Pumpkin bomb

Pumpkin bombs were conventional aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during World War II. Its physical characteristics closely replicated those of the Fat Man plutonium bomb, with the same ballistic and handling characteristics, but it used non-nuclear conventional high explosives. While its main purpose was for testing and training in preparation for the 509th Composite Group potentially delivering a Fat Man on a target, post-war analysis deemed the pumpkin bomb to have been an effective weapon when included in combat missions flown by the 509th. The name "pumpkin bomb" was the term used in official documents from the large, fat ellipsoidal shape of the munition casing instead of the more usual cylindrical shape of other bombs, required to enclose the Fat Man's spherical "physics package".

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Pumpkin bomb

1945年7月24日 四日市 安政池 模擬原爆着弾地

四日市 模擬原爆 着弾地 千歳橋

1945年8月8日模擬原爆着弾地 塩浜小学校の東約500ｍ

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Pumpkin bomb		Commons
commons	image		1945年7月24日 四日市 安政池 模擬原爆着弾地		Commons
commons	image		四日市 模擬原爆 着弾地 千歳橋		Commons
commons	image		1945年8月8日模擬原爆着弾地 塩浜小学校の東約500ｍ		Commons