Fire In The Field
Fire In The Field
It seems that all over battlefields in WWII fires rage. Why is this? I mean the chief rounds used are HE and AP, neither have a "firey" charge. Tanks will brew up because of their fuel but where does all the other fire come from? Certanially not from incindearies.
Also how common were incindeary bombs when used aganist cities? A percentage? And when they start to see broad service?
Also how common were incindeary bombs when used aganist cities? A percentage? And when they start to see broad service?
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To your first question regarding fire in the field. A bullet which comes out of a rifle is very hot. Hot enough to ignite dry gras, wood and so on. Also the M.G. fired tracer bullets which ignited dry material very well.
Regarding bombing of cities. The british bomber command extensively used incendiary bombs from the first stages of their bomb attacks in mid 1940.
A common ratio was about 20 incendiaries on one HE-bomb. The HE-bombs "opened" the houses and the IN bombs were able to set the house on fire.
See the daily reports section on my site to see that they used IN bombs at every attack.
The german Luftwaffe used them also but not to that extend like the allies from the beginning.
hope this helps,
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Regarding bombing of cities. The british bomber command extensively used incendiary bombs from the first stages of their bomb attacks in mid 1940.
A common ratio was about 20 incendiaries on one HE-bomb. The HE-bombs "opened" the houses and the IN bombs were able to set the house on fire.
See the daily reports section on my site to see that they used IN bombs at every attack.
The german Luftwaffe used them also but not to that extend like the allies from the beginning.
hope this helps,
Christoph
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Smoke shells usually contain white phosphor (correct spelling?)
Which is extremely flammable! It will not burn in water, but it self-ingnites if you take it out!
We had a living hell when we were searching for undetonated shells in our artillery training field. Everytime we came out from a swamp area or similar, it started smoking from our shoes
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Which is extremely flammable! It will not burn in water, but it self-ingnites if you take it out!
We had a living hell when we were searching for undetonated shells in our artillery training field. Everytime we came out from a swamp area or similar, it started smoking from our shoes
EE
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Some of these fires were started by tracer rounds used in MGs .Infact most armies had incendiary rounds that were made to set things on fire.Soilders often used then to set house or buildings on fire to drive the enemy out.Shell fragments were also very hot,adding to the danger of fire .
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