Bugün öğrendim ki: Deneysel bir Amerikan 2. Dünya Savaşı silahı olan Yarasa Bombası - her biri kendi ağırlığını napalm içinde taşıyan 1.040 yarasayla dolu büyük bir kutu. Umut verici sonuçlara rağmen, gelişme çok yavaş ilerledi ve Bat Bob, atom bombası lehine terk edildi.

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Experimental World War II weapon in which bats carried incendiary devices Bomb Bat bomb --- [](/wiki/File:Bat_Bomb_Canister.jpg) Type| Bomb Place of origin| US In service| Never used Wars| World War II Designer| [Louis Fieser](/wiki/Louis_Fieser "Louis Fieser") Designed| January 1942 Mass| 123 kg (271 lb) Length| 123 cm (48 in) **Bat bombs** were an experimental [World War II](/wiki/World_War_II "World War II") weapon developed by the United States. The bomb of a bomb- shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a [hibernating](/wiki/Hibernating "Hibernating "Hibernating") [Mexican free-tailed bat](/wiki/Mexican_free-tailed_bat "Mexican free-tailed bat ") with a small, timed [incendiary bomb](/wiki/Incendiary_bomb "Incendiary bomb") attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid- flight and open to release the bats, which would then disperse and roost in eaves and attics in a 20–40-mile radius (32–64 km). The incendiaries, which were set on timers, would then ignite and start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper constructions of the Japanese cities that were the weapon's intended target. The [United States Navy](/wiki/United_States_Navy "United States Navy") took control in August 1943, using the codename **Project** **X-Ray**.