CONSTRUCTION. The body is of mild sheet steel in two longitudinal halves hinged at the tail. It is divided into three compartments; dome-shaped nose compart-ment, cylindrical central compartment and cone-shaped tail compartment. The nose compartment houses the fuze pocket welded to a bracket which, in turn, is welded to the upper half of the container. The two halves of the container are presumably held together by a securing nut an a shear wire which passes through an anvil in the lower half of the fuze pocket. (See fig. 106.)

The sheet steel tail of four fins, braced by two bars riveted to opposite fins, is welded to both the central cylindrical and cone-shaped tail portions of the con-tainer.

The SD 1 bombs are housed in the central compartment. No packing pieces have been found.

When the SD 10 A bombs are carried, a three plywood or cardboard partition is inserted making in two compartments. The front compartment holds eight bombs and the rear nine. The bombs are positioned by a wooden structure placed in the center of the compartments. The odd bomb at the rear is stowed within this structure. Each cluster is held by a small wooden blocks bound by two steel ta-pes.

SUSPENSION. Horizontal. Welded to the lower half at the point of balance of the loaded container is a stout metal transverse suspension strip provided with a me-tal plate tapped to take a suspension lug.

COLOR AND MARKINGS. Khaki over-all with two red stripes on tail cone.

AB 250-2

224 SD 1

Gew 215 kg

(79) A

(69) D

AB 250-2

17 SD 10 A

(69) E

(89) B

Figure 106 – AB 250-2 Container