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	Grand Slam bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grand Slam bomb was twice the weight of his previous large bomb, the Tallboy; both weapons were intended for use against large and protected buildings, and structures against which smaller bombs would be ineffective.
		The hardened steel bomb casing was cast in one piece in a sand mould using a concrete core.
		Grand Slams were also successfully used against the Huuge and Brest submarine pens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Slam_bomb (1009 words)

	Grand Slam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grand slam (baseball), a home run with the bases loaded.
		Grand Slam of golf, winning The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship in one year
		The "grand slam" distinction was labeled in 1985, and discontinued after 2004, when the Ferko lawsuit forced NASCAR to discontinue the Southern 500, and the Grand Slam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Slam (337 words)

	Bombs Weapons Rockets Aircraft Ordnance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fuzing is characterized by the means by which the bomb is armed and the parameter that causes the fuze to detonate the bomb.
		Bombs were classified by their CWR (Charge-to-Weight-Ratio) the percentage of explosive compared to the gross weight of the weapon.
		The Grand Slam (Earthquake) bomb was of the same design as the Tallboy but larger and heavier weighing 22,000 lb (9972 kg.) The Grand Slam was first used on March 14, 1945 when a force of Lancaster bombers led by Royal Air Force Squadron Leader C.C. Calder attacked the Bielefeld railway viaduct destroying two spans.
	www.ww2guide.com /bombs.shtml (5258 words)

	VERY HEAVY CONVENTIONAL AERIAL BOMBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The bomb bay doors were removed and the roof of the bomb bay was remodeled from a flat deck to an inverted V shape to accommodate the oversized Grand Slam.
		Slings run under the bomb casing were connected to four initial lift cylinders that raised the bomb from ground level to a sufficient height to permit the 5,000lb main lift cylinder carriage to be moved underneath.
		At least one bomb with a T104 assembly was recovered from the hardpan at Edwards AFB after a test drop from 25,000 ft at 300 mph TAS for analysis of the angle of entry, depth of penetration and path through the ground.
	home.aol.com /nukeinfo2 (8911 words)

	Grand Slam
		Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special.
		In tennis, winning the Grand Slam is winning the following four tournaments in the same year: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open.
		In baseball, a Grand Slam home run[?] is a home run with all the bases occupied.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gr/Grand_Slam.html (126 words)

	Today in Technology History - Mar 14
		The Grand Slam was so big that it could only be carried one at a time by strong four-engine bomber planes -- which had to be specially refitted for the purpose.
		The tremendous force of that Grand Slam (and the Tall Boys carried by the rest of the squadron) successfully destroyed the viaduct and caused a mini-earthquake.
		Grand Slam bombs were used 40 more times during the war.
	www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2002/mar14.htm (299 words)

	Grand Slam
		The "Grand Slam" (Earthquake) bomb was of the same design as the Tallboy but larger and heavier weighing 9,979 kg (22,000 lb).
		The Grand Slam was first used on 14 March, 1945 when a force of Lancaster bombers led by Royal Air Force Squadron Leader C.C. Calder attacked the Bielefeld railway viaduct destroying two spans.
		The "Grand Slam" bomb was the biggest bomb used in WWII at all.
	www.gunnies.pac.com.au /gallery/grand_slam.htm (486 words)

	Aerial Bombs
		The standard bombs used by the 8th Bomber Command from September 1942 were the five General Purpose types: the M30 100lb, M31 300lb, M43 500lb, M44 1000lb and M34 2000lb.
		The General Purpose (GP) bombs used in the early missions were fitted with quarter second delay tail fuses with an extra tenth of a second fuse in the nose.
		A basic 1000lb bomb, but with a special tail attachment which allowed it to be steered over a distance of 200 feet to either side of the point of impact from a heigh of 20,000 feet.
	www.303rdbg.com /bombs.html (842 words)

	Tirpitz - The "Tall Boy" and "Grand Slam" Bombs
		At this time a new bomb was put into service, the "Tall Boy", a weapon developed under the direction of Professor Dr. Barnes Wallis, under whose leadership the 3.900 kg (8.600 lb) rotary water bombs, used with great success in the spring of 1943 on reservoir dams in Germany, also originated.
		It belonged to the category of thick-walled, teardrop-shaped GP bombs (GP "General Purpose", thus a multipleuse bomb) and were 6,35 meters (21 feet) long with a diameter of 0,95 meter (38 inches).
		Such bombs could be carried only by the four engined bombers of the "Lancaster Mark I S" type, and then only one per plane, which also had to be rebuilt for this purpose.
	www.bismarck-class.dk /tirpitz/miscellaneous/tallboy/tallboy.html (639 words)

