WW2 German, SD-1 ‘Bomblet’, INERT, Relic Condition with x5 AZ73 Fuses.

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In ‘as found’, ‘inert’ condition, a rare example of the German SD-1 Bomblet.

We will leave any restoration to the purchaser!!

The SD-1 Splitterbombe (Fragmentation Bomb) was used primarily in two roles that were determined by the type of fuse and accessories fitted to the bomb. The first, of which this is an example, was as a fragmentation bomb with instantaneous fuse and when the bombs exploded above ground the case created large fragments which would kill enemy personnel and destroy unarmoured vehicles. The second role was as a general-purpose or armour-piercing role. In this role, the bombs were fitted with a time delay fuse which detonated the bomb after it had pierced a target destroying it with a combination of its blast and fragments.

When the Germans over-ran France in the wake of the invasion of May 1940, it is said that one of the spoils of war was around two million 'bomblets’.
This presented them with an intriguing, if positive problem; namely what to actually do with their newly found munitions. Already in the inventory were the Butterfly and Incendiary Bombs, both of which were delivered to the battlefield via an airdrop by the Luftwaffe, in large canisters. Prior to the arrival of the SD-1 ‘Splitterbombe’, the regular means of rendering an airfield inoperable was by either the use of regular bombing and/or strafing with machine gun fire. The SD-1 was the world's first tactical cluster bomb. Each canister was packed with a number of individual bomblets; the canisters were shaped like a standard high-explosive bomb and could therefore be carried in quantity by a regular bomber aircraft, or on racks under the wings. Fitted with a timed fuse, the canister would detonate above the ground, spreading its contents over a reasonably wide area and creating more damage than would be possible with a standard higher explosive content single bomb.

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I have left the item ‘un-restored’ and leave this for the purchaser to decide.

Please refer to the photographs carefully as they form part of the description, priced to reflect the rarity. Worthy of further research.

Left for the purchaser to display as they wish!!

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