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The development of thisSB800 RS"Kurt"bouncing bombsagainst shiptargetsbegunin theautumn of 1943.The fewavailable informations reporting about many successfulbombingsin severaldifferent versions (see alsoalsoofferedVers.2, AM-2017).The first test had been done without the rocket propulsion engine andwere not verysatisfactory, sincethe impact speedwasquitelow.Thelater test weremore satisfying, but the tests had beenstoppedin August 1944 for some reason.The bullet could bee accelerated by the rocket engine within 3 seconds to a speed of 330 m/sec. At the same time still in air the ball was seperated from the rocket engine. The bouncing bombe reached a speed range of 4500 meters.
The SB 800 RS Kurt had been droped from Fw190,Ju88 andMe410
A total of560 (!)Rollingbombshave beenbuild without seeing service.
Reference Source: inter alia "GermanSecretWeapons1939-1945";FritzHahn,Page 287et seq
