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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.

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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]

Design

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 bomb was usually filled with a mixture of 40% amatol and 60% Trotyl, but when used as an anti-shipping bomb it was filled with Trialen 105, a mixture of 15% hexogen, 70% Trotyl and 15% aluminium 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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