Lastly came the Phosphorbrandbombe C50A, C50B and C250A which contained a viscous mixture of oil, rubber and phosphorous. The C250A was even more effective, the filling consisting of petroleum, polystyrene and Phosphorous.
Sources : MvBean/Hogben, 'Bombs Gone' and Ramsey, 'The Blitz Then & Now : Vol. 1' .
Were they withdrawn later in the war (1943-45)? I can't seem to find references to the LW using them in the late war period, which may be because of the fuel shortages.Grzesio wrote:As far as larger German incendiary bombs are concerned, there were following types:
Brand C - filled with liquid incendiary substance plus some glass ampoules with phosphor, with a very small HE charge (just 30 g in the 50 A variant, 190 g in 250 A); there were Brand C 50 A, later superseded by simplified Brand C 50 B, as well as Brand C 250 A.
Flam C - bombs filled with mixture of 30% gasoline and 70% oil, HE charge was larger than in Brand C - 1 kg TNT in the C 250, 0,65 kg in the C 250 C; there were Flam C 250, simplified Flam C 250 C and Flam C 500 C.
Streubrand 500 - an airburst bomb filled with 1400 incendiary cans with chemical filling in 20% solution of spirit;
Sprengbrand 50 - a combined demolition/incendiary bomb, carrying 6 kg HE in the nose and 73 incendiary electron elements of two sizes. Incendiary elements were expelled after impact, followed by HE ignition 3-4 s later.
Smaller bomblets were carried in cluster canisters of the AB family, as well as the ABB 500.
As you can see, all "normal" incendiary bombs can be called napalm ones.
A Juni 1942 edition of the L.Dv. 8/g 4 manual presents Flam C 250 (I'd say A) and Flam C 500 bombs only, on the other hand all types are apparently included in a late war edition of the L.Dv. 4200, shown in beige colour introduced in July 1942.
that was my question ...stg 44 wrote:Were they withdrawn later in the war (1943-45)? I can't seem to find references to the LW using them in the late war period, which may be because of the fuel shortages.
I've seen butterfly and other cluster munitions used by the Germans increasingly from 1943 on, while the last reference to incendiary munitions I've seen is during 2nd Kharkov.thaddeus_c wrote:that was my question ...stg 44 wrote:Were they withdrawn later in the war (1943-45)? I can't seem to find references to the LW using them in the late war period, which may be because of the fuel shortages.
also they were maybe not best judge of effectiveness? the Butterfly bombs were very effective but they ceased using them over GB?
where are you speculating their use?
Splash of the Brand C 50 covered area of 15 m in diameter, the Brand C 250 - 30 to 40 m. The incendiary substance was sticky, burned for 10-20 minutes and was hard to extinguish due to presence of phosphor. They were intended for use against targets that could be destroyed or damaged by fire.also they were maybe not best judge of effectiveness?
Thanks for the info! Where are you getting the splash range from?Grzesio wrote:Splash of the Brand C 50 covered area of 15 m in diameter, the Brand C 250 - 30 to 40 m. The incendiary substance was sticky, burned for 10-20 minutes and was hard to extinguish due to presence of phosphor. They were intended for use against targets that could be destroyed or damaged by fire.also they were maybe not best judge of effectiveness?
Flam C 250 covered area of 15-20 m in diameter and burned for 10 s, Flam C 500 covered 30-40 m and burned for 10-15 s. They were intended for attacking living targets, combat positions, barracks, industrial buildings with light roofing as well as other inflammable targets.
Maybe later in the war there were just more effective bomb types for these purposes - e.g. cluster bombs, covering larger area? On the other hand, Brand C bombs offered penetration comparable with class III demolition bombs of respective weight, as opposed to cluster bombs.
