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Originally Posted by yogybär
This is indeed extremely surprising for me, i.e. as
- pictures with SC1800 loaded on planes or lying around are very rare
- all KTBs / Leistungsbücher / .. I know don't contain such entries.
I was under the impression that SC250 and SC50 were most widely used. I'd be happy to see the table you mention.
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My wrong, it seems my memory is failing me; managed to find the table, it certainly wasn't used in insane numbers, but still, in surprising numbers I'd say. Of course most targets did not require it.
As per the an 1 April 1940 document about what bombs to be used against what targets, steel bridges called for SD 1000 or SC 1800 from high altitude attack from apprx. 1000 m altitude, no delay; beton and stone bridges for SD 500 or PC 1000 from high altitude or diving attacks, apprx. 1000, with delay fuse.
Below is the
monthly avarage of SC 1800 and other types in Q3 1941 and Q1 1942: roughly 50 were dropped per month. OTOH the PC 1000 was indeed used in large numbers. Source u/k; I pulled it off from a forum years ago.