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Originally Posted by Daniël
1.Will droptanks explode violently if they are hit?
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I think you may be referring to an incident early in the BoB, where Bf 110s flying in from Norway was met by Hurricane squadrons, and the lead plane of the German squadron blew up violently. The 110's were equipped with huge external belly tanks. The explosion was theorized to have been caused by tracer bullets igniting petrol vapour in an empty tank.
These tanks were not drop-tanks. Proper drop-tanks was developed during the BoB, but did not become common until 1941. The explosion of the Bf 110 belly tank in combat is as far as I can tell a one-off event.