Bom Tallboy
| Tallboy | |
|---|---|
 Kru darat RAF sedang mengendalikan bom Tallboy yang kemudiannya akan digugurkan ke atas tapak senjata-V La Coupole di Wizernes, Perancis, 1944 | |
| Jenis | Bom gempa bumi |
| Tempat asal | United Kingdom |
| Sejarah perkhidmatan | |
| Dalam perkhidmatan | 8 Jun 1944 – 25 April 1945 |
| Digunakan oleh | No. 9 Skuadron RAF, No. 617 Skuadron RAF |
| Perang | Perang Dunia II |
| Sejarah pengeluaran | |
| Pereka | Barnes Wallis |
| Pengeluar | Vickers |
| Jumlah dibina | 854[1] |
| Spesifikasi | |
| Berat | 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) |
| Panjang | 21 ka (6.4 m) |
| Diameter | 38 in (97 cm) |
| Filling | (Serbuk peluru) Torpex D1 |
| Filling weight | (Berat serbuk peluru) 5,200 lb (2,400 kg) |
Detonation mechanism | (Mekanisme peledak) Fius No. 58, diperbuat dari Pistol (penghentak letupan) No. 30; atau fius tunda masa No. 47. Fius-fius dimasukkan kedalam penggalak tetryl yang terletak di belakang kelongsong. |
Tallboy, atau Bom, Kapasiti Sederhana, 12,000 lb, adalah sejenis bom gempa yang dicipta oleh jurutera aeronautika British Barnes Wallis dan digunakan oleh RAF semasa Perang Dunia II.
Dengan berat 5 long ton (5.1 t), ia hanya boleh diangkut oleh pesawat pengebom berat Avro Lancaster. Ia terbukti sangat berkesan terhadap struktur besar dan keras yang mana pengeboman konvensional terbukti tidak berkesan.
Nota
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Rujukan
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- Dambusters.biz staff (2013), Dambusters – The raid on Wizernes Rocket Base, Dambusters.biz, diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 9 August 2013, dicapai pada August 2013 Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (bantuan); Check date values in:|accessdate=(bantuan); External link in|publisher=(bantuan) - Ellis, John (1998), One Day in a Very Long War, Jonathan Cape, m/s. 297, ISBN 9780224042444
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- Keable, Jim (2008), "Flight Lieutenant Thomas Clifford Iveson", AeroVenture News, AeroVenture, diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 14 April 2008, dicapai pada 24 Februari 2008 Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (bantuan) - McGowan, Sam (USAF-ret.) (October 1988), "Mission Commando Vault", Air Combat: 64–68, ISSN 0044-6955
- Murray, Iain (2005), Big & Bouncy: The Special Weapons of Barnes Wallis, www.SirBarnesWallis.com, dicapai pada August 2013 Check date values in:
|accessdate=(bantuan); External link in|publisher=(bantuan) (old site last update 13 July 2009) - RAF staff (6 April 2005), "Bomber Command: Campaign Diary", RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary, diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 6 July 2007CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) 1945: March and April and May
- RAF staff (6 April 2005a), "Bomber Command: Famous Raids", RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary, diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 6 July 2007 Saumur Tunnel, Tirpitz 1944:June, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1945: January, February, March, April
- Zaloga, Steven J.; Johnson, Hugh; Taylor, Chris (2008). German V-Weapon Sites 1943–45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-247-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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Pautan luar
- Barnes Wallis Trust Diarkibkan 2006-02-05 di Wayback Machine
- A picture of a Lancaster carrying a Grand Slam
- Article about the defusing of the unexploded Tallboy in the Hamburger Abendblatt (Jerman)
- "Huge Bomb Drills Into Target Before Exploding." Popular Mechanics, February 1945, p. 49.
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