What was the biggest bomb in WWII?

[Killjoy2]

and could we get one for AH?

By this I mean non-nuclear and delivered by a conventional plane (no rockets).  So if you could buy these with some major perks it would give us something to use our perks on and be GREAT fun.  At least for our side.  

I can see the crater now.  

[Masherbrum]

Grand Slam - 22,000lbs
Tall Boy - 12,000lbs

[BaldEagl]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
Grand Slam - 22,000lbs
Tall Boy - 12,000lbs

Both carried by Lancasters.  The former by the B-1 Lanc with a modified bomb bay.

[Furball]

Bombs the RAF used: -



There was also the 12,000lb high capacity bomb which is on the left of this picture - it was 3 x 4k bomb sections bolted together in a lightweight casing.  IIRC it's charge to weight ratio was something like 80% over the tallboy/grandlam which was ~30% of torpex.

[CFYA]

Yes the Grandslam and Tallboy hae very thick case due to the fact that they traveled hurndreds of feet below ground before exploding.
The Grandslam was also known as the Earthquake bomb. Plus it was supersonic at impact so you never knew it was coming till it was to late.

Nasty expensive suckers and I think it took 1 - 2 weeks each to assemble too.

Ryan


PS I would love to see anything ordance related introduced to this game!

[mensa180]

I think HT stated nothing larger than the 4000lb bomb we have now would be released.

But I would still love to see these, perhaps in the new perked ord system to come.

[CFYA]

woaaaaaaaaaaaa hold the phone!!!!!!!!!   New perked ord system??????

Spill the beans for those not enlightened.....

CFYA

[mensa180]

Version 2.09 Patch 1 Released November 16, 2006

Changes from previous release

    * Fixed a bug that caused a CTD if you went into the lobby first and later bailed out of a plane.

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Version 2.09 Patch 0 Released November 15, 2006

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[CFYA]

There gonna perk the C-Hog gun pack? Fine by me.....


I hope thats not all they perk/add. I want my parabombs!:t


CFYA

[FBplmmr]

I believe the largest ww2 bomb was developed by these guys...

[folkwufe]

geez.... crazy brits

[Furball]

...bye bye U-Boat pen.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by CFYA
Y traveled hurndreds of feet below ground before exploding.

Thats abit much isnt it? unless you are talking about cardboard ground.

[john9001]

want napalm.

[Furball]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Thats abit much isnt it? unless you are talking about cardboard ground.

About the Tallboy: -

When dropped from 20,000 ft (6,100 m) it made an 80 ft (24 m) deep crater 100 ft (30 m) across and could go through 16 ft (4.88 m) of concrete.[1]

W. J. Lawrence wrote about the Tallboy bomb in his book, No 5 Bomber Group[3]

It was an extraordinary weapon, an apparent contradiction in terms, since it had at one and the same time the explosive force of a large high-capacity blast bomb and the penetrating power of an armour-piercing bomb. On the ground it was capable of displacing a million cubic feet (29,000 m³) of earth and made a crater which it would have taken 5,000 tons of earth to fill. It was ballistically perfect and in consequence had a very high terminal velocity, variously estimated at 3,600 and 3,700 feet per second (1,100–1,130 m/s or about 2,500 mph), which was, of course, a good deal faster than sound so that, as with the V-2 rocket, the noise of its fall would be heard after that of the explosion.

Grand Slam: -

When dropped from high altitude onto compacted earth, the Grand Slam would penetrate over 40 metres into the ground. The explosion would leave a camouflet (cavern) which would undermine foundations of structures above, causing collapse. This is what happened to the Bielefeld railway viaduct, the first enemy target destroyed by a Grand Slam.

Above is mostly from wiki.

The "hundreds of feet" is a little bit off... but not by as much as you would think

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/grandslam.html