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The bombs weighed in at 4,500 pounds total, 500 pounds of which was explosives. Overall length was 16.5 feet (5 meters) which coincidentally was the thickness of concrete they were expected to penetrate. Their length meant that they had to be fitted externally to the B-17 Flying Fortress, which could carry a maximum of two.