![]() ![]() Even a nice rocket hit against bombers can be useful if your good enough at it. Hit them with crossing target deflection or frontal shots if possible and use cannons to drop them quicker. attacking planes with nasty rear gunners can get ugly quick. even the patrol craft will rip you apart. about as powerful as the 100-250lb bomb hits. Rockets are nice against buildings and ships though. use bombs, safer and a near miss will usually do the trick. especially vs those Bf110s that also have rear guns that are tricky to kill from behind, let them get behind you and rip them up. but the turret on the Blenheim is nasty against enemy fighters (and ground targets as you pass over them). sure the Beaufighter is a kick (although the cannons fire off axis). but find the weak spots so they can do some damage -)ĭon't ignore the Blenheim. The investigation of new methods of fuzing for the new bombs.MGs will kill bunkers.Research into high explosive with greater power than TNT or Amatol.The choice of a steel used in the body of bombs to give the best fragmentation.The selection of an external contour of bomb to give the best shape for consistent ballistics, with a small trail angle.It was decided under the circumstances to go ahead with limited investigations independent of bomb design This lead to four main areas of research. to a peace-time footing and it was not until 1921 that bomb policy could be considered, it was also felt that the designs of new aircraft should be available before designing new bombs. was left with a large stock of mixed bomb designs with different shapes, methods of construction and fuzing, after the main concern was reducing the R.A.F. ![]() 50lb, 120lb, 250lb, 500lb General Purpose BombsĪfter the first world war the R.A.F. ![]()
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