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Bouncing bomb

A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both the bomb's speed on arrival at the target and the timing of its detonation to be predetermined, in a fashion similar to that of a regular naval depth charge. The inventor of the first such bomb was the…

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Designed
April 1942
Designer
Barnes Wallis
Detonation mechanism
hydrostatic fuze (depth of 30 feet (9.1 m)) with backup chemical time fuze.
Effective firing range
400–500 yd (370–460 m)
Filling
Torpex
Filling weight
6,600 lb (2,990 kg)

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related to Re-creating the bouncing bomb · 21
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related to German bouncing bomb · 20
Bouncing bomb → After Operation Chastise, Attempts, Emil, Flt Lt Barlow, Focke-Wulf Fw, German, Germany, Germany's Baltic, Haldern, Heinz Schweizer, Kurt, Lancaster, Luftwaffe's Erprobungsstelle, Luftwaffe's Sprengkommando, Nazi Germany, Rees, Subsequently, The, Travemünde, Upkeep
related to Gallery · 10
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Designed · 1
Bouncing bomb → April 1942
Designer · 1
Bouncing bomb → Barnes Wallis
Detonation mechanism · 1
Bouncing bomb → hydrostatic fuze (depth of 30 feet (9.1 m)) with backup chemical time fuze.
Effective firing range · 1
Bouncing bomb → 400–500 yd (370–460 m)
Filling · 1
Bouncing bomb → Torpex
Filling weight · 1
Bouncing bomb → 6,600 lb (2,990 kg)

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Bouncing bombDesignedApril 19421.00infobox
Bouncing bombDesignerBarnes Wallis1.00infobox
Bouncing bombDetonation mechanismhydrostatic fuze (depth of 30 feet (9.1 m)) with backup chemical time fuze.1.00infobox
Bouncing bombEffective firing range400–500 yd (370–460 m)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombFillingTorpex1.00infobox
Bouncing bombFilling weight6,600 lb (2,990 kg)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombIn service16–17 May 1943 (Operation Chastise)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombLength60 in (1.52 m)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombManufacturerVickers-Armstrongs1.00infobox
Bouncing bombMass9,250 lb (4,200 kg)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombMuzzle velocity240–250 mph (390–400 km/h) 500 rpm back-spin1.00infobox
Bouncing bombNo. built120 (62 inert and 58 HE filled) 19 used operationally1.00infobox
Bouncing bombPlace of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Bouncing bombProducedFebruary 19431.00infobox
Bouncing bombTypeConventional (depth charge)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombUsed byNo. 617 Squadron RAF1.00infobox
Bouncing bombVariantsHighball spherical bouncing bomb, inert training bombs1.00infobox
Bouncing bombWarsWorld War II1.00infobox
Bouncing bombWidth50 in (1.27 m)1.00infobox
Bouncing bombis abomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets0.90text

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