The new bomb fuzing needs to be an option.

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

How sensitive are the fuses of Aerial bombs? What sort of impact would be required to set them off?

That's a question for which I suspect there is no definitive answer.


Fuze designers could make a fuze that exploded with anything from 2G of
acceleration to 500G and they bomb would still work the same in most
cases, so I would be surprised if there was a drive for accuracy.
However, even if they did aim for an accurate figure, it doesn't look like
they achieved it on a regular basis.
Some bombs detonated mid air because they bumped into another bomb
on the way down or hit a patch of turbulence. Other bombs crashed
through three floors of a house, buried them selves 6ft underground and
are still there today, unexploded.

When skip-bombing, a time delay was used to prevent the bombs
exploding when they bounced off the water. That's one way in which
skip bombing is easier than it should be in IL2.