Id. aerial bombs

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

SD500 or PC1000 ??

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Nobody for my last image ?

Well, here another image from Ebay but the same question: SD500 or PC1000 ??

Sturm78

[Grzesio]

I think, there are PC 1000 in both photos - sadly, location of the fuzes is invisible, so one cannot be 100% sure.

[Sturm78]

Thanks, Grzesio ...

What does this Fw 190 carry on the underwing racks?

Image from Ebay
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[Grzesio]

Four triple Panzerschreck launchers, even the rockets can be seen.

[Sturm78]

Thanks for your help, Grzesio.

The image was`t of much quality....

Here another two images from Ebay.

Image 1: ??
Image 2: I think a SC1800 bomb

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[Grzesio]

The 1st one seems to be the SC 1000 L2, also marking of the fuze ElAZ (28) B2 is visible on the nose, what fits this bomb.

[Sturm78]

Grzesio wrote
The 1st one seems to be the SC 1000 L2, also marking of the fuze ElAZ (28) B2 is visible on the nose, what fits this bomb.

Thanks, again, Grzesio

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two another images from Ebay:

Image 1: SC1000 ?? Interesting to see the cables and pulleys to lift the bombs...
Image 2: SC50/SD50 or SD70 ??

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[Grzesio]

Image 1: SC1000 ?? Interesting to see the cables and pulleys to lift the bombs...

The one on the left hand side seems to be a SC 500 J, the one on the right - SC 1000 L2 indeed.

Image 2: SC50/SD50 or SD70 ??

They are all SC 50, although their markings are extremely interesting.
They have their tail cones painted yellow in a very crude way, obviously in the field - so it most probably is 1940. The bomb on the right hand side is marked with a B (also it's SC 50 B, which was made until 1936 only), but the letter is strangely painted with a bright colour instead of black, plus quality class marking III is unusually offset to the side. The nose seems to be painted black (additional booster of pressed TNT) and the fuze marking is barely visible at the rear part of the body - so this bomb displays an unusual mixture of old and new markings. The bomb on the left hand side seems to be SC 50 JB (I think, there's small B visible), with early, big form of ElAZ (15) marking and quality class II painted with a bright colour instead of black (the shade seems to be the same as the yellow tail?!). Curiously, the HE code on the nose is invisible, but maybe it was painted just farther forward and is obscured.

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your answers, Grzesio ...

Regards
Sturm78

[ArmchairSamurai]

I do not remember where I found this, and when trying to reverse search the image, nothing came up, so I am left perplexed.

Luckily the photo comes with a description. I think "Bätcher Wooden Bridge Burning Bomb" seems appropriate based on that. Does anyone know more on this albeit ad-hoc bomb configuration?

[Grzesio]

Well, one can be said for sure - the nose and the tail come from a BM 1000 mine, not the SC 1000 bomb.

[Sturm78]

Hi Grzesio

Here, another image from a different point of view of my first image posted on 25 Mar 2021, identified by you as a SC 1000 L2
I think the bomb seems more pointed...perhaps a PC model ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Grzesio]

You are right, so it's PC 1400 then.
PC 1000 was also very similar, but in its case the distance from the fuse to the forward edge of the tail cone was smaller than from the fuse to the suspension point (always 30 cm).