Posted on 08/24/2006 1:37:53 PM PDT by Brian C. Ledbetter
Can ya slide over here and help us out?
The first one is some type of GP bomb probably a 750 lb bomb. The next is some type of cluster bomb or submunition. The shell is probably 155mm note that the rotating bands are engraved. The other is a 1000 or 2000 lb low drag general purpose bomb.
Ok, but what do you call the guy lifting the TV?
The new 155mm has 88 submunitions and is base ejecting like a illum round. Remember what we used to call firecrackers?
Could be 750 lb GP
I made a few post and SWAGS
Much appreciated!!!
Explain. This is the shell of a common travel pod used on F-16 and F-15 aircraft. I am told, they were used somehow to deliver napalm in Vietnam. But, the bodies have been converted to pack a pilots luggage and -5 equipment (chocks, probe covers, and grounding cords.)
It may have been dropped by an f-16 if the aircraft were hit by AA. The pilot would drop all stores that he could, in order to return to base.
Mistype. -5 should be read as -6.
I think that is a 750lb gp bomb. Note there is little or no damage to the case. A travel or cargo pod would be much lighter constructed and damaged.
750 lb bomb is much too thick in this photo to be mistaken for a travel pod.
It is damaged. It is dented severely, and the aft cone has broken off.
I agree, but I still think it is some type of bomb, probably not US.
I disagree. The hooks on which the stores station apparutus would lock are small. Most bomb hooks are much more heavy duty.
IMHO it's a travel pod.
I will give you this one since I have never seen the travel pod. Based on your observation you are probably correct.
I have loaded a few. The broken thing on the picture is way too familiar.
Stay safe.
JJ
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