That is…does anyone know where I might find some decent technical information on WWII-era Soviet Air Force ordnance? (Bombs in particular, but rockets too, if possible.)
I’d need to find side-view diagrams or photos, and at least basic information on weight and length.
My web searches have been fruitless, so far. Same luck with libraries and used book stores.
Can anyone help me out? Please?
OK, first, a large number of US aerial bombs were supplied to the Soviets as part of US support, so you can look up US aerial bombs of the era, and know some of what you were looking for. Next, there’s this site which has this page. Scroll to the very bottom for some limited information on a developmental Soviet glide-bomb. Look on this page for some discussion of Soviet aerial unguided rockets (top of the page). The Katyusha rocket was a ground-based varient of the Soviet RS-132 aerial rocket discussed there.
About half-way down this page is an image of a Soviet RRAB cluster bomb. These were not very effective.
The Soviet Union had bomb weights in 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, and 2000kg weights. Here is a listing on some technical aspects of current production Rusian bombs.
Not as much as I’d like to givbe you, but it’s a start.