SC 500 bomb

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SC 500
Type	General-purpose bomb
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
Used by	Luftwaffe
Wars	World War II
Production history
Variants	K, L2, J
Specifications
Mass	500 kg (1,100 lb)
Length	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Diameter	457 mm (18 in)[1]
Warhead	Amatol TNT Trialen
Warhead weight	220 kg (490 lb)[1]

The SC 500 (Sprengbombe Cylindrisch) or cylindrical explosive bomb in English was a family of general-purpose bombs used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Design[]

Stabo Spike.

They had three-piece drawn steel bodies with a heavy machined nose cap for armor penetration. At the other end was a base plate, just forward of which the magnesium alloy tail was tack welded onto the body, and also bolted to the tail attachment brace. The bombs were filled through the base with either Amatol, TNT or Trialen 105, a mixture of 15% RDX, 70% TNT and 15% aluminum powder. Around the nose of the bomb was a kopfring - a metal ring, triangular in cross section, designed to prevent ground penetration or to stop forward momentum when hitting water. The bomb could also be fitted with a Stabo Spike which was an anti-ricochet device that prevented the bomb from burying itself too deep to increase its anti-personnel effectiveness. The bomb was attached to the aircraft horizontally by a H-type suspension lug. It could be horizontally suspended in a bomb bay or horizontally mounted on a wing or fuselage hardpoint.^[1]

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