charlielima Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) I, as well as many others have Fast Cargos excellent saniflush bomb. I thought I had strong AI skills untill I viewed the rest of the load. Can anybody identify and tell me what ordinance and where to get the rest of the load? BTW Gary flew 2nd crewmen with me in HS-12. Good on him for digging up this vid. http://www.midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bomb/va25toiletbomb2.wmv CL Edited May 26, 2011 by charlielima Quote
+Wrench Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 they almost look like the WW2 500 pounders; too fat for Mk82s (well, to my eyes) wrench kevin stein Quote
ezlead Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 You're looking at 'Spads being loaded on The Midway.(early Vietnam) They were probably still getting rid of the old WW2/Korea ordinance. The bombs almost look like the old 1000 and 500 pounders. LDGP's were new about that time. Firehawk could set us straight on that issue. Quote
charlielima Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Perhaps: TypeName=500lb_bomb FullName=AN-M64 500-lb Bomb ModelName=AN-M64 Mass=226.800003 Diameter=0.510000 Length=1.750000 SubsonicDragCoeff=0.200000 SupersonicDragCoeff=0.770000 AttachmentType=NATO,USAF,USN,ISRAEL SpecificStationCode= NationName=USAF StartYear=1942 EndYear=1964 ? Doesn't the AN- group of bombs have the "box" around the fins? I'm thinking maybe an SUU body. A 500 lb or less version of the M-117? CL Quote
firehawkordy Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 I, as well as many others have Fast Cargos excellent saniflush bomb. I thought I had strong AI skills untill I viewed the rest of the load. Can anybody identify and tell me what ordinance and where to get the rest of the load? BTW Gary flew 2nd crewmen with me in HS-12. Good on him for digging up this vid. http://www.midwaysai...toiletbomb2.wmv CL You're looking at 'Spads being loaded on The Midway.(early Vietnam) They were probably still getting rid of the old WW2/Korea ordinance. The bombs almost look like the old 1000 and 500 pounders. LDGP's were new about that time. Firehawk could set us straight on that issue. If I recall the event was an Alpha Strike in the early days of the Air War. I saw a still of this in a book on the the Spad and the load looks like Korean vintage 750 pounders. Hard to tell from the angle of the camera. As a side note, the book stated that the toilet had been removed as unserviceable and it was originally mounted as a joke. Someone then decided to go ahead and drop it. There was another squadron that had a Mk 76 lying around the shop and was told to " get rid of it". Due to a shortage of kill stores the Blue Death was loaded so the unit could say the launched with all stations loaded. Somewhere in Viet Nam there is a NVA EOD team still trying to safe that weapon. One more thing concerning Spads and kill stores, a VC convoy one time was sighted on the Ho Chi Mihn Trail and the location was radioed back, the Spad squadrons had very little GP weapons at the time but lots of Depth Charges. They got permission to change fuses from the hydrostatic ones to an electrical one. By the time the Spads hit the convoy the valley was socked in, unless you understand explosives and their effect you need to know this, drop a store with an 70-85% explosive content into a valley, have the shock wave not only reflect not only from the sides but from the cloud cover too and the effect is worse than you could ever imagine. The poor bastards basically killed twice. Quote
Derk Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 As a side note, the book stated that the toilet had been removed as unserviceable and it was originally mounted as a joke. Would have been a great waste to have dropped a serviceable toilet on these assholes...... Houdoe, Derk Quote
firehawkordy Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Would have been a great waste to have dropped a serviceable toilet on these assholes...... Houdoe, Derk My ordie friends and I still at the thought of some gomer trying to figure out how de-arm a blue colored Mk 76 LDPB. Non,non, non, titi bombs make boucoup boom, you go ! Quote
Derk Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 My ordie friends and I still at the thought of some gomer trying to figure out how de-arm a blue colored Mk 76 LDPB. Non,non, non, titi bombs make boucoup boom, you go ! Ha, ha, how about te idea to drop it loaded with fresh s**t...... In that case a new toilet would have been acceptable... Houdoe, Derk Quote
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