sc-50 bomb

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sc-50 bomb

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Post by puckett » 16 Apr 2016, 20:26

hello all, I have been reading on the german sc-50 aerial bomb. it said that a steel spike about 18 inches long could be secured to the nose of the bomb. my question is what was the spike used for ????? thank you for your help. puckett.

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Post by OpanaPointer » 16 Apr 2016, 21:05

Not being familiar with that particular go-bang I was hazard a guess that it was to detonate the bomb before ground penetration.
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Post by shamirnewell » 16 Apr 2016, 21:06

puckett wrote:hello all, I have been reading on the german sc-50 aerial bomb. it said that a steel spike about 18 inches long could be secured to the nose of the bomb. my question is what was the spike used for ????? thank you for your help. puckett.
The spikes assured above ground detonation. An air burst covers a larger area.

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Post by Keystone » 16 Apr 2016, 22:07

U.S. referred to these types as "Daisy Cutters".

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Post by Grzesio » 19 Apr 2016, 15:14

There were two types of nose mounted rods used on German bombs.
Zuenderabstandrohr was a simple pipe with circular plate on top, intended to cause the detonation when the bomb was still above the ground.
Stabo was a solid spike, some 47 cm long in case of the SC 50, intended for blocking roads or railway tracks. Such a bomb, dropped from low altitude with a long delay time fuse or a disturbance fuse, literally drove into the ground without ricocheting, sticking in place and thus preventing any traffic until the bomb exploded or was disarmed.

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Post by Kristian S. » 19 Apr 2016, 18:39

Keystone wrote:U.S. referred to these types as "Daisy Cutters".
The Germans called them "Dinort-Stäbe" (after Oskar Dinort).

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