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GB-8 was a precision guided munition developed by the United States during World War II. It was one of the precursors of modern anti-ship missiles. Following German success with the Hs-293 and Fritz-X, the U.S. began developing several similar weapons, such as Felix, Azon, Gargoyle, GB-4, and GB-8. GB-8 was intended as a clear-weather, good-visibility weapon to attack heavily defended targets. It featured a plywood airframe with twin booms and fins with a single elevator. The warhead was a general-purpose (GP) bomb. The bomb was steered by radio command guidance, the operator tracking it by means of red and white flares in the booms. It was intended to be carried externally, under the wing of a B-17 or B-25. Release was at about and between altitude, giving a range of 17 mi (27 km), with an average flight time of four minutes. The Pacific War ended before it entered combat. ==Sources== * Fitzsimons, Bernard, editor. "GB-8", in ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare''. Volume 10, p. 1101. London: Phoebus Publishing, 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GB-8」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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