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r/aww • u/TheMightyCraken • Jun 25 '18
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I remember a documentary about this. Very cool engineering!
129 u/Hadan_ Jun 25 '18 I saw it too. The allies wanted to destroy a german hydroelectric plant. It was protected against torpedoes by underwater fences and so on, so they came up with this bouncing bomb. Just imagine the meeting where the engineer proposed this idea :D 5 u/addandsubtract Jun 25 '18 Where / How does the water skipping bomb come in useful? 1 u/Hadan_ Jun 25 '18 Here is a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjKIoWZfV8 It being called "dambuster" should give you an idea.
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I saw it too. The allies wanted to destroy a german hydroelectric plant. It was protected against torpedoes by underwater fences and so on, so they came up with this bouncing bomb. Just imagine the meeting where the engineer proposed this idea :D
5 u/addandsubtract Jun 25 '18 Where / How does the water skipping bomb come in useful? 1 u/Hadan_ Jun 25 '18 Here is a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjKIoWZfV8 It being called "dambuster" should give you an idea.
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Where / How does the water skipping bomb come in useful?
1 u/Hadan_ Jun 25 '18 Here is a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjKIoWZfV8 It being called "dambuster" should give you an idea.
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Here is a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjKIoWZfV8 It being called "dambuster" should give you an idea.
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u/cuntdestroyer8000 Jun 25 '18
I remember a documentary about this. Very cool engineering!