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Color for Luftwaffe bomb shackles on Hs123s?


Richard502

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Interesting question! I'm no Luftwaffe authority, but it appears from looking at photos, that the ETC50 racks fitted to the Hs-123  were mostly black, perhaps with the same black finish as the elektron wheels as seen on many Luftwaffe aircraft; in some photos, the ETC50 racks are bare, and in others there looks like a streamlined fairing is fitted that seems to be in the same finish as the underside, which would be RLM65- the attachment lugs and small sway braces appear to be in black, with the fairing in the undersurface color. Somebody will be along shortly, I hope, who can give you a more definitive answer.  I'm thinking an unfaired  ETC50rack would be black and one with the fairing would have black fittings with the faring in RLM65. See the links below to a diagram and photo of a bare ETC50 rack as well as one that has the streamlined fairing fitted.

Mike

 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/etc-50-bomb-rack-in-me-110.35049/

 

http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/884three.jpg

 

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