What were the standard bomb weights used in ETO and PTO

[R Leonard]

This is interesting, take a look here:

http://www.ww2guide.com/bombs.shtml

Regards,

Rich

[the lancaster kicks ass]

interesting stuff, although i would like to point out the Upkeep was infact a mine, not a bomb as is commonly stated........

[Gnomey]

Interesting stuff R Leonard.

[elmilitaro]

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

The standard Luftwaffe bombs were:

Armor Piercing/Anti-Armor Bombs
PC 500 Anti-Armor
PC 1000 Anti-Armor
PC 1400 Fritz Anti-Armor
PC 1600 Anti-Armor
PD 500 Armor Piercing
PD 1000 Armor Piercing
SB 1000
SB 1000 Parachute
SB 2500 Heavy Load

Rocket Assisted Armor Piercing Bombs
PC 500 RS Rocket Assisted AP
PC 1000 RS Rocket Assisted AP
PC 1800 RS Rocket Assisted AP

Semi-Armor Piercing Bombs
SD 1 Fragmentation
SD 2 Fragmentation "Butterfly"
SD 4 HL Hollow Charge
SD 10 Fragmentation
SD 10C Anti-Personnel Bomb
SD 50 Fragmentation
SD 70 Fragmentation
SD 250 Fragmentation
SD 500, SD 500 A and SD 500 E Fragmentation
SD 1000 Fragmentation
SD 1700 Fragmentation

General Purpose Bombs
SC 50 Bi General Purpose
SC 50 Grade I General Purpose
SC 50 Grade II General Purpose
SC 250 General Purpose
SC 500 Grade III General Purpose
SC 1000 General Purpose "Herman"
SC 1200 General Purpose
SC 1800 General Purpose "Satan"
SC 2000 General Purpose
SC 2500 General Purpose

Incendiaries
B1 Series (1 kg. & 1.3 kg.) Incendiary
B2EZ Incendiary
B2.2EZ Incendiary
Brand 10 Liquid Filled Incendiary
Brand C50 A High-Intensity Incendiary
Brand C50 B High-Intensity Incendiary
Brand C250 High-Intensity Incendiary
FLAM C250 Liquid Incendiary
FLAM KC250 Liquid Incendiary
FLAM 500 Liquid Incendiary
Sprengbrand C 50 Incendiary Bomb
Strbd C500 Anti-Personel Liquid Incendiary Bomb

Concrete and Converted Bombs
SBe 50 Concrete Fragmentation Bomb
SBe 250 Concrete Fragmentation Bomb
SC 10 Concrete Fragmentation Bomb
SD 15 Converted Projectile Bomb

Smoke Bombs, Flares and Markers
NC 50 Smoke Bomb
NC 50 WC ND D/SEE Smoke Bomb
NC 250 S Smoke Bomb

Misc. Bombs
1/2-kg Antipersonnel Parachute Bomb
SD 1 Type Practice Bomb
SD 2 Type Practice Bomb
ZC 10 Concrete Practice Bomb
ZC 50 Concrete Practice Bomb

Sweet info!


I didn't any of this until now.

[Salim]

Originally Posted by Jank

Salim -

Interesting that you indicated that the Americans used 1,600 pound bombs. That's what I was trying to confirm.

Does anyone else have any information on bombs betseen 1,000 and 2,000 pounds?

You should check this link out.

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b25_17.html

It mentions 1600 pound armor-piercing bombs in the third paragraph, as well as later on in the article.

I also believe that the SBD dive bomber could also carry a bomb that big, but I'm not sure just how frequently they did it.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Good info there everyone.

Does anyone know of any German projects for larger bombs other than the ones that I posted up there?

[Jank]

Aniother forum member mentioned that the P-47N was designed to handle 1,600 poud bombs under each wing plus a 500 pounder under the fuselage. 3,700 pounds That's a quite a bomb load.

[Hop]

USAAF bombs dropped, by type:

http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/w...d_pdf/t137.pdf
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/w...d_pdf/t138.pdf
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/w...d_pdf/t139.pdf

Of the bombs over 1,000 lbs, the USAAF dropped:

weight number
4,500 - 158
4,000 - 1,220
2,000 - 64,962
1,600 - 1,122 (the 1,600 lb bomb was an armour piercing type, the others HE)

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by Jank

Aniother forum member mentioned that the P-47N was designed to handle 1,600 poud bombs under each wing plus a 500 pounder under the fuselage. 3,700 pounds That's a quite a bomb load.

Actually I believe the P-47N was actually designed as a long range fighter to operate in the Pacific. It had strengthened landing gear and larger wing span and wing area. The wing increase was designed to carry and additional 2 fuel tanks 93 US gallons or 352 liters each. Optionally it could carry one one 91 Imp gal (110 US gal, 416 liters) underfuselage and two 249 Imp gal (300 US gal, 1.136 liters) underwing drop tanks. This increased the range to 2,350 miles (3.781 km) and an indurance of 9 hours and 36 minutes.

[R Leonard]

And now, let us not forget the Japanese . . .

