IS it me, or does a 500Kg bomb only weight 1000pounds in AH?

[gatso]

Originally posted by Fishu
There is quite significant difference.
german 500kg bomb is *alot* more powerful than 1000lb US/brit bomb.
(not just because of extra 100lb's in 500kg bomb, but of the bigger explosive content)

MC 1000lb bomb CWR of 40-50%
German 500kg SC500 GP bomb CWR 44%

Explosive content improves with size, some of the British high capacity bombs had charge to weight ratios around the 80% mark.

note: MC bombs were phased in mid war, I don't have dates handy but they were used extensively.  The original allied GP 1000lber had a CWR of 30-35%.

Would be interesting to see HTC model the differences, early war planes getting early war bombs and a 4000lb cookie doing more than 4x the damage of a 1000lb bomb.

BTW, I was 2 miles away when a 1000kg unexploded bomb was made safe.  It broke windows and shook some of my neighbours sheds down lol.

Gatso

I do have dates for MC 500lb and 1000lb service entry, 500lb MC - end of 1941. 1000lb MC - spring 1943.

[brady]

HiTech said he was going to give metric bombs the pound equilvency in a future patch/update.

 So a 500kg bomb would actualy weigh 1,200pounds(aprox.) and have a bigger efect than a 1000 pound bomb.

[Kevin14]

Can you guys multiply?

   500kg
x  2.2

1/10 of 500=50 thus,
2/10 of 500=100

500x2=1000

  1000lbs
  +100lbs

=1,100lbs not,

500x2=1000lbs

1/10 of 1000=100
2/10 of 1000=200

  1000lbs
  +200lbs

=1,200lbs