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gimpyguy

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A little WWI triva . . The Heaviest Bomb dropped during the war was 1650 pounds :engel016:
 
Must have been carried by a Zeppelin then, or was there any plane able to carry that weight?
 
When looking at all the planes that were built during WWI, and the ammount of timber used in their construction, it's a wonder there are any trees left on the Continent, or the Ilses.

And to think the Lancaster though modified to reduce weight dropped some of those 22,000 pound earthquake bombs. Hard to imagine needing something that heavy to penetrate the re-enforeced concrete of the u-boat pens.
 
The german Giant bomber did carry that bomb to england on occasion.

I recommend reading "the first blitz" which is about the ww1 bombing of england by the ww1 equivalent of the Luftwaffe (sorry cant remember the name).

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Rugbyfan1972
 
You saw that picture also . . . that's what started the thread. I can't get over the riveted body of the bomb itself, because in 1917, they obviously couldn't cast it in one piece. It reminds me of a water heater with pointy ends :engel016:

I wonder what came first,.. the chicken ... or the egg. Meaning was it planned to be 1650 pounds
 
Gimpyguy

Seems very hard to find out more info on this bomb other than it was handmade - and as such all varied slightly in weight.

There was 11 used operationally in WW1.

Here is a nice link of some operations useing this weapon - also a nice pic of one slung under a Handley Page 0/400.

http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/ww1/1918.htm
 
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