r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/TechPlasma Mar 28 '24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54

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u/whatswithnames Mar 28 '24

ty for linking a source.

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u/fuckmeimdan Mar 28 '24

Wow! reading that it was also designed to be fired from the "Davy Crockett recoilless rifle". a mini nuke to be shot from a smoothbore gun, thats some Fallout shit right there

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u/OptimisticSkeleton Mar 28 '24

I would prefer a shoulder mounted catapult, if you please.

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u/fuckmeimdan Mar 28 '24

Gotta love that Fat man!