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Old 01-15-2010, 12:57 AM
=FPS=Salsero =FPS=Salsero is offline
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Hi, just to let you know.
I have scanned some info (including sketches) on Soviet Rotating-dispersing bombs (РРАБ), that is 8 pages from the Pyrjev and Reznichenko's book on the bombs. Unfortunately at the moment I am extremely busy and cannot thanslate anything.
What should I do with the scans?
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:18 PM
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We plan to start posting some public development updates of our current work on 4.10 patch maybe even starting this week.

We will check if we have any IL-4 references.
Any chance we could get the BETAB-750DS? It would be great to see on the AI aircraft (especially if dispersion/ballistics was included).

For those who don't know these were the Russian equivalent of the Tiny Tim, rocket powered bunker busters used in the Baltic theatre:
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/Ordnance/Betab/

The Il-4 is by far the best ballanced bomber (ie. larger bombload than the Il-2 or Pe-2, good defensive coverage for the gunners, decent durability and handling - a real choice pick).
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:57 PM
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these were the Russian equivalent of the Tiny Tim,
It was not. Tiny Tim was a rocket, which flew in a relatively horizontal trajectory. It's engine was fired during initial part of it's route.

Whilst BETAB DS was a bomb, which used to fall vertically, like any other bomb. It's rocket engine was used to accelerate the bomb on the final part of it's route to target, in order to give it more penetration power. According to some sources, it's velocity upon impact was about 3M.
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Old 01-21-2010, 10:19 PM
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Thanks for the correction (, although, it could be argued that they are still equivalent given that both were primarily deployed against concrete bunkers). If anything, it makes this rare weapon even more interesting.
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