G'day
The German bouncing bomb was called "Kurt" and the big difference with the British Highball was that it had no backspin.The charge was 850-lb of HE. The bomb's were released initially by a Me 410 and later a FW 190 was used. The bomb's were released and gained speed with rocketpower, the rocket breaking off on impackt with the water and the BB skidded over the water upon reaching its objective and then sinking and detonated by hydrostatic fuse.
The BB were dropped in two's, but were never used in action. [B. Johnson, The secret war, p. 302-303, BBC Series]
