The DFS230 glider is a small glider. Its size is similar to that of a fighter jet. It can carry more than a dozen fighters and has a payload of about 1.2 tons. Therefore, a large number of these gliders must be used in one operation.
And the current glider, in terms of size, has to be a bit bigger, just like a huge hamburger, with a fat belly, and like a pregnant doe.
The Me321 "Giant" glider, seen from the nose, is similar to the super helicopter of later generations.
It is centered on a box-shaped cargo hold 11 meters long, 3.15 meters wide, and 3.32 meters high. The front nose is a shell-shaped cargo door that can be opened to both sides, which can be directly loaded into large-volume cargo. This is very similar to the large transport aircraft of later generations.
In order to facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles, the cargo compartment floor is very low from the ground and a special ramp is designed. At the same time, the cargo hold floor is reinforced with a strong frame, which can carry 22 tons of cargo.
The cargo hold floor area is about 40 square meters, and the entire cargo hold has a volume of 108 cubic meters. After adding an auxiliary partition in the middle section, it can transport 200 fully armed soldiers.
It can be said that the entire aircraft is deployed with this cargo warehouse as the center. Above the cargo cabin is a metal wing girder with steel pipe welded N-shaped structure, and wooden ribs maintain its airfoil.
Compared with those gliders for pediatrics, this glider is already bigger than the largest aircraft in many countries!
It can be said that this glider was specially prepared for landing in the UK, and it is only the first experiment.
In the war of the invasion of Belgium, this glider was not used because it was not suitable. Only a small glider could accurately land on the top of the fortress and beside the bridge. This heavy glider was not suitable and unnecessary.
When opening the warehouse, as long as you see the majestic tank inside, you know that it is really unnecessary.
This glider has a load of 22 tons, and of course it was developed to transport main battle tanks!
Paratroopers can only carry light weapons and equipment. On the battlefield, they are quite passive. If they had a main battle tank, it would be different!
Due to the limited load capacity, the glider did not carry the forty-ton Panther 3 tank, but the 20-ton Panther 2 tank. These tanks still have some inventory, and they are all equipped in Skorzene’s special forces. Ten vehicles, with this batch of tanks, they can hold on for enough time!
The tank occupies most of the volume of the cargo warehouse and is cleverly fixed. In the other half of the cargo warehouse, there are their individual equipment, 75mm recoilless guns, neatly placed in the box, the same Fixed on the floor, while the soldiers ride in the space on both sides.
The number of people carried is not more than one glider, only 50 fighters, and these 20 gliders, carrying a thousand fighters, they will be the first people to land in Brest, they rely on these equipment , Persist until the arrival of the follow-up troops.
On the other hand, it is not easy to tow these gliders away. In the history of later generations, German engineers had to rack their brains and come up with various methods.
For example, I first used three transport planes to tow, and it turned out that the danger was too high, it was simply walking a tightrope in the air!
Later, two HE111 aircrafts were used for towing. In order to avoid danger, the two aircrafts were simply spliced together from the middle, and an additional engine was added at the junction of the wings of the two aircrafts to form a unique aircraft like He111Z. It can be regarded as solving the problem of traction.
Fortunately, there is no problem now. Germany already has an advanced intercontinental bomber, the Junkers JU-290 bomber. This advanced four-engine large bomber can tow ME321 gliders.
Now, this is the scene. Twenty Junkers-290 bombers are already in place. Behind them, the heavy ME321 gliders are towed to take off.
As a heavy glider, ME321 has a total of five crew members, including 1 pilot, 1 communications officer, 1 carrying commander, and 2 machine gunners. The fixed weapon on the plane is a 7.9mm MG15 machine gun protruding from the upper part of the cargo door of the nose.
Now, the pilots are intensively preparing for takeoff. Although this aircraft does not have an engine, it must rely on external forces to take off.
"Complete the preparations before takeoff, you can take off." The pilot shouted.
"Number 001, you can take off." The communications officer shouted over the radio.
Suddenly, the front Junker-290, four engines with full horsepower, the propellers were spinning frantically, pushing the large bomber to roll on the runway.
Then, the shining fire light illuminates everyone's eyes.
On both sides of the ME321's fuselage, four booster rockets are bundled. Now, these four booster rockets are ignited together! The fiery flame illuminates the entire runway.
If the Junker-290 towed this glider to take off, it needs a full 1,500-meter runway. In order to fly more easily, it must use booster rockets.
This is also the earliest rocket-assisted aircraft of Messemi.
As the booster rocket ignited, the bomber in front immediately became a lot easier, just after gliding more than 800 meters, it pulled the glider, soared into the sky, and entered the darkness!
Behind, the second Junker-290 is about to take off.
One, take another.
Reinhardt was standing at the end of the runway, watching the troops marching out, like an unsheathed sword piercing the French heart.
"Oh, no!" Suddenly, the man on the runway shouted loudly.
I saw a ME321 glider. When taking off, only the booster rocket on the left ignited~www.novelhall.com~The booster rocket on the right unexpectedly failed!
This caused the glider to yaw, and it strayed to the right! At the same time, the reaction force acts on the steel cable, and it is about to collide with the tractor ahead!
At the critical juncture, the pilot of the glider pressed the button and the front tow hook disengaged.
After getting rid of the burden, the Junker-290 in front was immediately relaxed. He glided forward and took off quickly, while the glider at the back rolled and glided to one side, rushing into the lawn on the side.
Fire trucks and ambulances swiftly moved towards the lawn. Here, the commander's voice is still firm: "Keep taking off!"
This is war, you can't be afraid of any danger! Even if the person in front falls, the person behind has to continue to rush forward!
Over there, the fire has been ignited, the wooden structure and canvas-covered glider has been burned, and here, it is still taking off!
As a special force, every day, we must be ready to die, for the sake of Germany, willing to die!
