The SC 1800 ''Satan'' ('' Sprengbombe Cylindrisch 1800'') was a

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used by the German

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during

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Design

The SC 1800 had a single piece forged and machined steel body and was similar in construction to the preceding SC 1000 and SC 1200 bombs. The bomb was usually filled with a mixture of 40%

amatol Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate. The British name originates from the words ammonium and toluene (the precursor of TNT). Similar mixtures (one part dinitronaphthalene and seven parts a ...

and 60%

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, but when used as an anti-shipping bomb it was filled with ''

Trialen Trialen was an explosive developed in Germany. It was used during World War II in the V-1 flying bomb and Arado E.377 glide bomb, among other weapons, as an enhanced blast explosive. Trialen was the German equivalent of the British explosive Torpex ...

105'' (a mixture of 15% hexogen, 70%

and 15%

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) and stenciled with the markings "105" and "Bei Abwurf auf Land nicht im Tiefangriff und nur o. V." (which translates to "When above land: do not divebomb and do not use a delayed fuze"). The SC 1800 had a single transverse fuze in contrast to the central fuze of the SC 1200. The SC 1800 tail assembly consisted of four diagonally braced tail fins made of sheet steel, while the SC 1800B had a circular braced tail ring of the same. Inside the bomb casing was a reinforced H-type suspension lug; it could be horizontally suspended in a

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or horizontally mounted on a fuselage

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References

{{WWIIGermanAerialWeapons World War II aerial bombs of Germany Military equipment introduced in the 1940s