The SC50 bomb has eight variants and multiple ways they were manufactured from one-piece drawn steel bodies to separate steel pieces welded together and their total weight was to. It was filled through the base with either Amatol, TNT or Trialen 105, a mixture of 15% RDX, 70% TNT and 15% aluminum powder. The SC 50 could be fitted with either an anti-ricochet adapter for anti-ship use or a Stabo Spike that kept the bomb upright and exploded the bomb before it buried itself for anti-personnel use. It could be vertically or horizontally suspended in a bomb bay or horizontally mounted on a wing or fuselage hardpoint.
Variants
Standard
Single piece cast steel body which is machined down. All fittings are welded into place. A single transverse fuze pocket is located slightly forward of the horizontal lug. The fuze pocket is secured to the opposite wall with a single weld. The fuze pocket will accommodate two picric pellets along with a normal sized electric fuze. The nose has threading which will accommodate an eye-bolt utilized for vertical suspension. A shock plate may be welded to the bomb nose in an attempt to prevent ricochet when utilized against targets located in the water.
Grade I
The Ja variant is made from a one-piece drawn steel body.
The L variant is the same as the Ja variant with the exception that its body is made from seamless tubular steel.
The Stabo variant is also like the Ja variant with the exception that it has a threaded lug forged to the nose of the bomb allowing for an steel spike which is in diameter to be secured to the lug which allows the bomb to detonate before burrowing into the ground, typically at a height of a person.
Grade II
The J was made as a one-piece nose and body with the base welded to the body.
The JB variant is the later model of the J variant, with identical construction.
The JC variant was composed of two pieces, nose and body. The nose was made of pressed steel and the body was made of drawn steel. The nose and base plate were welded to the body of the bomb body.
The J/2 variant was similar to the JC variant with the exception of the quality of steel used for manufacturing. This variant was only produced in limited quantities.