Type // Designation // Weight (Kg)
Land // Number 6 (General Land) // 63.5
Land // Type 97-Number 6 (General Land) // 60.4
Land // Type 3-Number 6-Model 1-Modification 1 (General Land) // 56.5
Land // Type 2-Number 6-Model 5 (General Land) // 56.5
Land // Number 25-Modification 1 (General Land) // 258
Land // Type 98-Number 25 (General Land) // 242.2
Land // Type 98-Number25-Model 1 (General Land) // 242.2
Land // Type 98-Number25-Model 1-Modification 1 (General Land) // 242.2
Land // Type 3-Number 25-Model 1 (General Land) // 239.4
Land // Number 80 (General Land) // 805
Land // Number 80-Modification 1 (General Land) // 805
Ordinary // Type 99-Number 6-Model 1 // 62.8
Ordinary // Number 6 // 63
Ordinary // Number 6 Model 1 // 63
Ordinary // Number 6 Model 2 // 63
Ordinary // Type 99-Number 25-Model 1 // 251.1
Ordinary // Type 99-Number 25-Model 1 // 248.7
Ordinary // Number 25-Model 2 // 25
Ordinary // Number 25-Model 2-Modification 1 // 25
Ordinary // Number 50-Model 2 // 507
Ordinary // Type 2-Model 50-Model 1 // 491
Ordinary // Number 80-Model 1-Modification 2,3,& 4 // 607.5
Ordinary // Number 80-Model 2-Modification 2,3,& 4 // 607.5
Special // Number 6-Mark 1 (Special Land) // 69
Special // Type 1-Number 6-Mark 1 (Special Land) // 69
Special // Type 4-Model 4 (Special Land) // 69
Special // Type 99-Number 6-Mark 2 (Special Anti-submarine) // 63.6
Special // Type 99-Number 6-Mark 2-Modification 1 (Special Anti-submarine) // 67.9
Special // Experimental 19-Number 25-Mark 2 (Special, Anti submarine) // 180
Special // Type 1-Number 25-Mark 2-Model 1 (Special, Anti submarine // 266
Special // Type 1-Number 25-Mark 2-Model 1-Modification 1 (Special, Anti submarine // 266
Special // Type 99-Number 3-Mark 3 (Special, Air-to-Air) // 33.7
Special // Type 99-Number 3-Mark 3-Modification 1 (Special, Air-to-Air) // 33.7
Special // Type 3-Number 6-Mark3-Model 1 (Special, Air-to-Air) // 56.6
Special // Type 2-Number 25-Mark 3-Model 1 (Special, Airfields) // 246
Special // Type 2-Number 25-Mark 3-Model 1-Modification 1 (Special, Airfields) // 246
Special // Type 2-Number 25-Mark 3-Model 2 (Special, Airfields) // 251.8
Special // Type 3-Number 25-Model 1-Mark 4 (Special, Antiship, rocket) // 315
Special // Type 99-Number 80-Mark 5 (Special, Armored capital ships) // 796.8
Special // Type 2-Number 80-Mark 5-Model 1 (Special, Armored capital ships) // 811.2
Special // Type 3-Number 150-Mark 5 (Special, Heavy armored ships) // 1498.6
Special // Type 98-Number 7-Mark 6-Model 1 (Special, Large concrete buildings) // 71.9
Special // Type 98-Number 7-Mark 6-Model 2 (Special, Warehouses and dwellings) // 66
Special // Type 1-Number 7-Mark 6-Model 3 (Special, Buildings, general) // 67.1
Special // Type 1-Number 7-Mark 6-Model 3-Modification 1 (Special, Buildings, general) // 67.1
Special // Type 3-Number 25-Mark 8 (Special, Anti ship) // 280
Special // Type 3-Number 80-Mark 8 (Special, Anti ship) // 850
Special // Type 5-Number 1-Mark 9 (Special, Surfaced submarines, landing craft) // 13
Special // Type 5-Number 6-Mark 9 (Special, Landing craft) // 84
Special // Type 2-Number 6-Model 1-Mark 21 (Special, Airfields) (Cluster) // 52.5
Special // Type 2-Number 6-Model 2-Mark 21 (Special, Airfields) (Cluster) // 52.5
Special // Type 3-Number 6-Mark-23-Model 1 (Special, airfields) // 62.5
Special // Type 3-Number 6-Mark 27-Model 1 (Special, Air-to-air) // 60
Special // Type 3-Number 1-Mark 21-Model 1 (Special, Air-to-air, rocket) // 7.65
Special // Type 5-Number 25-Mark 29 (Special, Air-to-air) // 250
Special // Type 3-Number 25-Model 1-Mark 31 (Special, Airfields and landing operations) // 190
Special // Type 3-Number 80-Model 1-Mark 31 (Special, Airfields and landing operations) // 676.08
Special // Type 5-Number 25-Mark 33 (Special, Airfields and landing operations) // 320
Miscellaneous // Type 3-Number 6 (Target Marker) // 70.3
Miscellaneous // Number 3-Model 2 (Smoke) // unknown
Miscellaneous // Type 99-Number 1-Model 2 (Smoke) // unknown
Miscellaneous // Type 99-Number 6 (Smoke) // unknown
Miscellaneous // Type 99-Number 3-Models 1 and 2 (Practice) // 30
Miscellaneous // Type 99-Number 1-Modifications 1, 2, and 3 (Practice) // 4
Miscellaneous // Type 99-Number 1-Model 1-Modifications 1, 2, and 3 (Practice) // 1

Regards,

Rich

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wow thanks for the list, but it does not seem that the Japs had very big bombs at all. The most of them being quit small it seems compared to the other major combatants.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well they didn't really have a wide arsenal of heavy bombers and most of their planes were pretty lightweight.........

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very true.

[Lunatic]

R. Lenord,

That list cannot be complete. I know the Japanese used bombs in the 1700 lbs class at Perl Harbor. These were AP bombs designed specifically for destroying capital ships.

Lanc,

The Napalm bombs are not on your list. The RAF dropped a large number of napalm bombs on targets such as Dresden.

=S=

Lunatic

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i don't believe they did, RAF bomber command didn't carry them, not according to the bomber command handbook that is............