12,000 lb Tallboy Earthquake Bomb

The Tallboy was an earth quake bomb developed by Barnes Wallis and brought into operation by the British in 1944. It weighed five tons and, carried by the Avro Lancaster bomber, was effective against hardened structures against which earlier, smaller bombs had proved ineffective.

La Coupole (English: The Dome) at Helfaut Wizernes was a V-2 rocket assembly and launch bunker constructed in a former limestone quarry.

16 Lancasters led by single Mosquito and a P-51 Mustang bomb Helfaut Wizernes -- 3 Lancasters managed to drop Tallboys (one caused the dome to shift out of alignment, two others blocked the entrance.

The V-3 (Vergeltungswaffe 3), also known as the Hochdruckpumpe ("High Pressure Pump", HDP for short) and Fleissiges Lieschen ("Busy Lizzie"), was a German World War II supergun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary charges are detonated to add velocity to a projectile. it was located at Mimoyecques.

The weapon was planned to be used to bombard London from two large bunkers in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, which were rendered unusable by Allied bombing raids before completion. Two similar guns were used to bombard the city of Luxembourg from December 1944 to February 1945.

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[millsi1978]

what is the name of the place where the v3 was located?

[jaglavaksoldier]

Mimoyecques, France

[14ramosr]

i need one

[holysoks1]

lol any bomb dropped out of a plane could kill you without exploding if it hit you XD

[Mr912Lancer]

Visited Mimoyecques a few years ago, pretty eerie down there knowing that a few levels below theres still the bodies of hundreds of Germans and slaves..

[pyramonitor]

so is the new one 2000 lbs or 20.000 lbs ? is the explosive better and do they have diamond

lubriplate surfaces to penetrate solid rock for hundred plus feet ?

[hilololomoa]

old coke bottles will do!

[Schmoodtheman]

sounds great!!! but... will it blend?

[dgk2m9]

Holy Christ look at those craters.

[roguelead72]

@micheal74rich For starters this was a British weapon, not an American one. And you're right the Brits should just let Germany indiscriminately launch V2's into London, idiot.

[micheal74rich]

Americans are proud of this killing machine. What a shame.

[DisgorgeKILLusa3]

In britain bomb drop you !!!!

[IO23777]

This is what happened to the last people who launched intermediate ballistic missiles at the United Kingdom - Israel was under sustained attack from such weapons (albeit smaller) for a grand total of Eight years, and when it finally retaliated against Gaza it was condemned by virtually everyone in the UN including the UK - I believe the UN building is to receive a face-lift in the near future, perhaps a Minaret would be appropriate.

[justin8149]

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