German SD 1 fragmentation bombs

[Antoon]

Hello,

I only know the name Splitterbombe SD 1, but you find different models on the internet and in books. With and without centering band. Small or large windring around the tail. Rejected bodies of the 5 cm mortar shell, Different diameters of tail threads, Tails screwed in bomb body or clamped. Smooth or pre- grooved inside and of course the French made SD 1 frz with the French and German fuze.

Does anyone know if there are other names used, for example SD 1A or SD 1B model, or something else?

Greetings Antoon

 

[US-Subs]

I've got a number of variations in my collection, but I've never seen, in print or on the bodies, any additional markings other than the previously mentioned frz or beton.

 

[Nabob]

This might help?
Ausführung A to D
Best Regards, Bob.

 

[Nabob]

The previous manual page has a 1943 date on it.
LDv 4200 pages on the SD1 are dated July 1944 and April1943 probably show later model not covered in the previous document.

 

[LEI-13-HG]

From what I can see, apart from the French variant, the differences were so small, they did not require a new name.

 

[high-value-target]

Maybe a bit late to the party, but here are some inert SD1s, where the couple to the left are earlier models, the couple in the middle later models, followed by an SD1 frz with the rarer steel fins (rather than the more common zinc fins, couldn't find mine for the photograph) and last but not least, the very late Ersatz-SD1 made from a 5 cm mortar shell without the relief grooves.

 

[high-value-target]

I might be wrong about my assumption that the couple to the left are earlier models based on the tail sections. As the one on the far left has no internal threading, which points to a later variant, where the last variant of the AZ73 was press-fitted into the nose section.