Dear all,
I have just read "KG200 The True Story" by P.W. Stahl. At page 122, discussing the Eisenhammer plan to bomb the soviet power station in Moscow and Gorky areas, the author briefly describe a device KG200 would have used, the Sägebombe (or "S-Bo" or "SBO 53"):
SBO 53 or Sagebombe was evolved from the anti-aircraft cable bomb and intended to destroy high tension electric cables. It consisted of a spherical weight attached to a 400 m (1312 ft) long twisted steel cable wound on a reel fitted inside the aircraft. Various test flights using a Ju 88 were carried out in summer 1942; the device justified itself but demanded high flying skills. It is known that the SBO 53 was subsequently used for service trials, but its operational use in the intended role cannot be confirmed.
I understand that it is not a "real" bomb, but do you have any other info/image about the Sägebombe?
Thank you in advance
PS: Similar devices, but real bombs, were used by USA bombers and Tomahawk missiles in the Gulf War and Serbia in the '90 to knock down the power lines.
I have just read "KG200 The True Story" by P.W. Stahl. At page 122, discussing the Eisenhammer plan to bomb the soviet power station in Moscow and Gorky areas, the author briefly describe a device KG200 would have used, the Sägebombe (or "S-Bo" or "SBO 53"):
SBO 53 or Sagebombe was evolved from the anti-aircraft cable bomb and intended to destroy high tension electric cables. It consisted of a spherical weight attached to a 400 m (1312 ft) long twisted steel cable wound on a reel fitted inside the aircraft. Various test flights using a Ju 88 were carried out in summer 1942; the device justified itself but demanded high flying skills. It is known that the SBO 53 was subsequently used for service trials, but its operational use in the intended role cannot be confirmed.
I understand that it is not a "real" bomb, but do you have any other info/image about the Sägebombe?
Thank you in advance
PS: Similar devices, but real bombs, were used by USA bombers and Tomahawk missiles in the Gulf War and Serbia in the '90 to knock down the power lines.