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APPENDIX A
General Survey of German H.E. Weapons
(Dimensions in inches)
| German marking nominal weight kg. | Body | Tail | Total Length of bomb with tail | Material | Function | |||
| Overall length | Max. dia. | Overall length | Мах. dia. | |||||
| S.D. | 1 | 4¼ + 1¼ (with fuze) | 2 | 1¼ | 2 | 6¾ | Damage by fragments to exposed personnel (S.D.1 S.D.2 and S.D.10). | |
| 2 | 3 | 3⅛ | drogue type | 9¼ | ||||
| S.D. | 10 | 12¾ | 3⅜ | 8½ | 4⅜ | 21⅝ | ||
| *50 | 23½ | 8 | 24½ | 11 | 42½ to 43 | |||
| S.D† | 70 | 28½ to 30 | 8 | 16½ | 11 | 43 to 45 approx only | S.D. 50, S.D. 250, S.D. 500A, S.D.1700 blast and heavy fra- gment effect. | |
| *250 | 33½ | 14½ | 25+14 | 20 | 63½ | |||
| *500A | 53 | 17½ | 35½ | 17½ | 80 | |||
| 1700 | 92 | 25½ | — | not | known | — | ||
| P.C | 500 E | 43½ | 15½ | 27 | 15½ | 68 | Penetration into protected tar- gets (battleships and emplace- ments, etc.) be- fore detonation. | |
| 500 L | 54 | 15½ | 30 | 15½ | 78 | |||
| 1000 | 58 | 19¾ | 32 | 20¼ | 82 | |||
| 1400 | 76½ | 22 | 43 | 22¼ | 111 | Steel | ||
| P.C.‡ | 1000. R.S | 47 | 15½ | 33 | 21 | 108 | ||
| 72 with rocket container | ||||||||
| S.C | § 50 | 28¼ to 30 | 8 | 16½ | 11 | 43 to 45 | ||
| §250 | 46 to 47½ | 14½ | 25 | 20 | 64 to 66 | |||
| §500 | 54 to 56 | 18½ | 29½ | 25 | 78 to 79 | |||
| 1000 | 74½ | 26 | 46½ | 25½ | 112½ | High charge /weight ratio for heavy blast effect | ||
| 1200 | ||||||||
| 1000L | 67 | 25½ | — not known — | |||||
| 1800 | 104½ | 26 | 55½ | 36 | 147 | |||
| 2000 | 45 | 25 | 136½ | |||||
| 2500 | not known |
abt 39 | not known |
about 197 | Aluminum alloy | |||
| B.M | 1000 | 78 | 25½ | 56½ | 25 | 114 | Steel | |
| P.M type C | 1000 kg. | 104 | 26 | 15 | 23½ | 119 | ||
| (bowl) | (with bowl) | |||||||
| P.M type D | 500 kg. | 67 | 26 | 15 | 23½ | 82 | Aluminium | |
| (bowl) | (with bowl) | |||||||
| S.B. | 1000/410 | 72 | Section 31 by 16½ | — | — | — | Steel | |
* Steel extension rods, with a thread at one end for screwing into the nose of the bomb and with a metal pressure plate at the other end, may be fitted to these bombs. The rods are either 2 ft. or 1 ft. 3 in. long.
† May have a parachute instead of a tail.
‡ P.C. 500 R.S. and P.C. 1800 R.S. rocket bombs are known to exist, but details of dimensions, etc., are not available.
§ A spiked rod screwed into the nose may be fitted to these bombs; the spiked rods are 1 ft. 64 in. and 2 ft. 3 in. long. The intention of the rods is to achieve detonation above ground and of the spikes to prevent ricochet.
