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[Knochenlutscher]

Hi Fellow Members,

Does anybody of you have specific Data about US/Brit Type
Depthbombs and Mines used by Avengers/Tarpons? My sources are scarce when it
comes to the specifications.
Any Help is apreciated and welcome.
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,51925.0.html
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,46135.0.html

Kind Regards
Tobias

[max_thehitman]

Hello again Tobias,
I have a few PDF books on the Avenger, perhaps on one of the pages there is some info
about what your looking for.

I can send you the Avenger PDF books I have via pm. If you wish.

[Knochenlutscher]

I don't have such books, they show always standard terms and ordonance.


That would be cool Max 

Kind Regards
Tobias

[Gatrasz]

Hi ! I've found only a few things here :

Bomb load
   1 torpedo or 1x1600 lb (726 kg)  bomb or 4x500 lb (227 kg) bombs or 12x100 lb (45 kg) bombs or 1x600 lb (272 kg) depth charges or 4x325 lb (147 kg) depth charges or 1x1500 lb (880 kg) Mark 12 mine

Of course rockets are evocated too (8xBritish 7.62-centimeter (3-inch) rockets, or 8xUS 12.7-centimeter (5-inch) HVAR), but only with bombs loadout. Wish I could find some mission reports from WW2 era, there are always a great source of information 

Edit : by the way, you'll find here a photo of an original loadout (2xDepth charges + 1 "Fido" Mk.24 torpedo) :
https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/tbf/a-pair-of-depth-bombs-are-installed-behind-the-fido-uss-manila-bay-february-1944/

[Ranger97]

Im not sure about What the avengers used but I found this http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/D/e/Depth_Charge.htm

The chief American air-deliverable depth charge when war broke out was the AN Mk 17, a 325 lb (147 kg) weapon with a charge of 234 lb (106 kg) of TNT

[Dreamk]

Ok let's begin:

[Dreamk]

Other goodies:

[max_thehitman]

Very cool  DreamK is the weapons man.
I was just telling Tobias in a pm that you were the guy to talk to, because you made such
great weapons packages in the past for us all and might have already created these.

[Dreamk]

This is what I have on my disk under hand.  I'll look in my doc over the week-end for Wing armament and for the ordnance of the British Avengers, must have this somewhere.

A few more goodies:
another view of the retro-rockets installation


and of incendiary clusters






Ok - this is also useful - gives among others the US rockets and mine/depthbomb ordnance

[Dreamk]

The ordnance needed can be found in the following packs: Air dropped Torpedoes, Air Launched Sea Mines and US Air-Ground Ordnance.

[Knochenlutscher]

Cool Thanks to all for helping me out.

[Duggy]

The above photo

Is a TBM-1C Avenger control aircraft.
LINK ---   http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?347
Regards Duggy