Ab 70-1

[FZG76]

Good morning all,


I am looking for documentations with Germans containers such as the AB-70, 70-1, 70 D1, 70-4, 70-5.
There are many contradictory documents ... How are they arranged, what ammunition are inside, do you have any information and diagrams?
Thank you in advance, and happy new year !

[sgdbdr]

I have that :

AB-70-1-4.jpg

[sgdbdr]

And this :

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Cheers,

S.

[FZG76]

Thank you for these diagrams.
I was talking about contradiction ...
Look for the position of the fuze
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[Yodamaster]

Thank you for these diagrams.
I was talking about contradiction ...
Look for the position of the fuze
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What is your problem with the position of the fuzeS !?


Yoda

[Yodamaster]

Here two pictures I found about AB-70 and AB-70-3

AB-70 is a conventional German container construction. It can be fuzed with one or two fuzes. In case of two fuzes, the first top above, receive the command of the bomber and with a delay, give the command on the nose inside fuze. This fuze will open the container and so permit the dispersion of the payload. (Attention, on the first pic, the AB-70 is upside down !) (Pictures are coming from the Wolfgang Fleischer's book "German air-dropped weapons to 1945"). In case of one fuze, this fuze receive the command of the bomber and, after a delay, open the container.
All the AB70 have not the same shape and functioning. Look at AB70-3, completely different than AB70 "classic" !


AB70-1 : 3 flares Mark S
AB70-3 : 22 SD2
AB70-4B : 40 SD1
AB70-4C : 50 SD1
AB70-5 : 23 SD2


Yoda

[FZG76]

Hi
On the first draw, the fuze is on front and there is a ladenkopf.
On the second picture, the fuze is not at the front. No ladenkopf.
But with the marking it's the same ...

[Yodamaster]

Look correctly, first picture of sgdbr is a AB70-1 with ladenkopf and nose fuze, the second one is a AB70-4 with only one fuze on a "normal" place.
The shape of this two bombs is apparently the same, but the internal arrangement is different.


Yoda