SC1000 bomb

The SC 1000 bomb was an air-dropped general-purpose demolition bomb used by Germany in World War II. Over 1,000 lb Amatol. Weighing 1,000 kg, it was nicknamed the Hermann by the British in reference to the portly Luftwaffe commander, Hermann Göring.[1][2] Many of them were dropped on the United Kingdom.

SC was an abbreviation for Sprengbombe Cylindrisch.[3]

References

  1. ^ "WW2 bomb detonated", BBC London, 5 June 2008
  2. ^ "SC 1000 HERMAN (C, L, AND L2)", Luftwaffe Resource Center, accessed 2009-06-18
  3. ^ "The Luftwaffe over the Bristol area - Luftwaffe weapons", Bristol Past, accessed 2009-06-18. Note: The word “cylindrisch” is incorrectly spelled “cylindrich” on that page. See also German Wikipedia entry “Deutsche Abwurfmunition des Zweiten Weltkrieges”.