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Mexican bombs part II

Dreamk

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early 1930:
Mexican Bomb 1925-1930 Screenshot 2022-01-25 183331.jpgMexican Bomb 1930-1935 Screenshot 2022-01-25 183514.jpg

Wwe must also take into account the influx of American bombs in Mexico:
79312591_3894765590549519_1752978558126391296_n.jpg292339754_8423153361044030_5453686996014147069_n.jpg242244994_6836487759710606_4463003377512765873_n.jpg330397759_5488826064555183_7125332073806202160_n.jpgAviation personnel in the military campaign against the Escobarist Rebellion, March 1929.jpeg


It seems I forgot in teh first post these 2 devices:
1) a Martin-Hale rifle grenade used as an air bomb in 1912 - probably the very first aerial bomb in Mexican history :

Granada de fusil Martin-Hale empleada a manera de Bomba Aérea lanzada a mano por el Pionero Vi...jpg

and the following one- - really a large pipe bomb with wings - in the 1930s that probably remained at the design stage:
 

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