Talk:M117 bomb

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This article states:

"In the 1950s through the early 1970s the M117 was a standard aircraft weapon, carried by the F-100 Super Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, F-111, and F-4 Phantom.

"The M117 series was used extensively during the Vietnam War, and B-52G Stratofortress aircraft dropped 44,600 M117 and M117R bombs during Operation Desert Storm.[1]"

Well, the first sentence seems overly specific - for example, the F-86H also carried the M117 (see for example the globalsecurity.com article on the F-86H where this is specifically mentioned). Presumably, the F-84 could also carry it. Bet the B-47 could too and how about that B-52 or B-57 or B-66 or - you get the picture.

The second sentence also has a problem - the cited reference only says that "thousands of tons" of the bombs were dropped by B-52s during Desert Storm - where does the 44,600 number come from?

Suspect there's plenty more difficulties in this piece, but this is a start... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.48.12 (talk) 13:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * For clarification, it is indeed an arbitrary list and is not all inclusive. It should be changed
 * The basic arming mechanisms on the weapon haven't changed since WWII, so virtually anything capable of lifting that weapon off the ground COULD carry it.
 * The B-52 numbers were likely pulled from a source that is now defunct. Buffs (talk) 02:20, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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