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Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
I own book in German about Luftwaffe armament. However I do not speak German so I'd like to confirm bomb types abbreviations to be able to understand tables at least. So I guess:
- SC - blast bomb - SD - fragmentation bomb - PC - anti-tank or anti-armor bomb (what difference?) - AB - cluster bomb with various submunitions - FLAM/BRAND - incendiary bombs with various flammable mixtures Am I right? |
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Re: Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
I think these would be more commonly in use:
SC = high explosive PC = armor piercing The rest are correct. |
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Re: Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
So PC means penetration bomb used to destroy bunkers, armored ships and so on? As I understand SC is British GP bomb equivalent however it is necessary to know their explosives to overall bomb weight ratio.
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Re: Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
I've read recently that Germany began mass producing and stockpiling the nerve gas Tabun-B at Dyrhrenfurth in lower Silesia from late 1943 and had intentions up until mid 1944 to use aerial bombs with the gas.
I gather they had an exploding core similar to the FLAM c500. Does anybody know the name of this particular type of bomb please? |
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Re: Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
I think I've also seen SC bombs referred to by the British as "MC" (medium capacity, i.e. not a thin-walled blast bomb or a thick-walled fragmentation bomb).
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Re: Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature
SC in German language is for "Scharfe Munition"
Amic, Dan
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