bouncing bomb
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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 similar fashion to a regular naval depth charge. The inventor of the first such bomb was the British engineer Barnes Wallis, whose "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was used in the RAF's Operation Chastise of May 1943 to bounce into German dams and explode underwater, with an effect similar to the underground detonation of the later Grand Slam and Tallboy earthquake bombs, both of which he also invented.
1942 — 1945
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length 152 centimetre, mass 4195 kilogram,
Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom, 
depth charge,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
Bouncing bomb
Highball Bouncing Bomb at Abbotsbury Swannery Dorset UK
Remains of a Highball test prototypeRemains of a Highball test prototype
Memo from "Bomber" Harris concerning bouncing bomb tests (8746349405)
Replica ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb (50707480042)
Brooklands - Bouncing Bomb
Barnes Wallis' Up Keep "Bouncing Bomb" aerial mine| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Bouncing bomb | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Highball Bouncing Bomb at Abbotsbury Swannery Dorset UK | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Remains of a Highball test prototype | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Remains of a Highball test prototype | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Memo from "Bomber" Harris concerning bouncing bomb tests (8746349405) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Replica ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb (50707480042) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Brooklands - Bouncing Bomb | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Barnes Wallis' Up Keep "Bouncing Bomb" aerial mine | Commons | ||
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