Introduction

1/48 WWII German Aircraft Armament

ICM 48408

Excludes all glues, paints and tools necessary to assemble.

Luftwaffe was armed with a large range of weapons of different types and different purposes. The main German bombs of World War II were bombs weighing 50. 250. 500. 1000. 1800 and 2500 kilograms. The most common were high-explosive bombs. They, in turn, were thin-walled, type SC and thick-walled, type SD, and had side detonators. To reduce the depth of penetration into the ground and increase the shock wave, some bombs could be equipped with a ring in the bow. Also, some bombs could have elongated detonators the so-called Dinort rods * (in German Dinort-stbe), which led to a bomb explosion before the bomb itself touched the ground. Bomb carriers were both classic bombers (for example, Ju 88 or He 111), and attack aircraft or fighters, on the suspension of which bombs weighing up to 500 kilograms could be placed. Naval aviation, in addition to bombs, also used torpedoes, using them in various theatres of war in the Mediterranean, in the Atlantic and in the North of Europe.

ITEM NUMBER:
48408
SCALE:
1:48
DATE:
25.03.2024
TIME PERIOD:
WW2
BOX SIZE:
217 x 135 x 32 mm