FW- 190 fragmentation bomb

[Angry_Kitten]

the luftwaffe war diares

 

by cajus bekker

 

translated by Frank Ziegler 

 

Ballantine Books 

 

my copy the 1966 english translation.. 

 

The author mentions that the FW 190 was fitted with a fragmentation bomb, that wasnt a single bomb, but a dummy casing filled with bundles of small he/frag bombs. Going by teh photo in the book each one was 2 to 5 kilos in wieght. 

 

DO we get something like that, as after Autumn 1940 it was supposedly STANDARD issue to carry

[Alexmarine]

What is being referred about is probably the AB500 cluster bomb, which indeed was a common sight on many ground attack Foke-Wulfs along with the usual SC500.

 

It could be loaded with either 10kg (20/30) or 1-2 kg (around 300) fragmentation bomblets or incendiary ones.  Indeed it would be nice to see it in game

[Angry_Kitten]

the picture of one being built/installed on the plane doesnt include a model number, but in the photo its like someone cut a 2foot diameter cardboard tube open and is inserting bundles of bomblets into it. 

 

It would make bombing alot more fun..

[JG1_Vonrd]

The DCS Anton has cluster bombs. Maybe we'll eventually get them here:

• AB 250 cluster bomb with SD 10A submunition
• AB 250 cluster bomb with SD 2 submunition
• AB 500 cluster bomb with SD 10A submunition

[Giggles]

On 2/6/2022 at 5:43 PM, JG1_Vonrd said:

The DCS Anton has cluster bombs. Maybe we'll eventually get them here:

• AB 250 cluster bomb with SD 10A submunition
• AB 250 cluster bomb with SD 2 submunition
• AB 500 cluster bomb with SD 10A submunition

Wonder if they could make us a 1800 kilo version for the stuka.

[FeuerFliegen]

Now that we have infantry (albeit rarely used, though some servers such as Wing Walkers have done a great job implementing them), I think it'd be cool to have specific reasons to take bombs like this, and also the 70kg german fragmentation bombs that are used in place of the 50kg bombs.