Practice Bomb (VCU_3D_2219)3D ModelNoAI
The following information is from http://www.virginiaworldwarii.org/virtual-museum and is used with permission. AN MK-23 Practice Bomb - WWII-Era Training Device (Submitted by: R. Nix, Concord, VA) The AN MK-23 practice bomb was one of three similar miniature practice bombs used for low-altitude horizontal or dive bombing practice during WWII. The MK-23 was the most common of the military’s miniature practice bombs and was mostly used for land targets. Its weight was approximately three pounds, and five to seven bombs could be carried in the MK-43 and MK-47 training bomb racks of WWII-era dive bombers and Navy fighters. This example, worn down from years of exposure to salt water, was recovered on the northern coast of California in the 1960s. During WWII, the open beaches of the recovery site were filled with stationary targets for Douglas SBD Dauntless bombers, and Vought F4U Corsair fighters to practice bombing runs. Courtesy of Rusty Nix.
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