Parafrag Bombs

[Bullwinkle58]

A discussion elsewhere led me to look up some photos of parafrags. Most are PTO. Of those most are NG or Rabaul.

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[oldman45]

If only I could get them to work in game.

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: oldman45

If only I could get them to work in game.

One idea I had was model bundle of them as PGM, but never tried it. Don't know if they even work vs. land targets.

[tc464]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

One idea I had was model bundle of them as PGM, but never tried it. Don't know if they even work vs. land targets.

They would be useful against airfields, light material targets like trucks and the like. In dense jungle they would be next to useless. The two fuzes illustrated are designed to go off instantly and at odd angles (sometimes called an all-ways fuze), so they would go off at the tops of canopies.

I've blown up a few of these and let me tell you, that frag sleeve would have no problems slicing up troops and vehicles in the open.

[1EyedJacks]

Kinda the same topic...

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/ww2/threat/balloon.htm

[LargeSlowTarget]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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Looks like a pilot is trying to board the plane (between cockpit and right engine) - bad idea I'd say...


Or he is leaving - in a hurry...

[Jorge_Stanbury]

excuse my ignorance... what is the benefit of a parafrag bomb? better accuracy?

[RogerJNeilson]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

excuse my ignorance... what is the benefit of a parafrag bomb? better accuracy?

Allows you to fly low and drop bombs which fall slower and more in a straight line, so better accuracy and allows you to have flown a few more feet away before it goes off and shreds you as well as the target - is my assumption.

This is fascinating pictorial stuff which shows how low the attacks could be.... but they are all (understandably) daylight raids so my question raised elsewhere, is would low level bombing be done at night??

Thread on low level night bombing

Roger

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson 3

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

excuse my ignorance... what is the benefit of a parafrag bomb? better accuracy?

Allows you to fly low and drop bombs which fall slower and more in a straight line, so better accuracy and allows you to have flown a few more feet away before it goes off and shreds you as well as the target - is my assumption.

This is fascinating pictorial stuff which shows how low the attacks could be.... but they are all (understandably) daylight raids so my question raised elsewhere, is would low level bombing be done at night??

Thread on low level night bombing

Roger

And safer. Although it seems counter intuitive, very low level bombing gives fewer AA guns the opportunity to fire and vastly shortens the TOT for any one AA gun. It is also much more difficult to train a gun on a low flying aircraft unless the aircraft is flying directly towards or away from the gun. Things such as hills, buildings and trees can provide some cover from AA fire as well. Bombers would go in low and fast and in line abreast thus saturating the area with targets while delivering a maximum load in the fastest time. One pass and that was it. Giving gunners very little time to react.

Not to say it was not dangerous though.

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: tc464

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

One idea I had was model bundle of them as PGM, but never tried it. Don't know if they even work vs. land targets.

They would be useful against airfields, light material targets like trucks and the like. In dense jungle they would be next to useless. The two fuzes illustrated are designed to go off instantly and at odd angles (sometimes called an all-ways fuze), so they would go off at the tops of canopies.

I've blown up a few of these and let me tell you, that frag sleeve would have no problems slicing up troops and vehicles in the open.

I did mean in game, I know they worked just fine in real life. [8D]