axxius, e-mail, 20.02.2013 19:19 @Barry: Romania got 19 Karas in 1939 when they evacuated from invaded Poland to neighboring neutral Romania. they were used with good results in Operation Barbarossa, on the Southern flank.

Idaeus, 15.11.2012 13:21 to Klaatu83: originally it wasnt developed for ground-attack missions. High Command had the opinion these missions would be too costly, so it had to level-bomb targets in inderdiction-missions. For that the Aircraft got the Bombardier and the Gondola, although the engineer-team wasnt pleased with this modification, ordered from Infantry-Generals. Greets

Klaatu83, e-mail, 03.07.2012 02:23 What was the point of installing a defensive machine gondola underneath the belly of an aircraft intended primarily for ground attack? Surely aircraft engaged in ground attack missions would spend the majority of their time operating at low altitudes, where they would be unlikely to come under attack from below by enemy fighters. It seems to me that the designers could have dispensed with the gondola, and increased the plane's considerably.

Barry, 05.04.2011 18:44 A handful of Karas were received by Romania who refurbished them and put them into service with Romanian crews who used them in the German invasion of Russia.

mort_faucheur, 19.08.2007 03:20 200m.p.h. top speed? What a death trap for the brave crews ordered to fly it.

tj, 17.07.2007 16:20 Good plane

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