Bombs & Explosives
A look at Explosive Ordnance Thru History
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-hawkins-grenade
31st Jul 2021 - The Anti Tank No. 75 Hand Grenade, known as The Hawkins Bomb – was a British Army World War II explosive device devised after the disaster of Du …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-gammon-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - The British Number #82 Grenade – or ''Gammon Bomb'' was a variant of the earlier Number #74 ''Sticky Bomb''. This device was effective but highl …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-pumpkin-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - So nicknamed by American Military Personnel for their appearance to the seasonal gord (Pumpkin), The ''Pumpkin'' Bombs were initially conventional ord …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-mark-101-nuclear-depth-charge
31st Jul 2021 - One of The US Military’s first attempts to combine a depth charge device and Atomic weapon for the express use of Anti-Submarine Warfare, The Ma …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-mark-55-pelican-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - Developed towards the end of World War II by The US Military, the Mark 55 – nicknamed The ''Pelican'' Bomb (for it's unganely appearance, much l …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-blohm-voss-246-guided-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - Another ''innovative'' German ''Reprisal'' weapon, The Blohm & Voss 246 Guided Bomb was seen as a cost effect and easily deployed Air to Surface D …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/italian-a4-thermos-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - The Italian A4 Bomb was an Anti-personnel, air dropped bomb developed and used by Italy in World War II. Called The ''Thermos'' Bomb – for it's …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/blue-peacock-nuclear-device
31st Jul 2021 - When Great Britain was building it’s Nuclear Arsenal during The Cold War of the 1950s, it was tasked with several problems. The standard deploye …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-azon-guided-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - The US designed ''Azon” Bomb was considered one of The World's first Guided Missiles (or Bombs) developed, and was a contemporary to the German …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-gb1-grapefruit-glide-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - A ''Glide Bomb'' developed by The US Military during World War II – the aptly nicknamed ''Grapefruit Bomb'' (for it's bulbous Nose Cone appearan …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-henschel-hs293-guided-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - The World War II German Henschel Hs-293 was a moderately successful aircraft guided munition deployed by The Luftwaffe. It (unlike the vaunted ''Fritz …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-disney-bomb
31st Jul 2021 - Pioneered by The British, the nicknamed “Disney Bomb” (after a stylized Cartoon Bomb seen in Walt Disney World War II propaganda Films0, w …