Comments on: Skipping Bombs Like Stones https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 01:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-74534 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 01:24:45 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-74534 Note to self: Finished.

]]> By: bill wilson https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-38949 Wed, 28 May 2014 11:38:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-38949 Americans were skip bombing targets before Wallis created his dam busting bombs. The AAF was skip bombing shipping in the Pacific and Med. using bombs with depth detonators. The bombs would bounced off the sides of ships then blow up after sinking 20 -30 feet to create a water hammer that caved in the hulls. During the Italy campaign the AAF would skip bombs down railroad tracks in attempts to blow up hidden trains and the massive cannons mounted on rail flat cars (ie: Anzio Annie). It was reported that Erwin Rommel and Alfred Kesselring (Smiling Albert) were traveling in a staff car when the AAF began skip bombing a rail road tunnel up ahead. They stopped and got out to watch the planes make their runs since they never seen anything like that before.

]]> By: ValiantDefender https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-23619 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:49:10 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-23619 Wow, I’ve read a lot of articles on this site and NONE of them have comments like this one. O.o Why are they still there?

Love another viewpoint’s response. I was wondering how they knew “poo’s” real name. Then I realized Richard Cranium is um….hehe, Yeah. Very witty!

Skipping bombs sounds awesome. I played water-polo a few years in high school and skipping balls across the pool was a very common and effective tactic.

]]> By: LuckyLilLeprechaun https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-22833 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:09:12 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-22833 trolls everywhere

]]> By: Merciless https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-15865 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:14:13 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-15865 And here I thought Damn Interesting was a good clean sight to read and learn interesting happenings. Instead, I stumble on the potty mouth article that should have half the comments erased or censored. If you don’t already, maybe you (Damn Interesting) should have a little control over your “subjects.”

BTW it is a damn interesting article. Skipping bombs. Ingenius.

]]> By: Shandooga https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-6896 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:59:43 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-6896 I’d like to hear more about that ‘earthquake bomb.’ Oh, and I love french toast. :-)

]]> By: another viewpoint https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-5021 Fri, 12 May 2006 18:49:06 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-5021 Sorry, I couldn’t resist responding to such tiny minded comments, as follows:

poo said: “Hey Chris Lewis, who the fuck holds fireworks in their hand when they are about to go off. “

HEY…Richard Cranium (aka “poo”)…to answer your question…turn your TV on July 5th and find out…that’s who! LOL

]]> By: Taphophile https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-1566 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:27:07 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-1566 How about a Damn Interesting article on another strange weapon of war? This one not so successful. . . Check out the double-barreled cannon at http://www.batteryb.com/double-barreled_cannon.html or http://ngeorgia.com/feature/adbc.html. The second barrel wasn’t merely to fire a second shot; a chain was attached between the balls so it would (theoretically) mow down a whole line of men. It wasn’t, to put it lightly, very well executed. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: alipardiwala https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-1560 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:07:12 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-1560 Hmm… So the bombed bounced. How on earth did they figure out the exact height and speed and stuff for it to bounce? Trial and error?

]]> By: Bucky https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/skipping-bombs-like-stones/#comment-1544 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:42:57 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=363#comment-1544 There is a really good movie about this operation. It’s called, surprisingly enough, The Dam Busters.

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