The new bomb fuzing needs to be an option.

JG52Uther · #1 01-07-2011, 02:10 PM

Why does the new flyable Henschel have a low level bombing site that starts at 10 meters?
I would guess the Germans in WW2 had some idea what they were doing.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=17990

swiss · #2 01-07-2011, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Why does the new flyable Henschel have a low level bombing site that starts at 10 meters?
I would guess the Germans in WW2 had some idea what they were doing.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=17990

The Henschel manual mentions L.Dv.8 and L.Dv.152 (L.Dv.= Luftwaffe Dienstvorschrift)

LDV8-5

Unfortunately I dont really get it, under "Bemerkungen" they show much shorter arming times.
Anyone can clear that up?

swiss · #3 01-07-2011, 03:27 PM

L.DV.8-4

page12, left upper table.

Min drop height calculated on 1sec arming time.

Letum · #4 01-07-2011, 03:38 PM

Looks like they had the same issues in the war some of us are having in IL2.

A report by Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt about Operation Leader reads:

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Originally Posted by Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt

The two duds reported may have been the result of insufficient air travel to arm the bomb fuses…

Source

And a doctrine on amphibious activities from 1944 reads:

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Pilots should be briefed on minimum speed and altitude necessary to arm the bombs and depth charges they carry on each mission. Many fuzes have been discovered in an unarmed condition due to the lack of sufficient air travel to arm them

Source

I would guess these cases aren't isolated.

It would be awsome if someone could get a copy of "Selection of Bombs and Fuzes to be used against various targets", OPNAV-16-V #A6, March, 1944"

JtD · #5 01-07-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by swiss

Unfortunately I dont really get it, under "Bemerkungen" they show much shorter arming times.
Anyone can clear that up?

German fuses were timed and the ones used for low level horizontal attack used arming times of about 1s and delay settings of 14s. Note that due to the technical characteristics of the fuse the "save" arming time was about 1.6s minimum, lower than that would be risking duds.