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http://www.alternatewars.com/Bomb_Loading/Bomb_Guide.htm

Some really interesting shots.





Heaps more in the link.

Just found it interesting.

Cool. works well with your sig.

I've seen a few of those already, but its nice to have the captioned descriptions. I get a sense that everything was a bit gritty in the images. I'll put that down to decay of the photographs, but still, its fun to me how I don't have a sense that the weapons those guys are dealing with look any different from a regular munition. Ah, and yes of course, following on from that notion, that the weapons that those guys are handling would be later be deployed. In that regard I'd consider us lucky that the US didn't use the other seven or more bombs that they had on standby (barring the civilian casualties and total ruin of the region I'll also point out that the Allied troops were expected to enter the danger zone soon after the nukes were set off-using them similarly to a regular artillery barrage. Ah, though perhaps the subject of Operation Downfall's best left elsewhere, as the repercussions of it are just a wee bit too depressing), nor was anyone stupid enough to fling some at the early People's Republic of China because McCarthy didn't want to be fighting Communism on more than one large front (an eventually which did occur to an extent, though the actual nukes weren't deployed due to others pointing out that that would piss off the Russians, who also happened to be armed).

I didn't realise that the guys assembling the nukes added their signatures to them. Its probably a dumb thing not to consider given that it was common practice with other weapons, but it just seems, well to be in poor taste. ...Though like I said, guys did that all the time, and if its not correct to do it to one weapon then why does that make instances with less lethal, but still destructive ones all right?

Anyway, tah for posting these. Its cool to see that such events were recorded for posterity, and one does become rather giddy at the sight of one of those ominous "Top Secret" stamps.

I thought the same initially with the signatures. But then I thought about how some of these guys probably didnt know just how big this was going to be. Of course im assuming here, but it wouldnt surprise me if a few of those guys regretted dong that when they saw the news of this afterwards.

These pics give a very different image of the bomb than usual pics I see.

 Swastakowey wrote:
I thought the same initially with the signatures. But then I thought about how some of these guys probably didnt know just how big this was going to be. Of course im assuming here, but it wouldnt surprise me if a few of those guys regretted dong that when they saw the news of this afterwards.

These pics give a very different image of the bomb than usual pics I see.

Soldiers still sign weapons and munitions to this day... Maybe it's just an American custom?