	Grand Slam Bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most bombs dropped from aircraft during the Second World War ranged from 100lb to 4,000lb in weight.
		This bomb was so heavy it could only be carried by a specially adapted Avro Lancaster.
		medium capacity bomb, which was capable of breaking through the roof of a railway tunnel or a very thick concrete roof, and when the success of this bomb was proved Wallis designed a yet more powerful weapon, the 22,000 Ib.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWgrandslam.htm (210 words)

	North American B-45A Tornado
		The development of smaller and lighter atomic bombs in the later 1940s helped somewhat, but their development was also accompanied by excessive secrecy, and the B-45 could not carry these bombs either without extensive modifications.
		The bomb bay had to be structurally modified to handle three different types of atomic bombs, and a large amount of electronics support equipment had to be added.
		A specific type of atomic bomb required that the supports be moved into the forward bay to allow the installation of a 1200-gallon fuel tank in the rear bay.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b45_2.html (1492 words)

	Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust - Kelham Island Museum, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Shepherd Wheel - Collections ...
		Only 30 to 40 of the bombs were actually made, and they were only used during the last year of the war, 1945.
		The Grand Slam Bomb is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest bomb in the world.
		The Grand Slam Bomb was also known as the earthquake bomb because of the effect it had on the ground.
	www.simt.co.uk /collections/collections-2-3.html (159 words)

	Tallboy T39 M123 12,000-lb / Grand Slam T14 M110 22,000-lb
		The bomb had a high terminal velocity, variously estimated at 3,600 and 3,700 feet a second [much faster than sound], and at these speeds it could go through 16ft of concrete.
		Actually "Grand Slam" was the code name of a highly classified modification project strictly concerned with atomic matters.
		As a matter of fact, the "Grand Slam" designation was also loosely applied to other conventional bombs of the M-121 category.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/tallboy.htm (493 words)

	U.S. Heavy Bomber Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Direct bombing competitions between the XB-35 and the WWII era B-29 indicated that without an auto pilot the XB-35 could not fly a stable bombing run in less that 4 minutes while a B-29 flown manually consistently set up bombing runs under 45 seconds.
		Of the B-35s eight bomb bays, the longest inboard bomb bays were 148” long with a maximum width of 52” wall to wall.
		Depth (top to bottom) of the inboard bomb bays was 78” tapering to 61” and the outboard bays only 38” tapering to 35.” The bomb bay depth of the YB-49 was identical with the exception of bays 1 and 8 being sealed to accommodate the jet engines and fuel cells.
	members.aol.com /nukeinfo (2086 words)

	The Ultimate T12 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		The T-12 demolition bomb was designed to create an "earthquake effect." It achieved this by having an extremely thick nose section, which was supposed to penetrate deeply into the earth (earth penetrating weapons are often referred to as EPW).
		The T-12, as with the M-121 and M-110, were used for demolition of infrastructure in Germany during the end of the war.
		Eventually, large bombs such as the BLU-82 and Massive Ordnance Air Blast bombs made it into the US inventory of superbombs, but their utility is limited outside the realm of terror weapons and demolition.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/T12 (323 words)

	FlightSim.Com Review: The Dam Busters
		The scientist behind the now famous "bouncing bomb" was Barnes Wallis, already designer of several notable aircraft including the R100 airship (competitor to the ill-fated R101), long-range Wellesley and the Wellington bomber which distinguished itself early in the war.
		After the Dams Raid proved Wallis' theories, his "big bomb" concept was re-awakened, the now-proven Lancaster being capable of carrying initially a scaled-down 6-ton version (Tallboy) and eventually (with further modification) the full 10-ton version (Grand Slam).
		the bomb does appear to produce a series of splashes as it bounces across the surface, although the bomb itself is invisible after the first splash.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds/main/review/damb.htm (3017 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		Aware that their largest bombs had still little effect on the enormous concrete structures the Germans had built to protect their U-boat pens and V weapons stores.
		The results of the raid on the oil depot were not known because this target was attacked with delayed-action bombs so that clouds of smoke would not obscure the target.
		It was almost ready for use when 617 Squadron attacked it on this day and penetrated the roof with 2 Grand Slams, which brought down thousands of tons of concrete rubble and rendered the shelter unusable.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/grandslam.html (277 words)

