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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Furball on October 05, 2002, 08:42:03 AM
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22,000 lb Grand slam! (used on adapted lancasters)
(http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/t_images/grandslam.jpg)
(http://www.danshistory.com/ww2/gslam.jpg)
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i agree strap one to a lancaster
or u could give us the b-29a-1 superfortress that had the ability to carry 2 of the grand slams
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lol now THATS a bomb!! :D
I agree that would be a superb addition! 1 hit on a HQ and BOOM lights out :) drop that in the middle of the 5 clustered FHs at large base and BOOM no FH's :)
gimme gimme gimme!! i cant aim for crap so this would even up the score :D
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I love to see it for Events.
But I doubt we will meet to it in MA.
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They have one on display at RAF Coningsby - got a picture of me stood next to it. It's a big bomb :).
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Would be nice on land if blast effects were modeled. Prolly find more use in the game as a suicide attack on cv's and cruisers.
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It would require a compleatly new Lancaster Varient to be modeled howeaver, the one we have could not schlep it it to the air, Be fun has heck to drop though:)
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in October, 1995. US navy fighters destroyed a small lighthouse and island off the coast of Newfoundland, three days later the US apologized to Canada, the US said "it was a missunderstanding"
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Now that's what I'd call a bomb.
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Would be cool for sure.
However, when the lancaster arrived, and brought with it the 4000 pounder, I believe HTC said that the 4000 pounder would be the biggest bomb they modelled.
Don't take my word for it as I might be wrong, and tides change so HTC might have changed their minds.
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NOD2000.... what?!
Superfort didnt carry grand slams!
all HT would need to do in order to have a lanc to carry it.. is delete top and nose turrets, and hollow out the bomb bay - hurrah! lets go bomb some osty convoys! :D
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yah it did i saw a pic of it waayyyyy back it had one right next the the body undernieth each wing.........
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no it didnt. lanc was only one to carry it
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Originally posted by john9001
in October, 1995. US navy fighters destroyed a small lighthouse and island off the coast of Newfoundland, three days later the US apologized to Canada, the US said "it was a missunderstanding"
what does that have to do with this post?
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read peoples sigs..
lol
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Furball,
Dont you think a 22,000lb bomb a bit much.......... nah never mind that would be awsome. BRING IT!!!!!!!!!!
Doyle >>>>Fellow Bish>>>>
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Originally posted by NOD2000
yah it did i saw a pic of it waayyyyy back it had one right next the the body undernieth each wing.........
**Slaps Nod with the back of his hand**
Thats a 12,000 lb tall boy, idiot.
maybe you should read the words above/next to/below the picture
Grandslams (earth quake bomb), tall boys (deep penetration bomb), and the bouncing rubber bomb (dam buster bomb) were carried by 613 Squadran's (amoung others) Lancaster Mk 1 Special
btw, is this:
This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a US
naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of
Newfoundland in October, 1995.
Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to
avoid a collision.
Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the
South to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,
divert YOUR course.
Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS
SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES
NORTH, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL
BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
Canadians: We are a lighthouse. Your call.
and this:
in October, 1995. US navy fighters destroyed a small lighthouse and island off the coast of Newfoundland, three days later the US apologized to Canada, the US said "it was a missunderstanding"
True?
and yes, i could see it being true;)
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How destroying the light house could clear the way I don't understand as it must have been standing on something :)
It's a quite fun story though, true or not. I could definatly see it happen :)
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hehe not sure if my sig. is true, the bit about destorying the lighthouse was someone joking.
And it was 617 Squadron that did special ops in Lancaster, Tallboys were used a lot, in precision night strikes, the RAF used a mosquito pathfinder to drop flares and incendries on a target at very low level, to light it up, which the lancs used as their aiming point. so all the BS about RAF just area bombing isnt true!
They also developed an anti shipping bouncing bomb with could be carried on the Mosquito, this was called High Ball or something i believe. Not sure if it was used in combat though, seen footage of it being dropped.
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Seen fotage of that skip bomb aswell Furrball. Not sure if it was used, there were however other skip bombs used, by many countries. US had anti shipping skip bombs.
LW also ha da type of anti tank skip bomb which was used against ground targets.
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oh yeah, you might want to check out http://www.nightbomber.com
Fly RAF night bombers
Mossie pathfinders
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German AA ground forces
Operate the radar
and more
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Originally posted by Wilbus
Seen fotage of that skip bomb aswell Furrball. Not sure if it was used, there were however other skip bombs used, by many countries. US had anti shipping skip bombs.
LW also ha da type of anti tank skip bomb which was used against ground targets.
the US used high ball or whatever it was, but they didn't like it because it kept blowing the tails off their b25s