Id. US bombs

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Re: Id. US bombs

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Feb 2014, 21:27

Hi all,

Any idea about this bomb?

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Post by ChristopherPerrien » 02 Feb 2014, 05:10

US M38 100lb Practice Bomb I think. Ellington Field , Texas was a bombardier school in early WWII.


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Post by Sturm78 » 02 Feb 2014, 20:27

Thank you for your help, Christopher

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Post by Carl Schwamberger » 04 Feb 2014, 02:49

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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Re: Id. US bombs

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Post by Sturm78 » 09 Sep 2014, 08:58

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 10 Sep 2014, 16:58

From the shape, size, and tailfins I would call this an M 34 2000 lb Demolition bomb

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Sep 2014, 23:36

Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369 :)

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Re: Id. US bombs

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Sep 2014, 23:43

Hi all,

Any idea ??

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Post by Kingfish » 18 Sep 2014, 00:50

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??

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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 tires
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Post by ChristopherPerrien » 26 Sep 2014, 01:25

Kingfish wrote:
Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Can somebody identify the model of this heavy bomb ??

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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 tires

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. :milwink:
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Post by OpanaPointer » 26 Sep 2014, 01:33

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Re: Id. US bombs

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Post by Sturm78 » 25 Jan 2017, 22:51

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the exact model of these US bombs ?

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 28 Jan 2017, 07:09

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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Post by ROLAND1369 » 28 Jan 2017, 07:18

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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Re: Id. US bombs

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Post by Sturm78 » 29 Jan 2017, 19:32

Thanks a lot for your answers, ROLAND1369

4000lb M56

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