Justwannaknow
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I spent the last two days going through the post on bomb,fuses, and books sections of this forum. Just making sure I wasn't asking aquestion that wasn't asked many times before. I am trying to learn all I can about different types ofaerial bombs from the Great War (World War I). I want to find information on Entente(England, France, etc...) and Central (Germany, Austria Hungary, Etc...). In particular how long they had to free fall in order toarm. If they had contact fused. If they had to reach a certain velocity inorder to work.
What I found out so far.
The Carbonit bomb fuse had a secured firing pin which wasunlocked by a turning vane after falling about 200m. On impact the now unlockedfiring pin was driven by inertia onto the firing needle which acted thepercussion cap.The 12.5 and 50 kg PuW bombs had one detonator in the headof the bomb while the 100, 300 and 1000 kg bombs had 2 detonators, one in thehead and one in the tail. The stabilizerfins were inclined to induce a spin to the falling bomb. The fuse was unlockedby centrifugal force when the rotation reached a certain angular velocity. Wasthere a certain distance or height the bombs had to travel before this wasachieved?
For the 50 kg bomb a time delayed fuse was designed. Thefuse did not depend on the centrifugal force to be armed and hence the bombcould be used from very low altitude. On impact it had a delay of 90 seconds sothat the bomb could cut through buildings before detonation. Did other Germanbombs have this option?
As far as the other countries go I'm still learning.:dontknow:
What I found out so far.
The Carbonit bomb fuse had a secured firing pin which wasunlocked by a turning vane after falling about 200m. On impact the now unlockedfiring pin was driven by inertia onto the firing needle which acted thepercussion cap.The 12.5 and 50 kg PuW bombs had one detonator in the headof the bomb while the 100, 300 and 1000 kg bombs had 2 detonators, one in thehead and one in the tail. The stabilizerfins were inclined to induce a spin to the falling bomb. The fuse was unlockedby centrifugal force when the rotation reached a certain angular velocity. Wasthere a certain distance or height the bombs had to travel before this wasachieved?
For the 50 kg bomb a time delayed fuse was designed. Thefuse did not depend on the centrifugal force to be armed and hence the bombcould be used from very low altitude. On impact it had a delay of 90 seconds sothat the bomb could cut through buildings before detonation. Did other Germanbombs have this option?
As far as the other countries go I'm still learning.:dontknow:
