Weird Luftwaffe bomb. wich type ?

[CharlesBronson]

Short footage showing an FW 190 dropping a sort of ball rolling bomb: does anibody know the name of it ?

 

[sunny91]

Found that:

Bouncing bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunny.

 

[CharlesBronson]

After Operation Chastise, German forces discovered in some woods, an Upkeep bomb that had failed to explode. Subsequently, a 385 kg (850 pound) version of the bouncing bomb, codename Kurt, was built at the Luftwaffe Experimental Centre in Travemünde.[7] However, the importance of backspin was not understood, and in trials, dropped by an Fw 190, it proved to be dangerous to the delivering planes as the bomb matched the speed at which it was dropped. Attempts to rectify this with booster rockets were ultimately a failure, and the project was discontinued in 1944.[

Thank you very much, I never tought I would find anything in wiki.

( edit) Just downloaded the video, impressive that rocket booster thanks again.

 

[<simon>]

Thanks for posting Charles, never heard of that before- thought it was very interesting!