Major General Waffenamt Posted February 23, 2016 Major General Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Ok,Not strictly large ordnance but will no doubt end up in a sub forum when created? This should jog a few memories for @Davejb This has been cleaned up after a few tips from the Jeeeensy,who always looks after his pal Waffy.... German SD-2 with type 41 impact fuze. Lots of original paint left,the charge/body is actually a traing round as denoted by the hole in the bottom shown. All original parts from the arming wire to the charge.Oh,and fully inert as per all my items in the collection. Ive a few of these rascals,All made up from original parts and some restored with new paint. Will show in time. This one i bought from a pal at the Stoneleigh show after i had just sold some other items. New buyers of these should beware as i have heard of reproduction cast iron charges made in europe. Shame really as its wrecking the hobby if not declared as repro. Edited February 23, 2016 by Waffenamt typo as usual 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Waffenamt said: Ok,Not strictly large ordnance but will no doubt end up in a sub forum when created? This should jog a few memories for @Davejb This has been cleaned up after a few tips from the Jeeeensy,who always looks after his pal Waffy.... German SD-2 with type 41 impact fuze. That's really cool. Would this have been used as a Ground Attack bomb against ground troops. Edited February 23, 2016 by Lenny excessive quoting ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted February 23, 2016 Author Major General Share Posted February 23, 2016 Thats correct,or used in civilian populated ares to cause chaos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 YEP, that looks like the little sucker, fair gave me the heebee geebees, I still see that guy who brought it in, he lives not too far from me, but what I find amazing is that we live in a countryside town about 15 miles from London, it just shows how inaccurate bombing could be, and this whole area was nothing but countryside during the war and the town was,nt as big as it is now, but what I did find out was that the Luftwaffe, after bombing London, did a wide circle North and then headed East, which would have placed them over our area, there was even a 3 gun battery set up on a large hill about two miles from us to catch them unawares, I,m wondering if these things were dropped because they had trouble dropping on target because of flak so had to get rid of them on the way back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted February 23, 2016 Author Major General Share Posted February 23, 2016 Highly likely that is correct Dave. Less weight to carry home. Although german ordnance was relatively safe to land with,i would assume its a lot easier and quicker to scarper without them. It was mainly the Allies that had to jettison live ordnance as we mainly used mechanical fuzes(nose and tail varieties) The germans were mainly electrical and only charged just before release. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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