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leonardus
Posted: March 03, 2004 08:17 am
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Hello,

Can somebody tell us what was the standard romanian bomb for (very) light bombing ? I mean what kilos had. Some sources say the 10 kg, some 12 kg, and other the 12,5 kg. If any other was used I'm happy to know what.


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Posted: March 04, 2004 02:32 pm
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In 1941, the smallest bomb was the 1 kg incendiary bomb. There were also 9 kg and 12 kg bombs. There were also 4 lb and 20 lb bombs.
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Posted: March 09, 2004 07:31 am
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In 1941, the smallest bomb was the 1 kg incendiary bomb. There were also 9 kg and 12 kg bombs. There were also 4 lb and 20 lb bombs.


Can you enlarge a little this list to know about romanian ww2 bombs used ?
I know about the IAR factory which produced the 225kg and 50 kg bomb, but nothing else. Did we import other types from Germany ? Or from other source ? A little information here is extremely wellcome.

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Posted: March 09, 2004 06:13 pm
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Here is a table with the bombs used by GAL in the 1941 campaign:

Fighters
No in inventory/Used
12kg bombs: 15/9
50 kg bombs: 5/?
225 kg bombs: 42/1

Bombers
No in inventory/Used
500 kg bombs: 5/3
250 kg electrical bombs: 125/110
225 kg Romanian bombs: 383/278
200 kg French bombs: 298/88
100 kg German bombs: 286/160
100 kg French bombs: 255/220
50 kg German electrical bombs: 892/494
50 kg Romanian bombs: 205/-
50 kg old German bombs: 276/193
50 kg French bombs: 345/72
12 kg German bombs: 347/37
300 kg German bombs: 68/-
50 kg AR (?) bombs: 10/-
9 kg incendiary bombs: 12/-
1 kg incendiary bombs: 64/43

Reconnaissance
No in inventory/Used
500 LB bombs: 42/-
250 LB bombs: 54/30
40 LB bombs: 16/10
20 LB bombs: 16/10
25 LB incendiary bombs: 14/5
4 LB bombs: 8/3

Notes: The LB is probably short for pounds, as these bombs were used by the Blenheims. The AR I do not know what it stands for.
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Dénes
Posted: March 12, 2004 03:24 am
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There were also Polish bombs, delivered by Germans from captured stocks:
12 kg
50 kg P.V.U.
50 kg MZT-32
50 kg WZ-29
50 kg WZ-T-32
100 kg
and 'light emitting' bombs, Michelin Nr. 3
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Iamandi
Posted: December 15, 2004 10:45 am
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Any technical data about this bombs?

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