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Title: Dam busters
Post by: Noir on March 09, 2011, 06:05:17 AM

I found the info interesting and worth sharing  :aok

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* The British developed highly specialized bombs for certain missions. The most famous of these was the "Upkeep" bouncing bomb, used for the attacks performed by the elite Royal Air Force (RAF) 617 Squadron on the Moehne, Eder, and Sorpe dams on the night of 16:17 May 1943. The Upkeep weapon was designed by Dr. Barnes Wallis, who had been trained as a structural engineer but turned to aircraft and weapons engineering, becoming well known for his geodetic-framed Vickers Wellington bomber.

Upkeep was really a kind of depth charge, and its operation reflected Wallis's knowledge of structures and their weaknesses. It was designed as a 4.2 tonne (9,250 pound) drum, and was carried underneath a modified Lancaster heavy bomber. The bomb was given a 500 RPM backspin before it was released at low altitude over the surface of the water, in front of a dam. It would then skip over the water, run into the surface of the dam, roll down its face, and explode at a predetermined depth. Confinement of the explosion to the face of the dam by water pressure multiplied the effect of the blast.

The bombs breached the Moehne and Eder dams. The actual military usefulness of this action is still debated, but the Upkeep weapon worked precisely as designed, even though nothing like it had been done before.

http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_01.html#m2 (http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_01.html#m2)

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: RTHolmes on March 09, 2011, 06:10:56 AM

footage of upkeep deployment:

http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Carling-Black-Label-Dambusters-Carling/24268 (http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Carling-Black-Label-Dambusters-Carling/24268)

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: mipoikel on March 09, 2011, 06:38:09 AM

Quote from: RTHolmes on March 09, 2011, 06:10:56 AM

footage of upkeep deployment:

http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Carling-Black-Label-Dambusters-Carling/24268 (http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Carling-Black-Label-Dambusters-Carling/24268)

 :rofl :rofl

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: Jag34 on March 09, 2011, 01:16:16 PM

 :x :x :airplane: :rofl :rofl :lol Way to funny. Loved it

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: Easyscor on March 09, 2011, 02:21:19 PM

 :cheers:

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: outbreak on March 10, 2011, 02:14:37 AM

Well we need Dam's First =], Bust the dam flood say what 2.5 sectors downstream? any airfield,Vfield or port in the way is flooded for 30 mins preventing Takeoff, Landing, Resupply lol only thing that would work is an LTV =]  :rock :rock :rock :joystick: :joystick:

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: MarineUS on March 10, 2011, 05:09:53 AM

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,276814.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,276814.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,301787.0.html

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: Noir on March 10, 2011, 06:28:03 AM

hey this is not a wish, but you guys can bump one if you want. The article I linked has some details I didn't heard off before.

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: MiloMorai on March 10, 2011, 07:08:11 AM

You know there was a movie in 1955 called Dam busters. There is talk of a remake.

One of the actors, Richard Todd, was one of those that parachuted into France on D-Day.

Link to 617 Sqd, http://www.thedambusters.org.uk/

Title: Re: Dam busters
Post by: LLogann on March 10, 2011, 03:48:16 PM

Quote from: MarineUS on March 10, 2011, 05:09:53 AM

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,276814.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,301787.0.html