Ju-288G Ship Killer

The Ju 288G “Ship Killer” was a proposed anti-shipping adaptation of the Ju 288 bomber concept, associated with an exceptionally large recoilless cannon. It was not an operational German maritime-strike aircraft. The Ju 288 program itself remained a troubled development effort, and the giant-gun version belongs to the history of speculative wartime armament studies.

The associated armament proposal envisaged a recoilless weapon of approximately 355-millimeter caliber, intended to deliver a destructive projectile against ships. Such a system would have required extraordinary structural and aerodynamic accommodation, especially around exhaust discharge and weapon handling. The underlying Ju 288 had already encountered difficulties while attempting to fulfill Germany’s Bomber B requirement. Neither those difficulties nor the giant weapon were resolved through operational trials of a Ju 288G. Its historical interest consequently rests in an unrealized attempt to combine aircraft mobility with naval-scale firepower.

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Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1936, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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