@ JU_88
As promised yesterday, what follows is the list of US bombs most commonly used in the anti-ship and anti-submarine role during WWII by American and, often, by British bombers. I was lucky enough to find the '
bombs for aircraft' technical manual issued by War Department on Nov. 1944. The measures and the excellent drawings posted below are taken from it:
GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS
Sizes (Overall lenght / Body Lenght / Body Diameter):
GP 100-lb AN-M30 - 30.46" / 30" / 8.18"
GP 250-lb LB AN-M57 - 47.8" /36.9" / 10.9"
GP 500-lb AN-M64 - 59.16" / 47.1" / 14.18"
GP 1000-lb AN-M65 - 69.5" / 53.3" / 18.8"
GP 2000-lb AN-M66 - 92.83" / 71" / 23.29"
ARMOR-PIERCING AND SEMIARMOR-PIERCING BOMBS
SAP 500-lb AN-M58A1 - 57.8" / 47.2" / 11.8"
SAP 1000-lb AN-M59 - 70.4" / 57.3" / 15.1"
AP 1000-lb AN-MK. 33 - 73" / 59.75" / 12"
AP 1600-lb AN-MK. 1 - 83.5" /68.9" / 14"
DEPTH BOMBS
DB 325-350-lb AN-MK. 47, 41, 44 and 17 - 53.1" / 28.46" / 15"
DB 650-lb AN-MK. 29 - 70" / 42.25" / 17.7"
For further detail and pictures on each of the bombs listed above, you can also refer to a document I have prepared:
http://www.mediafire.com/?34hkeeeprf002lr
Click on the thumbnails, to see images in their original resolution on your internet browser. Not included in my list, but also needed, is a model of the
Mk 13 aerial torpedo, with and without the distinctive wooden drag ring and stabilizer. In its place, the game uses corrently an Mk 15 torpedo which, to my knowledge, was only fired by ship-borne launch tubes.
When you finish with them, it would be also nice having rockets, rocket racks, and German and British bombs. But I think at this moment you got enough work to keep you busy for at least several days
