File:Fat Man West Point Museum.JPG

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English: This is a bomb casing of the Mk 3 series Atom Bomb, the same size and configuration as the Fat Man Atomic Bomb in the West Point Museum.
Length: 128 inches
Diameter: 60 inches
Weight: 10,300lbs
Weight of Fissionable Plutonium: 30lbs, 2.5lbs of which actually fissioned
Explosive Yield: 18-48 kilotons
Configuration: Plutonium implosion bomb
Est. number of Mk 3 Atomic Bombs Produced: 12
Fat Man was air dropped by Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945 11:02am JSP
Nederlands: Bomomhulsel van de Mk 3 atoombommen in het West Point Museum.. Eén van deze bommen was de Fat Man, de plutoniumbom die op Nagasaki gedropt werd op 9 augustus 1945.
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Camera location41° 22′ 21.04″ N, 73° 57′ 42.54″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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