever possible. The SBD was meant for long range over water flying where you might be flying 400 to 800 miles to find your target. The JU-87 was built for short range tactical use on land ( though they did build a Navalized version for operation on the unbuilt German Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin which ended up reconverted for land operation when the carrier was abandoned after being 3/4 completed)

Thanks! SBD (and Pacific Theater generally) which will probably get some attention from me in the future. The siren sure had a powerful effect early in the war but I guess, it wore off after a while. And I can understand how it annoyed the pilots too 😁

Below: "Oh God!" In plane: "oh Goooood (eyeroll)"

I've heard from former Stuka pilots that many of them removed the jericho sirens from their planes because the screeching noise was too loud and obnoxious for the crew.

All the later model Jericho Sirens could actually be turned On or Off as the pilots deemed necessary!!! 🤠👍

Thanks Julian! More content is certainly coming.

That is a very good observation. Talent can only get you so far and Rudel was obviously driven enough to become really good.

A good mythomaniac also.

Yes, it is a must read for any aviation enthusiast.

Bound For Glory did a song about him called "Stuka Pilot," the video is surprisingly still here on YT, despite all the censorship these days........ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZtvoHFdkoI4.html

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You can say what you want about him but he certainly wasn't fearful.

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Yes, but have you checked the book that Wikipedia quotes as the source? I did and there absolutely no mention in it of another bomb that hit Marat or any other pilot names. Which doesn't mean that it's not true, other bombs might have hit as well. But I didn't mention it as there don't seem to be any details about it.

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And after it, he eats strudel ;)

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Thanks for the positive feedback! Well, it was by far the most famous dive bomber in the European Theater. Probably of the entire war.

Thank you very much! I'm sure it was a huge adrenalin rush too.

It was a pretty intense combat, that's for sure.

What a mythomaniac !

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To be precise, the forward 1/3rd of Marat, from the bow to the forward funnel, was destroyed in the 'A' turret magazine explosion, and the rest of the ship flooded and sank to the bottom of the very shallow harbour. The rear 2/3rds of the sunken battleship was refloated and used as a floating gun battery during WW2, and as a stationary floating training ship after WW2. Marat was renamed Petropavlovsk on 31 May 1943, and again to Volkhov on 28 November 1950. Plans to repair her in 1945-46 using the bow of her decommissioned sister Frunze were rejected. She never left Kronstadt Harbour again after Rudel's dive bombing attack, so his credit for sinking her is well deserved. However, Marat certainly fared better after her forward magazine explosion than her American counterpart, USS Arizona.

Interesting post, thanks.

I loved it. The mans determination affects you. It changes you and gives incredible determination.

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Yes, that's probably the book's highlight.

Me too!!

Не затопление, а повреждение.

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The Russkies have done their best for 80 years to keep hush-hush this story, not only for the sinking of their battleship but because it was another feat of that hated and feared enemy Rudel, for whose head they had put a bounty to be awarded to whoever got him down and out ! Just imagine: this guy alone busted 530 Soviet tanks during that 4 year war !

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The Marat was sunk but refloated and used again similar to some of the ships sunk at Pearl Harbor

The Marat never got underway again. The ship remained active as a stationary gun battery during the siege of Leningrad. The depth of the water was too shallow for the ship to sink.

Yes, we sometimes judge people from our point of view but who knows how we would have turned out under such circumstances.

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You would be interested to read a book by a Luftwaffe "Stuka" Pilot, who flew in the "Battle of Britain". "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot", by Helmut Mahlke

@@Thorr-kl6jl I was surprised how good Mahlke's book was.

This might as well be true and it is vaguely mentioned in some sources. For example, Wikipedia. But the article quotes a book to support that claim in which there's no mention of it. I checked it. No other bomb, just Rudel's.

Indeed. Standard Stuka doctrine when carrying out anti-shipping strikes - whether against moored targets or those underway - was for a stream of bombers to come in close behind each other and hit with as many bombs in as short a time. Partly this was based on the Mitchell demonstration of the water hammer effect, partly this was to limit the flak exposure for each aircraft and mostly to ensure the target was as badly hit as possible. The attack on HMS Foylebank in 1940 is a classic example of this; sixteen aircraft bombed the primary target, by flights or sections four or five at a time, in less than five minutes.

That's why it bugged his squadronmates - they all knew whose bomb hit first (of three), and for Rudel to stand there and claim he alone did the deed says everything we need to know about him. @@showtime112 BTW, I work at SDASM and we have (a) Showtime 112 on display.

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And greatest mythomaniac

@@anatoleondulet4881 He was flying with one leg & that's no myth....

Even if we divide his claims by a factor (which we very likely should), his efficiency was still impressive.

As the old Chinese proverb says, he who waits sometimes spends hours waiting 😁😁😁

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE Thanks for the Promotion!!

Yes, and that poor guy in the back, imagine what he must have felt. You have no idea if you are going to pull out of a dive and you can't see anything.

The Stuka did have an auto-pullout, since most pilots would black out momentarily at close to 90 degrees. Not a bad tech for the 1930s design. I think the closest diver to the Stuka was the Dauntless, which was a ~70 degree diver and so didn't require an auto-pullout.

I believe there are only two complete Stukas in museums. One is in the RAF museum in London, the other is in Chicago in the Museum of Science.

Hey thanks. My daughter lives in Chicago so I go up there three or four times a year. It's on my list now. Thanks again.@@showtime112

Yes, that's the same basic idea.

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How did she know who he was?

He never went in USA! 🤣Did she saw hitler with him ?

I don't think the US govt would have included him in operation Paperclip.

Thank you for sharing! I might investigate that and perhaps cover it someday.

Evacuation of Tallinn

Yes. And he use to ski in Bariloche, and took part in races of the Club Andino Bariloche.

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Thanks for the comment! You mean how many enemy fighters were downed by their gunners? I can't remember seeing that statistics anywhere.

I read somewhere that the rear gunner was mostly for"moral" 😅!

@@aaroncourchene4384 If you try playing the rear gunner in War Thunder, it becomes painfully obvious how limited coverage the rear gun actually provides.

Read his book, he and his unit won against several fighters several times in Stukas - they can fly very tight circles and the later version had cannons.

War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient.

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Agreed

It is certainly iconic. Beautiful is perhaps debatable but weapon systems beauty often comes from just looking mean and dangerous :)

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That's where he first distinguished himself. The A-10 story of his involvement is really interesting. It seems that battle experience doesn't get old even after several decades.

@@showtime112 this is to say : ground battle with tanks never change since décades. Just tactics and new weapons improved by lessons of former battles

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Some sources say it did sink but as the water was very shallow, it was made floating again.

@@showtime112 Yup. Put another way, she lost enough floatation to touch bottom. Damage control managed to keep her on even keel with a number of compartments not flooded, making the subsequent refloating relatively easy.

Is this a correction of some kind?

Thank you for the elaborate comment! Rudel was certainly controversial and while certain things about ideologies seem crystal clear to us, they were less so to the men of that generation.