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Baffin
Feb-14-2015, 14:35
Here's a nifty link to WWII bombs & fuzes information. I finally found out what the Blenheim loadout page means when speaking of "Pistols"!

http://ww2.batcave.net/weapons.html :idiot:

SlowerBanterSir
Feb-16-2015, 15:13
Awesome info. It would certainly be interesting, if a bit morbid, to get a chance to simulate dropping "cookies" and piles of incendiaries.

I recall reading that pilots were ordered to drop cookies from height -- a minimum of 6,000 feet comes to mind -- lest the shockwave destroy the bomber. Flying Blennies and dropping their wimpy little 250s, it's hard to imagine such a huge blast. One would be enough to take out an airfield in-game!

Baffin
Feb-16-2015, 15:56
This little number was developed after the war as a nuclear weapon simulator. A B-29 with a light fuel load could barely lift its 22 ton mass. I think it qualifies as a whole box of "cookies"!
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