Photos of World War II Weapons | World War II Database

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A captured and reinflated Japanese Type B Fu-Go rubberized silk balloon, Aug 1945. Probably inside the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States.	A recovered ballast dropping apparatus from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb that has been reassembled for demonstration purposes.

A stripped-down view of the chandelier style frame of the ballast dropping apparatus from a captured Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb.	Annotated photo of the payload components of a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb, circa Aug 1945.

Japanese Type 5 15 cm AA gun, Kugayama, Tokyo, Japan, 1945	Mushroom cloud rising over Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945. Taken by SSgt George R. 'Bob' Caron, the tail gunner on the B-29 'Enola Gay' using a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera.

Thomas Ferebee, bombadier of B-29 Bomber Enola Gay, with Norden bombsight, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945	Soviet troops entering Dalian, Liaoning, China on T-34-85 medium tanks, Aug 1945

Conning tower and periscope shears of Gato-class submarine USS Silversides as seen from submarine tender USS Fulton, Apra Harbor, Guam, 18 Aug 1945.	Aboard two Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’ bombers in surrender markings, a Japanese delegation stopped at Ie Jima, Ryukyu Islands en route Manila, Philippines for a surrender briefing, 19 Aug 1945. Photo 02 of 12.

Aboard two Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’ bombers in surrender markings, a Japanese delegation stopped at Ie Jima, Ryukyu Islands en route Manila, Philippines for a surrender briefing, 19 Aug 1945. Photo 03 of 12.	Soviet troops flying the red flag atop the train station at Harbin, Songjiang, China, circa 20 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2

Soviet troops flying the red flag atop the train station at Harbin, Songjiang, China, circa 20 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2	A captured Japanese paper Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb, reinflated for testing, being wheeled out of the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, 27 Aug 1945.

USS San Diego at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	USS San Diego at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 30 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2

A recovered ballast dropping apparatus from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb being examined by an American technician. He is removing the battery case to expose the components of the barometer box beneath.	Close up of a Japanese 5kg Type A incendiary bomb hanging from a ballast ring of a Fu-Go balloon bomb, mid-1945. Note the two blowout plugs in the ballast ring supporting this bomb.

Department heads at the United States Navy’s Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia posing with the last Mark XIV torpedo produced at the facility, Aug 1945.	Japanese soldiers surrendering their weapons, northeastern China, Aug-Sep 1945