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Thank you Blood_Hawk23! Almost a century ago...

Blood_Hawk23

Blood_Hawk23

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Other Add-Ons

Description: CFS2 Weapons Pack - World War I Bombs.
By John P Fortin (Blood_Hawk23)

Here are 21 new bombs for use in your World War I installs. These are as accurate as I could make them in both scale and appearance.

WWI bombs list:
German
PuW 50kg bomb and carrier/pylon
PuW 100kg bomb and carrier/pylon
PuW 500kg bomb - For the Large German Bombers
10kg Carbonit bomb - Early aircraft bomb till 1916, Zeppelin Bomb
50kg Carbonit bomb - Zeppelin Bomb
100kg Carbonit bomb - Zeppelin Bomb
300kg Carbonit bomb - Zeppelin Bomb

French
75mm Obus shell bomb with long striker and carrier/pylon - Early aircraft bomb till mid 1917
90mm Obus shell bomb and carrier/pylon - Early aircraft bomb till mid 1917
90mm Gros-Andreau bomb with multiple carriers - Used by the AEF, known as the MKIII
90mm Gros-Andreau bomb Vertical Drop - For the SPAD XIII
115mm Michelin Bomb and carrier/pylon
120mm Gros-Andreau bomb - Used mainly in 1917 due to shortage of 155mm shells
120mm Gros-Andreau bomb Vertical Drop - For the SPAD XIII
155mm Gros-Andreau bomb and carrier/pylon - Used by the AEF as well

British
50 lb Cooper bomb and carrier/pylon - For the Tondern Raid, Used by the RN
65 lb Royal Lab bomb and carrier/pylon - Smaller version of the RL 112 lb, used around 1917 to early 1918 mostly experimental.
112 lb Royal Lab bomb and carrier/pylon - A re-sized version of Aerocrates Rl 112 lb. True to scale
230 lb RFC bomb and carrier/pylon - Anti Sub and heavy structure
520 lb Royal Lab Bomb and carrier/pylon - Anti Sub bomb used by the Felixtowe F2
1650lb SN bomb - Largest bomb of WWI, used by the HP 0/400

I have tried to be as historicly accurate as possible but 100 year old information is hard to come by. Even with the vast amounts avalable online it was a challange. Still I hope you enjoy.

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit WWI_Bombs.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
 
Thank you Blood_Hawk23! Almost century ago...

Hey, you posted your WWI weapon pack!

Thank you very much, sir!

:applause: :encouragement: :applause:
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I agree with what you wrote in your introduction, finding a century-old accurate historical info about your work must have been quite an endeavour!

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the beginning of WWI tragedy, next July 28th will be the date when Austria declared war on Serbia in 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Francesco Ferdinando d'Asburgo-Este occurred exactly a month before.

I feel strange that I will see such anniversary. Almost all of my generation's grandfathers fought in WWI against the Austrians. A huge number of them never returned home. Then, less than twenty years later, Mussolini spat on all the graves of the young Italian soldiers who sacrificed their lives.

Both of my grandfathers were lucky enough to return unscathed to their families, but both of them lost brothers on the front. Three of my great-uncles died in the Alps and one of them returned so grievously wounded in his chest that he had to go to the local hospital and be medicated every day for the next decade, until he finally passed on. Antibiotics would have saved his life, but penicillin was brought here by US Army only in 1945.

I inherited the participation medals they received in the late 1960's, to commemorate their service to the country.

Cheers!
KH :ernaehrung004:
 
Reply...

Blood_Hawk23,

This is outstanding work, and truly a well-researched endeavor!
 
Thank You Kelticheart...

For sharing your family history. I love that sort of thing.

I wish I could find more to cover the Eastern front. I'll try to find out more. I haven't found much on the types used by Italy. It seems most of the Allies used the French type bombs in the begining and switch to the British type by mid 1917 to 1918. Though the American's tended to use both from the time of their "Official" entry to the end of the war. In the end they did adopted more of the French style for their own bombs.

Maybe I can do a part II at a later date.

Till Later,
John
 
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