Thursday, August 25, 2016

impressive photo, and the image had no notes, so Steve helped me out, and let me know those are deliberate smoke screens


But print this in a poster size and you'll be damn impressed. Original is https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/18621082525/in/album-72157653863229408/  for a better look at high res


Smoke Screen Generators

Unlike this one,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/18594331666/in/album-72157653863229408/

This one is using rocket-assisted takeoff units (often used with heavy bomb loads on short fields)

Both systems are attached to mounted wing racks normally used for additional small bombs
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2 comments:

  1. DonSkokie2:33 PM

    I had to put it through Google Translate. According to this
    http://coollib.com/b/270815/read they were smoke generators for smoke screens. Same picture is about half way down the page with text.

    Mick

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  2. Kim3:14 PM

    RATO units (rocket assisted take-off), a pretty common accessory to hevily laden aircraft.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JsVXr2KAo at 0:27

    Even the six-engine Me 323 behemoth used them:
    https://s28.postimg.io/bi98d19lp/image.png

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