Luftwaffe bomb types in English nomenclature

[Vitellius]

I own book in German about Luftwaffe armament. However I do not speak German so I'd like to confirm bomb types abbreviations to be able to understand tables at least. So I guess:

- SC - blast bomb
- SD - fragmentation bomb
- PC - anti-tank or anti-armor bomb (what difference?)
- AB - cluster bomb with various submunitions
- FLAM/BRAND - incendiary bombs with various flammable mixtures

Am I right?

[Larry deZeng]

I think these would be more commonly in use:

SC = high explosive
PC = armor piercing

The rest are correct.

[Vitellius]

So PC means penetration bomb used to destroy bunkers, armored ships and so on? As I understand SC is British GP bomb equivalent however it is necessary to know their explosives to overall bomb weight ratio.

[Propellerhead]

I've read recently that Germany began mass producing and stockpiling the nerve gas Tabun-B at Dyrhrenfurth in lower Silesia from late 1943 and had intentions up until mid 1944 to use aerial bombs with the gas.

I gather they had an exploding core similar to the FLAM c500.

Does anybody know the name of this particular type of bomb please?

[Nick Beale]

I think I've also seen SC bombs referred to by the British as "MC" (medium capacity, i.e. not a thin-walled blast bomb or a thick-walled fragmentation bomb).

[Dan Gilberti]

SC in German language is for "Scharfe Munition"
Amic, Dan