At 0:03 one can observe the Dinort-stäbe or "Dinort's rods" fitted to the nose fuze of the 50 kg bombs carried on the Stuka's underwing racks. These were named after Oskar Dinort who as Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 is credited with the innovation, which added a metal rod approximately half a meter long to the bomb, with a metal disk at the end.
During the campaign in Greece in 1941 StG2 crews noted that their bombs were burying themselves in the ground before detonating, meaning much of the blast and fragmentation effect was absorbed. By using this simple measure, the bombs would explode while still in the open, greatly increasing their lethal radius.
