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A blockbuster bomb or cookie was one of several of the largest conventional bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The term blockbuster was originally a name coined by the press and referred to a bomb which had enough explosive power to destroy an entire street or large building through the effects of blast in conjunction with ...
Blockbuster bomb "High capacity" bomb for maximum blast effect, only used during World War II: April 1941 United Kingdom: Bouncing bomb: Skips across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II April 1942 Barnes Wallis: United Kingdom: Bunker buster: The first type were Röchling shell: 1942 August Coenders: Germany: C4: 1956 Car bomb
Name Composition Notes Amatol: Ammonium nitrate and TNT: Extensively used in bombs, shells, depth charges and naval mines Baronal: Barium nitrate, TNT and powdered aluminium: Baratol: Barium nitrate and TNT: Used in British hand grenades. Also used as the low velocity explosive lens in the implosion type nuclear weapon, Fat Man: Composition A
The Luftwaffe did have some blockbuster weight-class (two short tons/4,000 lb) ordnance designs ready for use: the largest bomb in use at this time was the SC1800. It weighed 1,767–1,879 kg (3,896–4,142 lb) of which 1,000 to 1,100 kg (2,200 to 2,400 lb) was high explosive detonated by an electrical impact fuse.
Pages in category "World War II aerial bombs of the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bugs Bunny is seen reclining on a piece of ordnance (a blockbuster bomb) idly reading Victory Thru Hare Power (a spoof of the 1942 book). [3] He begins laughing uproariously, and turns to the audience to share what he is reading: an assertion that gremlins wreck American planes through diabolical sabotage (he pronounces those words "di-a-bo ...
Operation Hurricane was a 24-hour bombing operation to "demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre" (in the directive to Harris ACO RAF Bomber Command) [4] and "cause mass panic and disorginazation [] in the Ruhr, disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance" (in the words of the Official ...
The components of a B83 nuclear bomb used by the United States. This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. . The United States, Russia, China and India are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and