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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - BOMBS, BOMB FUZES, ROCKET, LAND MINES, GRENADES AND IGNITER |
| Chapter 1 |
| GERMAN BOMBS |
| SC 50 GRADE I – Ja, L, and Stabo |
| DATA: |
| Over-all Length: Ja and L: 43.3 in. Stabo: 61.8 in. |
| Body Length: 30.0 in. |
| Body Diameter: 8.0 in. |
| Wall Thickness: 0.16 to 0.25 in. |
| Tail Length: 16.1 in. |
| Tail Width: 11.0 in. |
| Filling: Cast TNT; powdered amatol; or cast trialen. |
| Weight of Filling: 21 to 25 kg. |
| Total Weight: 48 to 55 kg. |
| Charge/Weight Ratio: 46%. |
| Fuzing: 5; 8; or 25B; ElAZ (38) for water targets. Stabo may also take 17 or 57. |
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CONSTRUCTION. The Ja has a one-piece drawn steel body. The L is the same as Ja ex-cept the body is of seamless tubular steel. The Stabo is like the Ja, with a threaded lug forged to the nose of the bomb. A steel spike 18.5 inches long, 1.8 inches in diameter can be secured to this lug. (See fig. 10.) |
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The sheet steel tail cone is secured to the bomb body by eight screws. More recent mo-dels have a collar welded around the neck of the bomb and the tail cone is secured to this collar by screws. The holes in the tail fins are used when screamers are attached. |
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Bombs can be modified for use on water targets by removing the tail fins. It is claimed ballistics are not changed up to an altitude of 200 meters. Fuze ElAz (38) is used on this type of target. Its maximum delay of five seconds allows 12 to 18 meters of water tra-vel. |
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When water targets are the object of an attack an antiricochet plate is bolted to the nose. This permits a much smaller angle of impact without ricochet. |
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SUSPENSION. Horizontal or vertical by an eyebolt. |
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COLOR. Sandy grey or dark green over all. |
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Yellow stripes on each segment of cone. |
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Figure 10 – SC 50 Grade I Bomb |
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