Id. US bombs

[ROLAND1369]

Correct, "4000 LB M56" Big fingers, little keys. Sone day I will learn to type correctly.

[Sturm78]

ROLAND1369 wrote
Correct, "4000 LB M56"

Ummhhh...looking again the image I think these bombs are smaller....2000lb (1000Kg) aprox. probably

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

4000lb demolition bomb, Mark.I
Is this a prototype or an operational bomb ?

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Beeldbankwo2 archive. Any ide a about the exact model ? M44, M65...??

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify these US bombs ?

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[LineDoggie]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify these US bombs ?

Sturm78

USN Mk 15 Practice bombs 100lb

[Sturm78]

Thank you for your help, LineDoggie

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Could be these M-44 1,000 pounds bombs ?

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this bomb ?

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[T. A. Gardner]

Given that the guy is holding it up so easily, and the lack of a nose fuse I'd say it's a bomb, practice, M38A2. The bomb itself weighs about 20 lbs and is made of 22 ga. sheet metal. It is filled with about 80 lbs. of sand for use. It should be blue in color.

[T. A. Gardner]

Hi all,

Could be these M-44 1,000 pounds bombs ?

Sturm78

More likely given the size, Bomb, GP, 2000 lbs., M66A1

[T. A. Gardner]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the exact model of these US bombs ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

Those look like 500 lbs., Bomb SAP M58A1 loaded with Comp B explosive (two yellow bands on nose, one on base of bomb).

[Carl Schwamberger]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this bomb ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

My father had a casing from one of these turned into a bit of war memorabilia. Specifically a cigar stand/ash tray. It stood upright on the tail & ports with half cylninders for supporting the cigars had been installed just below the ogive. It was painted a dull red and his squadrons logo & number was on one side. It was tossed out with the other scrap metal after fire burned off the paint and warped the metal.

[OpanaPointer]

You may find this interesting: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/BOMBS.pdf

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[T. A. Gardner]

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.

Composition B, also known as cyclotol, was a mixture of 60% RDX and 40% TNT with the intent to make it less sensitive than straight RDX. There are several slight variations of the mixture by a percent or two, but that's a good general figure.