Mark-77 firebomb

In some rare cases, the mixture would leak from bombs like the M47, which was the primary delivery system for napalm weapon during the Vietnam War. ... Sgt. Jamal G. Walker and Lance Cpl. Carl Feaster tighten the sway braces on a Mark 77 napalm bomb while loading it onto the wing pylon of a Marine Strike Fighter ...

In some rare cases, the mixture would leak from bombs like the M47, which was the primary delivery system for napalm weapon during the Vietnam War. According to a United States Army document, the M47 was a "chemical bomb." Officially classified as a 100-pound bomb, the actual weight depended on ...

The main purpose of the project was to see whether a capable weapon could be produced using additive manufacturing as well as a viable proof-of-concept for future development. In saying that, during the live-fire test, the performance of the printed rounds were within 5% of traditional 40mm grenade ...

Where were you on the morning of July 7, 2005? You can almost certainly remember. The four bombs that went off on public transport that day – three on the London Underground, one on a bus in Tavistock Square – not only left 52 innocent people dead but also sounded an alarm call to us all that Islamist ...

... use antipersonnel weapons including cluster bombs in densely settled urban areas, use white phosphorous as a weapon, use depleted uranium weapons, employ a new version of napalm found in Mark 77 firebombs, engage in collective punishment of Iraqi civilian populations — including by blocking ...

Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why have the hawks failed to speak out? ... We used it for screening missions at two breeches and, later in the fight, as a potent psychological weapon against the insurgents in trench lines and spider holes when we could not get ...

In February 2001, I heard Colin Powell say that Saddam Hussein 'has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass ..... I heard the Pentagon deny they were using napalm, saying their incendiary bombs were made of something called Mark 77, and I heard the experts say that ...

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