Id. US bombs
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US M38 100lb Practice Bomb I think. Ellington Field , Texas was a bombardier school in early WWII.
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Thank you for your help, Christopher
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Post war my father had one rigged as a cigar or cigarette ash tray. Several hole near the top with little trays in each. His squadron badge, 555th bombardment, was on it.
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Hi all,
Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??
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Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??
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From the shape, size, and tailfins I would call this an M 34 2000 lb Demolition bomb
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Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369
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Hi all,
Any idea ??
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Any idea ??
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Must be a visual thing, but that 2K lb bomb doesn't seem to be impacting too much weight on those rear tiresSturm78 wrote:Hi all,
Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??
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Kingfish wrote:Must be a visual thing, but that 2K lb bomb doesn't seem to be impacting too much weight on those rear tiresSturm78 wrote:Hi all,
Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??
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Correction, 1 1/3 ton Bomb truck, has a very high rear wheel -well cut-outs . Under load it would look like that. google image search- US bomb truck dollies wwii
Although the picture still looks "staged" , everything is too dang clean.
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You may find this interesting: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/BOMBS.pdf
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Hi all,
Can somebody identify the exact model of these US bombs ?
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Can somebody identify the exact model of these US bombs ?
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Re message Sturm78 » 17 Sep 2014, 23:43, I would say from the size and shape this is a 400 lb AN-M56 light case demolition bomb.
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Re message Sturm78 » 25 Jan 2017 21:51, I would say that this is a 1000 lb AN-M65 general purpose bomb. The presence of two red rings on the nose show that it is loaded with RDX explosive. This is a warning applied after a bomb dump explosion in Britian. The cause was believed to be from the ordinance troops pushing bombs off the end of a 2/1/2 ton truck onto the hardstand. This was when they found that this type of loading was not drop-safe even without fuzes, as the TNT loaded ones were. The bomb was loaded with Composition B of which RDX is a component.
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Thanks a lot for your answers, ROLAND1369
4000lb M56
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4000lb M56
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