Dear Member,
I doubt you could fit it in the B-52. Remember the B-36 could drop those huge 10,000 and 20,000 bombs based on the Tallboy and GrandSlam but the B-52 could not which is why during the Vietnam War they ahd to parachute them out the back of a C-130.
Jack E. Hammond
NOTE> And none of the above is a statement that the Buff did not have a massive bomb carrying ability. But its internal bay severly restricted the length of any large bombs.
Having looked into the specs, your right on this one. However, the BLU-82 of the Vietnam war is not based on the big British bombs, in that its a High Capacity weapon (large thin case blast bomb) unlike the Tallboy, Tarzon (Guided US Tallboy) or Grand Slam weapons that were in the medium capacity range in charge to case weight. Having a look at the US Nuclear weapon specs, the biggest in weight was the Mk 17 that weighted in at 41,000 lbs and was never dropped as a live weapon. (The Tsar Bomba was between 52920 and 59535lbs. in weight, thus the Russian bomb is the biggest nuclear weapon in physical size as well as megatonnege). The first US air dropped H-bomb was delivered by a BUFF during operation Redwing in 1956 and was a much smaller weapon in physical size (and megatonnage).
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