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Re: Which Kampfgruppen were qualified to carry the heaviest bombs

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Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner View Post
Just for curiosity, I suppose that the Luftwaffe did NOT trained their airmen, most particularly the Beobachter to drop those before using them (those heavy bombs) operationally, correct?

The units just received the new weapon, added them to the inventory and up to the war...train the dropping on an actual combat sortie...
Wouldn't these weapons have needed special external racks so the aircraft could carry them and trolleys big enough to move them? If so, then the technical personnel and ground crews would have needed some instruction (if only a handbook) I'd guess.
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