Me 210 "Abfangautomat" pullout device

[Wurger]

Does anyone know what kind of automatic pullout device from dive bombing was being developed/tested with the Me 210 between 1940 and 1941? Was it original or taken from the Ju 87/88?

 

[iverson]

Does anyone know what kind of automatic pullout device from dive bombing was being developed/tested with the Me 210 between 1940 and 1941? Was it original or taken from the Ju 87/88?

Wikipedia says it had the Stuvi (Sturzvisier) 5 A, like the Me410. While I do not know for sure, I'd assume it was a standard item. A bitof googling reveals:

https://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/fl-52870-sturzvisier-stuvi-5b-1944
http://blitzjager.1fr1.net/t2874-3-bombenzielanlage-bza

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/hallinportti2002/stuvi3.jpg

Best I can do for now.

 

[Wurger]

I believe Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Staufenberg tested extensivelly this device while working for Askania. The bombsight and the bomb release system was just a part of the complex, dealing mostly with the aircrafts braking and elevator control surfaces. See here a proposed Askania Stuvi:

Askania HSV | reflexvisier

Askania Hohlspiegelvisier in deutschen Flugzeugen - Information und Archivseiten für Reflexvisiere Flugzeug Luftwaffe und Fliegertruppe

www.reflexvisier.com

Askania might be the manufacturer of most of the system as they were also making a most interesting "Kurvenkampfautomatik", tested in a Me 210 in June 1941. I wonder how a dogfight automatic device would work.

The "Abfangautomatik" used on the Ju 87 and Ju 88 was, in 1941, old stuff. This should be a newer iteration. Meanwhile, also the Ju 188, Do 217 and the He 177 used it, coupled with the BZA bombsight.