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a r rnor - l l a t e c c?c c i • a o f ,ra r s li p s o f a r r o :i ,aa t 7y 3 , ; 0 t o r _ s .
To ob t a i n a h i ; ; h t a l l i t i c co + f f i c i en t ,
t h : ' c•rị b c . : ^ e s ti re r e
1'or ; ed i n ,an u s u a l l ei_ t l : Td ri t h c a •y t 1 i c .: . a l l s ou t o f
, 3 1 1 oJ e d
s t e e l .
Th e po i n t s ,rer P dL1 1 a r _
d t : e c F: r e c o: i . :! t e d o f 6 p c r c e n t
c oml: r e , s e d `!i ' - p Er f ' iaii ]i CP . t }:_l o s r e .
Th e PT? 1 0 00 r_r. t l : e s t a n da r
c a l i b e r lyea p on f or t h e ' -v .
IiiB r e a . o r i v en i !1 t ie c ; s e o f t iie P' 1 00 L RS .
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Z c. r-: o t +- C o il t r o l 9r rsor - Pi e z•c i r ;; or_ib "
In order to inerease the accuracy of hib i altitude bombin ; ,
t h e Ge r ma n s d ev el a p e d a r r o r - p i e r c i n ; boulb s t lla t c ou l d b e c on t r o l l e d
after they had been dropped .
The control in the drop parabola could
be achieved both by wireless means and by a o .
2 - mm trire tiat ex tended
fro the aircraft to tse bomb until the latter hit the tar et .
Th e rero te-control bombs have a source of li ht in
the rear
s o t h a t t h e y c oul d b e b e t t e r d i r e c t e d t otiva r d t h e i r t a r ; e t .
i : ze
•
FC 1400 X had
the same power of penetration and explosive perf
or ma n c e a s t h e PC 1 + 0 0 wi t h ou t r ecno t e c on t r ol .
Th e FD 2 5 J 0 X , trh i c h wa s b e i n ; i n t r o du c e d , tiva s d e v e l o p e d f o r
attacks on the nore recent mode l s of American ba ttl eships in the
"Iowa" class .
It had a very reat power of penetration and had
a
char e of compressed hi h - performance explosive .
Its comnitment
was worth vrhile only a ;a i nst warships of above class .
U .
Other Ex l p osive 3ombs Available to the Luftwaffe
Si n c e t h e s o - c a l l e d s t a n da r d ' oor b s ti9e r e n o t a l . va y s a va i l a b l e
in sufficient nurabera ,
the G ermans occasionally sad to use o ld er
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