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3AD "Suitcase Bomb"
The Mk-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM)

  Above: The carrying case for the Mk-54 SADM, which had a yield from .01 to 1.0 kiloton. The entire unit weighed less than 163 pounds. This weapon was in 3AD inventory with the 23rd Engineers from 1964 into (apparently) the 1980's.

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