Grand Slam/Tallboy dropped during the Vietnam war?

[sferrin]

Stumbled across these here:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vietnam-in-photos/15526/little-known-photos-of-explosive-clearance.html



I knew the US built some, and tested them from B-29s, but have never heard of them being used over Vietnam.

 

[TomS]

M121 Combat Trap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nfCdTRXj10

http://www.militaryimages.net/media/u-s-10-000-pounder.9943/full

 

[Jeb]

Looks more like a Daisy Cutter than a Tall Boy...notice that the buried section doesn't taper in the back. But I'm not sure it's big enough around to be a Daisy Cutter either (and if it is an undetonated one, those jokers are sitting on a LOT of explosive).

 

[sferrin]

Looks more like a Daisy Cutter than a Tall Boy...notice that the buried section doesn't taper in the back. But I'm not sure it's big enough around to be a Daisy Cutter either (and if it is an undetonated one, those jokers are sitting on a LOT of explosive).

Definitely NOT a "daisy cutter".

 

[TomS]

That's why I'm saying M121. It's got the matching ogive nose instead of the BLU-82's straight cone. The original M121 had a tail fin assembly but as you can see toward the end of the video, the fins were replaced with a parachute pack much like the later Daisy Cutter.

 

[sferrin]

That's why I'm saying M121. It's got the matching ogive nose instead of the BLU-82's straight cone. The original M121 had a tail fin assembly but as you can see toward the end of the video, the fins were replaced with a parachute pack much like the later Daisy Cutter.

Here's one with the "daisy cutter" fuse extension but it's not the BLU-82

 

[Jeb]

That's why I'm saying M121. It's got the matching ogive nose instead of the BLU-82's straight cone. The original M121 had a tail fin assembly but as you can see toward the end of the video, the fins were replaced with a parachute pack much like the later Daisy Cutter.

I can see it. Never heard of this device before.

 

[quellish]

That's why I'm saying M121. It's got the matching ogive nose instead of the BLU-82's straight cone. The original M121 had a tail fin assembly but as you can see toward the end of the video, the fins were replaced with a parachute pack much like the later Daisy Cutter.

http://www.sammcgowan.com/bomber.html