DAG-10- The Air Mines

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DAG-10- The Air Mines

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Post by buba » 04 Mar 2006, 11:00

I look for info and pix of the DAG-10 (estanchevaya Aviatsiya GranaT)-10, how its work? Is any report the any success in battle?
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Post by Hans S » 08 Mar 2006, 11:17

buba wrote:I look for info and pix of the DAG-10 (estanchevaya Aviatsiya GranaT)-10, how its work? Is any report the any success in battle?
Not much :cry:

Another weapon was the DAG-10 grenade launcher, an odd "aerial-mine" device that would eject grenades on little parachutes in the path of a pursuer and which, surprisingly, Soviet records say was very effective.
http://www.vectorsite.net/avil2.html

http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/RAM/pe-2.html

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Post by buba » 05 Apr 2006, 12:35

Thx Hans, but I can't found the pix anybody help?
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Post by BIGpanzer » 05 Apr 2006, 13:26

Since July 1944 many Soviet bombers were equipped with special package DAG-10 for 10 2-kg air grenades AG-2 (those spherical grenades with parachute exploded in 3-4 s after release and destroyed attacking fighters by 130 fragments (weight 3-80 g) within a radius of 10-50 m).
Also DAG-5 were used for 5 air grenades. In principle AG-1/AG-2 air grenades were developed for the rear defense of battle planes IL-2 (first single-seat modifications without gunner) in 1941. Used quite widely since the middle 1942.

DAG means Derzhatel' Aviatsionnyh Granat = Rack for Air Grenades
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