CONSTRUCTION. The SC 1000 and SC 1000 L2 general demolition bombs have a drawn steel tube body. A very heavy constructed pointed nose is welded to the forward end of the drawn steel body. The after end of the bomb body is threaded to take a female base plate. The tail attachment brace is tack welded to the body just foward of the base plate.

The magnesium alloy tail unit is of welded construction and is equipped with type strut. The unit is secured to the bomb body in two ways; it is welded directly to the bomb where the base of the cone contacts the body, and it is also bolted to the tail attach-ment brace with 16 round head bolts. (See fig. 14.)

This series of bombs are equipped with only one transverse fuze pocket. It is located ap-proximately 8 inches off the suspension lug, and usually contains one of the El A Z (55) series.

In addition to the booster pellets in the transverse fuze pocket, a central exploder tube of high grade TNT is located in the center of the explosive cavity. This tube runs almost the entire length of the cavity and is used to insure high order detonation.

The nose of the bomb is always fitted with the large size kopfring.

SUSPENSION. Horizontal by means of an H-type lug.

COLOR. Sky blue with a yellow strip on the tail cone.

REMARKS. When filled with Trailen (105), in place of yellow stripes on the tail cone a silhouette of a ship is stencilled in yellow paint. On the bomb body is stencilled "nur ge-gen handelsschiffe" (use only against merchant ships). It is stated that against nonarmor plated targets it gives off a good mining and blast effect, also good underwater results. Low level attacks using this bomb cannot be made because of the lack of safety for the releasing plane.

Figure 14 – SC 1000-kg Bomb