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Bomb found - Twin bundle Skoda 10kg used by the Luftwaffe

Dreamk

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These relicts of Skoda bombs were found in 2018 in Friedrichsfeld (Lower Saxony State Authority) and blown up by the local EODs.
It apparently shows a bundle of 2 Czech Skoda 10 (or may be 20kg) bombs
An interesting finding as it confirms the use of Skoda bombs by the Germans - at least for training - but due to the bomb production crisis in 1939-40, their operational use in May-June 1940 is quite probable. It confirms also the use of straps to carry these bombs on German aircraft - as is known to have been done for Stukas with Polish bombs. And It shows a bundle configuration of twin bombs that was apparently not used originally by the Czech but a common practice in French and German air forces of the period.
The Skoda bombs that were blown up in Friedrichsfeld (Lower Saxony State Authority)..jpg
Maybe some German members of this forum have more details/ photographs of this finding or of other Skoda bombs discovered in Germany (in 2018 there were at least 3 findings identified as "Skoda bombs" in German territory)
 
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