Bomb Fusing

[[TWB]80hd]

Hey hey!  Can anyone help me understand how bomb fusing works in IL-2?

 

Back in the day we had problems with bombs not going off unless they were set to either instant/impact fuse or (I think) 5 seconds was the magic number.

 

Recently, I've noticed various instances where bombs fail to detonate.  I first noticed it with 1000kg bombs off the Ju-88C... I dive on target, drop one, then the other, pull out.

 

First detonates 100% of the time, second, maybe 70% of the time?  My first drop is always at a steeper angle than the second... and both are usually pretty low to the ground.  So at first I thought maybe it was some kind of mechanic where my second bomb is hitting flat and not engaging the fuse?  This has happened with 5 second and 10 second timers...

 

So last night, I lay a low-level string of 3x50kg bombs across some targets, and they all go off like it's their job:

https://clips.twitch.tv/IronicProductivePoultryOSkomodo-NJwEUKFpBB9T_2ZD

(Stream has strong language/high-pitched screeching warning, but this clip is clean!)

 

So, was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on dropping eggs close to the deck, thanks in advance!

  

[DerNeueMensch]

it was the case with german bombs, that if you  released too low they wouldn't go off no matter the fusing. But I don't know if that applies to your cases. 

[Knarley-Bob]

I noticed that too, last time I was flying a 110. Found I did more damage with the machine guns.

[Ham_von_Boom]

When I initially worked on applying the Ju 88 tank column spam bombing technique with the Pe-2 and A-20B, I found that when using a one-second fuse timer, the Axis bombs armed faster than the Soviet bombs. This was discussed here at the 10:28 time mark: Tank Busting: Ju 88 / Pe-2 / A 20B Ground Attacker Handbook Subsection 7.2 IL-2 Great Battles - YouTube     However, with a 5-second timer or longer, both Soviet and western Allied bombs will arm and detonate even when dropped a few meters from the ground target, while the Axis bombs will not: Shallow Attack Dives DO NOT WORK With Axis Aircraft : IL-2 Great Battles - YouTube

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by SCG_Ham_von_Boom

[[TWB]80hd]

On 2/11/2023 at 1:58 PM, SCG_Ham_von_Boom said:

When I initially worked on applying the Ju 88 tank column spam bombing technique with the Pe-2 and A-20B, I found that when using a one-second fuse timer, the Axis bombs armed faster than the Soviet bombs. This was discussed here at the 10:28 time mark: Tank Busting: Ju 88 / Pe-2 / A 20B Ground Attacker Handbook Subsection 7.2 IL-2 Great Battles - YouTube     However, with a 5-second timer or longer, both Soviet and western Allied bombs will arm and detonate even when dropped a few meters from the ground target, while the Axis bombs will not: Shallow Attack Dives DO NOT WORK With Axis Aircraft : IL-2 Great Battles - YouTube

 

 

 

Man, thank you SO much!! This really makes things make more sense now... we end up flying whichever side need bodies, so I get a lot of early war Soviet bombing and a lot of late war German bombing, I thought I was going crazy because we drop in IL-2s just like you showed here.

 

Thank you, again, will change tactics accordingly.