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English: The "Thin Man" plutonium gun being tested at Anchor Ranch, at Los Alamos, during World War II. Exact date unknown, probably circa 1943.
Date circa 1943
Source Extracted from a publication by the Los Alamos National Laboratory National Security Research Center: National Security Science (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Summer 2023, page 33.
Author Created by the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.

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The "Thin Man" plutonium gun being tested at Anchor Ranch, at Los Alamos, during World War II.

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