File:77-BT-173.jpg

Summary

Description77-BT-173.jpg	English: The Little Boy combat unit (L-11) on Tinian, hooked up to a bank of monitoring equipment, used to check that the electronics were properly installed, prior to its use against Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Visible inside the casing, mounted the gun-tube, is the clock box (large box at top), radar units used for fuzing (dark boxes), and batteries (light boxes at right). For the view from the other side, see here.
Date	August 1945
Source	RG-77-BT collection in the Still Photo collection of the National Archives II building in College Park, MD.
Author	United States Army

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