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Would not want to arm wrestle this guy!
Interestingly enough, at first glance this guy could be my dad's twin, he has the same hair and general facial features. When I look closer I see the differences but at first glance it was rather jarring.
What does "Comp B" written on the bombs signify? Type of explosive?Interestingly enough, at first glance this guy could be my dad's twin, he has the same hair and general facial features. When I look closer I see the differences but at first glance it was rather jarring.
No it's not him, dad was not in B-29's nor anywhere near what this fellow is doing.
BOOM!Yep ... Comp B = Composition B that is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT.
What's in incendiary bombs, like those smaller guys dropped on Japan?He, he, he ...
Other ones can be :
TNT - Trinitrotoluene
Tritonal - a mixture of 80% TNT and 20% aluminium powder.
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the source: the net ...
Thanks!The AN-M69 Incendiary Bomb. This was a cluster-based napalm weapon created by the Standard Oil Development Company.
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the pic source:
Who Made That Firebomb?
The terrible banality of a weapon explicitly invented to target civilian populations.blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
Thanks!