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AN-MK 33 Armor piercing bomb

The 1,000 pound A.P. Bomb AN-Mk 33 is designed to provide, in this weight, a bomb of effective armor-piercing ability. It is furnished with fittings to accommodate all types of Army, Navy, and British suspension.
The bomb is of a single-piece forged, machined construction, with a pointed nose, parallel sides, and slightly boat tailing. The bombs are suspended by fittings which screw into holes drilled into the bomb case and secured by bolts. Box type tail assembly is used on these bombs. The main filling of these bombs is pressed Explosive “D” or cast TNT.
The fuze used is the AN-Mk 228 the same used on the larger AN-MK 1
The model shows the bomb with two suspension lugs for use by US aircraft and a version with trunnions for dive bombing.
(http://65.175.100.54/uxofiles/mulvaney/techdatasheets/1000LBS-AN-MK33.pdf)
The model was built using information, photos and images from internet, therefore its geometry and details are not engineering correct or exact.
It is a personal artistic interpretation

It is a high poly model not suitable for games