File:Thin Man experimental ballistic casing.jpg
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English: An early scale model created for testing the ballistics of the "Thin Man" gun-type atomic bomb. These early tests used 14/23 scale models made from a standard 500 lb gravity bomb, a 14" diameter pipe, and a box tail. The results were extremely poor. |
| Date | ca. 1943-08-01 |
| Source | Glenn McDuff, "Nuclear Weapons Physics Made Very Simple," LA-UR-18-27244 (31 July 2018). |
| Author | This work was created by the US military as part of the Manhattan Project/Project Alberta during World War II. |
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| current | 20:51, 31 March 2024 | | 960 × 457 (246 KB) | NuclearSecrets | Uploaded a work by This work was created by the US military as part of the Manhattan Project/Project Alberta during World War II. from Glenn McDuff, "Nuclear Weapons Physics Made Very Simple," [https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-18-27244 LA-UR-18-27244] (31 July 2018). with UploadWizard |
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