German Störrkorpergeräten

[Antoon]

Hello,

In a German document from 1940 is written that disruptive devices (Störrkorpergeräten) will be build in some Heinkel He 111and Dornier Do 17 airplanes.

I assume that it should be something like the British AAD devices, but have found nothing about something German made. Maybe was this only a experimence.

Has someone information about German Störrkorpergeräten from 1940?

Greetings - Antoon

 

[Dreamk]

Hi Anton

Not much info to add. It may indeed be something like the British AAD. it was defined as a Rüstsatz thus a weapon system: the He111 H2 could be equipped in the rear tailgate with the R3 package defined as: "Störkörper-Ausstoßanlage im Hecksteiß"
for the term itself used by the Luftwaffe in the context of the ADD, see here: http://michaelhiske.de/Wehrmacht/Luft/BELEHRUN/Blatt01u02/blatt1_2b.htm (alinea 21)
Hope someone has more details.

 

[Antoon]

Get some info from some good friends.

The Störrkorpergerät is an AA device that was build in the backside of the airplane. This was a launching tube with the AA bomblets inside.

The Heinkel He 111 had de SKAV 10-106 launcher with 10 bomblets or the SKAV 25-106 launcher with 25 bomblets. The airplane could also be equipped with the launcher SKAV 55/70 with 55 bomblets.

The bomblets SK 106-series are 105 mm in diameter and are 60 mm heigh and weight total 0.5 kg and were filled with 0,028 kg HE. The parachute has a diameter of 900 mm.
The SK 106/1 has 1 sec. delay. The SK 106/2 has 2 seconds delay.

The bomblets SK 70-series are 69.5 mm in diameter with an unknown height and the total weight is also 0.5 kg with an unknown filling of HE. The parachute has a unknown diameter .
The SK 70/1 has 1 sec. delay. The SK 70/2 has 2 seconds delay.

The pictures ar from the SKAV 10-106 launcher.

Source: German manuals D. (Luft) T.7202, D. (Luft) T.7203 and D. (Luft) T.7204 from July 1940.


HAS SOMEONE DRAWINGS OR PICTURES FROM THESE BOMBLETS (STÖRKÖPERS) ?

 

[MINENAZ16]

Another discussion here : https://www.bocn.co.uk/threads/help-with-german-ww2-bomblets.107930/