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Name Composition Notes Amatol: Ammonium nitrate and TNT: Extensively used in bombs, shells, depth charges and naval mines Baronal: Barium nitrate, TNT and powdered aluminium ...
Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s Thermometric bomb: Also called a vacuum bomb, or aerosol bomb, this explosive disperses a cloud of gas or liquid. Time bomb: A bomb that is triggered by the timer. Trinitrotoluene: Commonly known as TNT. 1863 Julius Wilbrand: Germany: Unguided bomb: An air-craft dropped bomb that lacks a ...
A German World War II 1 kg incendiary bomb. Incendiary bombs were used extensively in World War II as an effective bombing weapon, often in a conjunction with high-explosive bombs. [8] Probably the most famous incendiary attacks are the bombing of Dresden and the bombing of Tokyo on 10 March 1945.
As they were very useful in China at Hankou, [9] the bombs were very effective in setting fire to Japanese civilian structures in mass firebombing raids starting in February 1945 against Kobe. [10] In the first ten days of March 1945, raids with the M69 and M47, [11] extensive damage was done to Tokyo, to Nagoya, to Osaka, and to Kobe. [12]
"Code 'Fu' [Weapon]") was an incendiary balloon weapon (風船爆弾, fūsen bakudan, lit. "balloon bomb") deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. It consisted of a hydrogen -filled paper balloon 33 feet (10 m) in diameter, with a payload of four 11-pound (5.0 kg) incendiary devices and one 33-pound (15 kg) high ...
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.) [261] [263] [264] [265] MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34) [261] [263] [266] [267]
List of World War II weapons of the United States; Captured US firearms in Axis use in World War II; List of World War II weapons of Yugoslavia; See also
1.1 Fire bombs. 1.2 Smoke bombs. 1.3 ... 1.6 Cluster bomb. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of Japanese World War II army bombs. 1 ...