Just a little update on the bombs:
I found some historical data concerning the destruction radius for German SC bombs and FAB 5000.
Since some of TD said the shrapnel-radius needs to be taken into account for FABs blast-radius in game, I want to post a table for the shrapnel radius that I found in Wolfgang Thamms book
Fliegerbomben:
- Bomb__Shrapnel-Radius
- SC50_______32,5m_______25m in game
- SC250______65m_________77m in game
- SC500______95m_________82m in game
- SC1000____180m________168m in game
- SC2000____350m________275,8m in game
Here is why the FABs destruction radius in game is very dubious:
The most common explosive in FAB bombs used was Amatol(exception FAB50 using pure TNT).
SC bombs contained a mix of 40% Amatol and 60% TNT.
The TNT equivalent for Amatol is given with 0,85. That means it´s less powerful.
Accordingly the TNT equivalent of SCs is 0,94 where the FABs TNT equivalent is 0,85, which results in 9% more explosive power for the SC bombs in comparison to FAB bombs.
Historically the SC bombs had a heavier filling than the FAB bombs.
I found a source in the internet giving away the blast radius of a
FAB 5000 with
428m!!! in game we have
2500m!!!
Another source states the radii to destroy concrete/wood in FAB bombs are:
FAB-50____12m/
25m(stone/
wood)____
25m in game
FAB-100___18m/
35m(stone/
wood)____
50m in game
FAB-250___28m/
56m(stone/
wood)____
50m in game
FAB-500___40m/
80m(stone/
wood)___
250m in game
FAB-1000_55m/
112m(stone/
wood)___
500m in game
With this historical data in the background, I
kindly ask TD to change the blast radius of FAB and SC bombs.
Another concern was that some of the German Cockpits weren´t historical correct.
Is TD interested in data on that to be able to do a change?