Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
The old Ju87 had gull wings and a heavily spatted undercarriage. This would have brought the centre of drag to about the wing roots so it would have been quite happy pointing in any direction. In the Russian campaign when used in the anti-tank roles with underwing cannon the spats could, and in some cases were, removed.
Removed, I believe, to avoid them clogging up with snow/mud? In addition, of course, to compensate for the weight of the 2 x 37mm cannon? Although I see Wiki has a photo with spats + cannon, so perhaps not!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junker..._87_edit_1.jpg