diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/BombsDialog.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/BombsDialog.java
index f1c67a11af..15a0f0972f 100644
--- a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/BombsDialog.java
+++ b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/BombsDialog.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ private void initGUI() {
             typeMax[type] = availBombs[type] + bombChoices[type];
         }
 
+        // BombChoicePanel takes care of managing internal and external stores, so we don't need to here.
         bombPanel = new BombChoicePanel(bomber, campaign.getGameOptions().booleanOption("at2_nukes"),
                 true, typeMax);
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ private void setUserPreferences() {
     @Override
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         if (okayButton.equals(e.getSource())) {
+            // internal and external choices are applied by bombPanel; here we only care about the totals.
             bombPanel.applyChoice();
             int[] newLoadout = bombPanel.getChoice();
 
diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/MHQXMLUtility.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/MHQXMLUtility.java
index 25f1069a46..c1d4c256f2 100644
--- a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/MHQXMLUtility.java
+++ b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/utilities/MHQXMLUtility.java
@@ -254,10 +254,7 @@ public static String writeEntityToXmlString(Entity tgtEnt, int indentLvl, List<E
         return retVal.toString();
     }
 
-    private static String getBombChoiceString(IBomber bomber, int indentLvl) {
-        StringBuilder retVal = new StringBuilder();
-
-        int[] bombChoices = bomber.getBombChoices();
+    private static void compileBombChoices(int[] bombChoices, StringBuilder retVal, int indentLvl, boolean isInternal) {
         if (bombChoices.length > 0) {
             retVal.append(MHQXMLUtility.indentStr(indentLvl + 1)).append("<bombs>\n");
             for (int type = 0; type < BombType.B_NUM; type++) {
@@ -267,12 +264,22 @@ private static String getBombChoiceString(IBomber bomber, int indentLvl) {
                     retVal.append(typeName);
                     retVal.append("\" load=\"");
                     retVal.append(bombChoices[type]);
+                    retVal.append((isInternal) ? "\" Internal=\"true" : "\" Internal=\"false");
                     retVal.append("\"/>\n");
                 }
             }
             retVal.append(MHQXMLUtility.indentStr(indentLvl + 1)).append("</bombs>\n");
         }
 
+    }
+    private static String getBombChoiceString(IBomber bomber, int indentLvl) {
+        StringBuilder retVal = new StringBuilder();
+
+        int[] bombChoices = bomber.getIntBombChoices();
+        compileBombChoices(bombChoices, retVal, indentLvl, true);
+        bombChoices = bomber.getExtBombChoices();
+        compileBombChoices(bombChoices, retVal, indentLvl, false);
+
         return retVal.toString();
     }