Smart Bomb in 1943

Skip to the 45 minute mark in this video.

What’s up with that? Does anyone have more details?

Fritz X

Radio-guided. Calling it a “smart bomb” is an exaggeration… it was a very advanced weapon for the day, however.

Allies learned to jam its radio signals very quickly.

Was the Pigeon-Guided Bomb ever used in an actual attack on a target?

A “smart bomb” is just simply a guided bomb. Both Axis and Allies had them in the Second World War. The Japanese ones were guided by a human.