Why did early korean war jets carry big bulbous tanks on the tips of their wings (like the F2H banshee or F84 thunderjet)? How do modern jets manage with higher performance engines?

Question

Like, why not carry them slung under the wings like bombs? Fire bomb tanks have similar shapes and those were slung under the wings.

And from what I’ve seen of public modern fighter jets, they carry their drop tanks under their wings like a bomb.

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Answer 1

Was looking into a good way to answer this, and came up with an older post in the Aviation sub… not quite ELI5 level, but there’s some good info in here:

What's the deal with wingtip tanks?
byu/SteveDaPirate inaviation