I was reading the Osprey “Aircraft of the Aces - Bf109 Aces of the Russian Front” when I came across something I’ve never seen before. In the early blitz against Russian airfields, some 109s carried racks of SD-2 Splitterbomben (butterfly bombs). They carried 96 7.5oz bombs on four racks that could be fused to explode on impact or air-burst. I guess these things took out RIDICULOUS numbers of Red Airforce craft on the ground, to the tune of 1200 in one day![:O]
My question is, does anyone know of anything aftermarket for these things?
Heck, I’d be happy with proper reference photos or drawings to make my own.
Switch to English navigation, and go to the ‘Equipment’ tab, then ‘Drop Weapons’ and scroll down, there’s a good close up of a rack of these butterfly bombs.
Thanks for a great site. And, I notice that on the drop tank section there are photos of more different versions of German cluster bomb units that I was not aware existed. It’s sort of amazing at how similar the bomblets on the 109 are to the ones carried in our Vietnam era CBU’s, though I don’t know if they have the little pop-out “helipcopter rotors” like our modern ones. With all those pigtails hanging down, I would guess this would be a real bear to model.
TOM