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 :

 

[sgdbdr]

And this :



Cheers,

S.

 

[FZG76]

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

 

[Yodamaster]

Thank you for these diagrams.
I was talking about contradiction ...
Look for the position of the fuze
View attachment 157201 View attachment 157202 View attachment 157203

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