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To: glorgau

I seem to recall reading that they were making some of these deep penetrator bombs using old artillery barrels for the casing. Not sure if those were one off proof-of-concept tests or if those were production.


11 posted on 04/19/2017 9:34:28 AM PDT by nhbob1
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To: nhbob1

Iowa class battleship gun tubes. I think the used them in GWI


16 posted on 04/19/2017 10:55:46 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: nhbob1
I seem to recall reading that they were making some of these deep penetrator bombs using old artillery barrels for the casing. Not sure if those were one off proof-of-concept tests or if those were production.

Initially used the old barrels but new production has purpose built cases, GBU-28

18 posted on 04/19/2017 11:38:25 AM PDT by xone
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