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It's quite possible that it is a Nitrolit loaded bomb - the question remains which bomb.
However the legend of the bomb in the Nowegian museum mention a central firing pipe tube that is consistent with a fire bomb
Fusse - the Michlastbehalter 250 was definitively different and it was only an external envelope into which one could put various stuff, including small cylinders containing liquids - but it was impossible to fill it directly. And the tail unit was completely different.
The Swedish Flyvapnet used already in 1942 a drop container but it was rather different:
Blockhaj, would you have a drawing and dimensions of this container?
However the legend of the bomb in the Nowegian museum mention a central firing pipe tube that is consistent with a fire bomb
Fusse - the Michlastbehalter 250 was definitively different and it was only an external envelope into which one could put various stuff, including small cylinders containing liquids - but it was impossible to fill it directly. And the tail unit was completely different.
The Swedish Flyvapnet used already in 1942 a drop container but it was rather different:
Blockhaj, would you have a drawing and dimensions of this container?
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blockhaj
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Nop i dont have any dimensiosn of it. Although its possible its in the archive. I can go look for it some time.
blockhaj
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Ok so after actually thinking rationally its possible again that the bomb is not a 250 kg minbomb. This is due to it having a spetsrör "nose fuze" which was only adopted on the m/50 series of bombs. So unless this is a 250 kg minbomb m/50 then this is in fact a previously unknown 500 kg bomb. The m/50 series of bombs were mostly used on the A 21A and A 32A planes. I need to check what carriages they used for bombs.
blockhaj
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Spetsrör existed but was not used on the 250 kg minbomb m/37 or 40 which were the bombs i originally thought this was since it was meant for the b 3. And there is data for it in the papers i sent, although i didnt photograph the blueprints of them due to memory shortage on muh phone.
Blockhaj, I understand. By looking at the drawings you sent, I see that ww2 period's 50-240-500kg minbombs did not have a nose pocket for such a fuse. So even if the fuse existed it could not be used on them.
Blu97 on the left is the bomb we discuss (first post) and on the right is a mischlastabwurf behalter (Michlastbehalter 250) shown in your the drawings you uploaded:
The rear cone, fins and reinforcing ring are specific to Swedish bombs. The body of the Michlastbehalter is also quite different from a bomb body on such close views as these photos are.
Blu97 on the left is the bomb we discuss (first post) and on the right is a mischlastabwurf behalter (Michlastbehalter 250) shown in your the drawings you uploaded:
The rear cone, fins and reinforcing ring are specific to Swedish bombs. The body of the Michlastbehalter is also quite different from a bomb body on such close views as these photos are.
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So not rly part of the OP but i have found some more clues on the 500 kg brandbomb.
The Saab 24 was aparently gonna have a 500 kg brandbomb as part of its possible bombload. The Saab 24 was cancelled in 1943/44 but looking at the pic they probablty started doing tests on this bomb.
The Saab 24 was aparently gonna have a 500 kg brandbomb as part of its possible bombload. The Saab 24 was cancelled in 1943/44 but looking at the pic they probablty started doing tests on this bomb.
Thanks for the info, Blockhaj. Another question - by looking at the color blueprint of the 12kg Sprangbomb one can see that 3 different detonators were used (with different color band to differenciate between them: no band, white band, red band, green band) - probably immediate impact, short delay, long delay, longer delay Do you have data on their delays?
