PC 1400 X (1,400 kg)

Description

The PC 1400 X guided bomb, nicknamed Fritz X.

The 1,400 kg PC 1400 X is a German manually-guided gliding bomb. It was introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm".

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• He 111 H-6
• He 177 A-5

General info

The Fritz-X is a guided armour-piercing gliding bomb weighing circa 1.5 tons, with an explosive payload of 320 kg. It was equipped with a stabilizer and fins as well as a set of radio equipment. The bomb trajectory could be tracked visually from the launching bomber through the bomb sight (bright tracing lights lit up in the tail section of the bomb after launch) and corrected by radio signal using a special joystick. It was mainly used as an anti-ship weapon.

Bomb characteristics
Guidance	MCLOS
Mass	1,570 kg
Explosive mass	320 kg
Explosive type	Amatol
TNT equivalent	320 kg
HE max penetration	98 mm
Armour destruction radius	14 m
Fragment dispersion radius	100 m

Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Bomb can be guided into the target
• Good for high altitude bombing cruisers and large slow-moving targets
• Very effective against capital ships as it can be used from outside of their anti-aircraft range

Cons:

• Relatively small warhead (comparable to a normal 500 kg bomb)

History

The PC 1400 X was nicknamed "Fritz X", becoming the first precision guided munition used in combat. The Fritz X entered active service on 21 July 1943 against targets in a Sicilian harbour, but without any confirmed kill. The biggest success of the weapon was sinking of the Littorio-class battleship Roma on 8 September 1943 by scoring 2 direct hits and causing magazine explosion. The bomb used MCLOS guiding (Manual Command to Line Of Sight) via radio link. Approximately 1,400 were built.

Media

Vieos

The Shooting Range #101 - Pages of History section at 06:41 discusses the Fritz X.

The Shooting Range #109 - Tactics & Strategy section at 10:44 discusses the Fritz X.

See also

Other WWII guided weapons:

• Ki-148 I-Go Model 1B

External links

• [Devblog] The Fritz-X guided bomb: right on target!
• Wikipedia - Fritz X

Armour-piercing bombs
USA
1,000 lb	A.P. AN-MK 33
1,600 lb	AN-Mk 1
Germany
10 kg	SD10C
50 kg	SD50
70 kg	SD70
500 kg	PC500
1,000 kg	PC1000
1,400 kg	PC 1400 X*
1,600 kg	PC1600
USSR
220 kg	BRAB-220 (1930)
250 kg	BRAB-250
500 kg	BRAB-500 (1938) · BRAB-500
1,000 kg	BRAB-1000
Britain
500 lb	S.A.P. Mk.II
2,000 lb	A.P. Mk.I
Japan
500 kg	Number Type 2 50 Model 1 GP(SAP)
800 kg	Navy Type 99 Number 80 AP
1,500 kg	Navy Type 3 Number 150 AP
Italy
160 kg	A.P 160
630 kg	630 P.D.
	* Guided bomb
See also	List of high-explosive, unguided, free-falling bombs · List of guided bombs · List of retarded bombs

Guided bombs
USA
500 lb	GBU-38(V)2/B JDAM (500 lb)
1,092 lb	GBU-16 Paveway II
505 kg	AGM-62A Walleye I
510 kg	AGM-62A Walleye I ER
1,970 lb	GBU-31 JDAM
2,000 lb	GBU-8 · GBU-15(V)1/B · GBU-15(V)2/B
957 kg	GBU-10 Paveway II
Germany
1,400 kg	PC 1400 X (Fritz X)*
USSR
50 kg	KAB-50L · KAB-50TV
500 kg	KAB-500Kr · KAB-500Kr-E · KAB-500L · KAB-500S
1,500 kg	KAB-1500Kr · KAB-1500L
Britain
277 kg	GBU-12 Paveway II
546 kg	Mk.13
2,000 lb	GBU-24 Paveway III
China
250 kg	GB250 · LS-6 250
500 kg	GB500 · LS-6 500
1,000 kg	GB1000
Italy
277 kg	BA-FG-230-Lizard-2
France
400 kg	BGL-400
970 kg	BGL-1000
	* Armour-piercing bomb
See also	List of unguided bombs · List of armour-piercing bombs · List of retarded bombs