[Milsurplus] Dayton BC-1158, etc.

[John Franke]

AZON (azimuth only) was a modified 1,000 pound bomb, 1944.
RAZON (range and azimuth only) was a 2,000 pound bomb, 1950.
TARZON (tallboy range and azimuth only) was a 12,000 pound bomb, 1950.

 John WA4WDL


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> Subject: [Milsurplus] Dayton BC-1158, etc.
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>> Had three things spread out in view in space 2310.  Their purpose wasn't 
>> sale but info collection.  What follows here is oral tradition &
>> hopefully won't be considered dead-nuts fact.
>>
>> = = = = = = = BC-1158 = = = = = =
>>
>> Ray F noted this '1158 was up on the MFP popularity list.  I got it 
>> thanks to a tip from Nick, KD4CPL.  It incorporates the TU-75 triple 815
>> RF deck & has 5 tone generators plus a 4th 815 AM modulator.
>>
>> It's apparrent largest production use was with the AZON bomb that
>> used tones as follows
>>
>>    1.  Rotational
>>    2.  up
>>    3   down
>>    4   right
>>    5   left
>>
>> AZON stands for Azimuth Only
>>
>> This critter  reeled in a fellow that'd been a civilian contractor for 20 
>> years at Eglin AFB.  He said system nicknamed Tarzan bomb & went on to 
>> say a B-29 swould carry four or five of the refrig-size bombs.  The 
>> operator would watch the bomb through a periscope & guide it to the 
>> target.  The tone-generators varied enough fm one BC-1158 to the next 
>> that receivers were calibrateed against individual transmitters
>> and so inventoried for application.  Nick KD4CPL also noted the
>> bombs that carried a flare in the tail for easy identity.
>>
>> I related this to a near-family member who equiped MK-14(?) 'nam bombs
>> with JDAMS.  I referenced the French expression that "the more things
>> change the more they stay the same."  Or, as H. Cosell would say
>> "what goes around comes around"
>>
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