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German WW1 Aviation Bombs

Bms for sale !!

There are one feller in Bavaria he have 2 of ww1 german bombs for sale
maybe i get some pics !!
One sould be a training bomb and the other a deactivatet original one !!

Regards David
 
the effect of a 300kg german Bomb
 

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In WW1, how did they get the 1000 Kilo bomb up into the air?

I didn't think at that stage any airdraft were capable of carrying a bomb that size, unless it was dropped by Zeppelin.
 
bomb weight

You know I was wondering that myself, The early Eindecker was in the area of 85 hp (hell, Iguess they were lucky to carry 6 or 7 hand dropped bombs). Pilots in those days have my total envy as they were pioneers to the nth degree. Dano
 
1000 kg bomb

I found out that the biggest bomber of the German luftwaffe in ww1 the Gotha was only able to lift bombs up to 500 kg i thing this 1000 kg bomb must be from a zeppelin !!

Regards David

Pic of the Gotha
 

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There were 8 engined German Bombers

Straaken - they might have done it they were massive, much larger than the Gotha.
 
Staaken

yes it can be the staaken was able to lift bombs up to 2000 kg !!

Regards David

Here are pics and technical discription !!


General characteristics
  • Crew: Seven (commander, pilot, copilot, radio operator, and fuel attendant in the cockpit, one mechanic in each engine nacelle)
  • Length: 76 ft 1 in (22.1 m)
  • [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingspan"]Wingspan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg/180px-Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/0/01/Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg/180px-Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg[/ame]: 138 ft 5.5 in (42.2 m)
  • Height: 20 ft 8 in (6.3 m)
  • Wing area: 3573.6 ft (332 m)
  • Empty weight: 17,463 lb (7,921 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 26,120 lb (11,848 kg)
  • Powerplant: 4 (2 [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_configuration"]Pusher configuration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Rutan.long-EZ.g-wily.arp.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Rutan.long-EZ.g-wily.arp.jpg/180px-Rutan.long-EZ.g-wily.arp.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/c/c7/Rutan.long-EZ.g-wily.arp.jpg/180px-Rutan.long-EZ.g-wily.arp.jpg[/ame] and 2 [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor_configuration"]Tractor configuration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp.jpg/180px-Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/d/da/Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp.jpg/180px-Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp.jpg[/ame]) Mercedes D.IVa or Maybach Mb.IVa, 260 hp [3] (190 kW) each
Performance
  • Maximum speed: 83.9 mph (135 km/h)
  • Range: 500 mi (800 km)
  • Service ceiling: 14,173 ft (4,320 m)
  • [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_climb"]Rate of climb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:F-15_vertical_deploy.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/F-15_vertical_deploy.jpg/180px-F-15_vertical_deploy.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/9/91/F-15_vertical_deploy.jpg/180px-F-15_vertical_deploy.jpg[/ame]: 350 ft/min (101 m/min)
Armament

  • Guns: Up to 5 [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun"]Machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Machine_gun_M2_1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Machine_gun_M2_1.jpg/300px-Machine_gun_M2_1.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/9/9a/Machine_gun_M2_1.jpg/300px-Machine_gun_M2_1.jpg[/ame] of varying types
  • Bombs: 4,409 lbs (2,000 kg) of bombs
 

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kz11gr said:
Some German bombs : 300 kilo, 1000 kilo ...
Click to expand...

an other one



BocnLink : http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/ww1-german-bomb-t70944.html?p=143910






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Great pictures, the settings are really what makes it interesting.
 
Fokker EIII Eindecker

Here is a picture of an early German Foker EIII Eindecker single wing (mono-plane) one machine gun fighter. This aeroplane dropped hand dropped bombs. It was all of 85hp so could not carry big bombs. this is my personal favrite German WW1 aircraft. this picture was taken from the cover of a plastic 1 to 48 model kit. Dano
 

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Fokker E III

yes with this Fokker E III Max Immelman and Oswald Boelke getting the first german fighter ace during WW1 both are getting killed some months later i gues Immelman because he shoot away his own propeller and Boelke because of an collision with an other german plane because he forgott to wear his saefty belt !!

best regards David
 
Thanks some great pictures of PW bomb types. I recently picked up, which I can recommend for WW2 as well.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Air-...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330038068&sr=1-1

Which has a section on the PWs, and some good pictures showing them being handled and on aircraft.

A project I have on hold, is researching Bomb damage from Zeppelin Raids, after picking up the book "The Baby Killers" some 3 yrs ago. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Killer...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330038400&sr=1-1 This gives a pretty good account of the raids.

I am curious to find out what was the largest bomb used, and if there is any information on what was dropped on each raid. Perhaps one day I will have a dig in the National Archive.

I assume you guys are aware of MLRS who do some great facsimile manual etc reprints. But just in case here is a link http://www.mlrsbooks.co.uk/bookstor...ce?PHPSESSID=3b79855e53ae2ddb0eaa7b6f1fe39997
 
 
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