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		Also, if the bombs are precision guided and would be employed in an urban area, then nine out of ten times the 1000 pounder would be used instead of the 5000 pounder to minimise colatteral damage.
		The only problem with cluster bombs is that the peaceniks have them in their crosshairs as an "inhumane" weapon (show me a humane weapon!), mainly because they leave a lot of unexploded bomblets lying around for kids to step on.
		A Grand Slam bomb dropped on a railroad viaduct was estimated to have penetrated at least 100 feet into the ground before detonating, creating a minor "earthquake" effective enough to collapse almost 300 yards of a railroad tunnel.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/387-540.asp (2910 words)

	The 2005 PGA Grand Slam of Golf / Course / Hole 15
		At the 15th hole, the course turns downwind downhill and is bordered on the left by the largest water hazard in the world: the Pacific Ocean.
		Players have the option to bomb it down the fairway for a short 2nd shot or place the tee shot short and left of the bunkers.
		Approach shots should be aimed right to avoid the severe slope on the left side of the green.
	www.pga.com /grandslam/2005/course/hole_15.html (148 words)

	GolfDigest.com - Woods grabs early lead in Hawaii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Woods continued his dominance at the Grand Slam of Golf, winning the tournament for the fifth straight time with a tournament-record round of 11-under 61.
		Beem, the only player in the foursome making his first Grand Slam appearance, began the day with two birdies but had a double bogey on the 152-yard No. 7 when his 7-iron tee shot hit the rocks and went into the water.
		The 14-stroke win Wednesday also was the widest margin of victory in the Grand Slam since 1982, when Bill Rogers defeated David Graham by five strokes.
	golfdigest.com /newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/2002grandslam.html (750 words)

	Avro Lancaster
		With a wingspan of over 100 feet, the Lancaster was also the only British aircraft with the capacity to carry the 12,000-pound 'Tallboy' bomb and the 22,000-pound 'Grand Slam' bomb — the heaviest bomb-load lifted by any bomber of World War II.
		The "Lanc" — as it was called — is also known for its daring and precise bombing raids on the Moehne and Eder dams in 1943 and in the sinking of the Tirpitz, a German battleship, in a well-defended Norwegian fjord.
		With fighters unable to escort the large aircraft on its long missions, it was heavily armed with nose, mid-upper and tail turret guns — and didn't give much room for the seven-member crew.
	www.angelfire.com /oh3/pmodels/avro.html (368 words)

	American Experience \| The Presidents \| Harry S. Truman \| PBS
		It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British "grand slam" which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare.
		With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power if our armed forces.
		Under that general policy of the research on the atomic bomb was begun.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/presidents/33_truman/psources/ps_hiroshima.html (1167 words)

	T12 Demolition Bomb - Dumb Bombs
		Twice the size of the 22,000-pound M110, this bomb was designed to create an earthquake effect by penetrating deep into the earth before exploding and thus causing the ground to heave up under the target.
		The bomb case is comprised of six separate sections welded together.
		The four tail fins are canted so as to impart a stabilizing spin to the bomb's trajectory.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/t12.htm (221 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki :
		That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British Grand Slam, which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare".
		On August 10, the day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the Japanese government requested that it be permitted to surrender under the terms of the Potsdam declaration of July 26th which it had previously ignored.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/abomb/intro.htm (239 words)

	Tupolev Tu-16, bombers, Weapon Systems \| India Defence
		It could carry a single massive FAB-9000 9,000-kg (19,800 lb) conventional bomb (the Russian equivalent of the British Grand Slam bomb) or various nuclear weapons to a range of around 4,800 km (3,000 mi).
		Although the Tu-16 began as a high-altitude, free-fall bomber, in the mid-1950s it was equipped to carry early Soviet cruise missiles.
		These were designed to carry bombs in internal bays in addition to carrying missiles externally, such as the AS-5 Kelt and AS-6 Kingfish.
	www.india-defence.com /specifications/bombers/25 (909 words)

	GRAND SLAM PREMIUM BOXING SERVICE
		Al didn’t care for Fritzie thumbing him in the eyes, so he belted Zivic with a grand total of ten foul blows in the second round and got himself disqualified.
		The bomb he dropped that night was one of the most precise and devastating left hooks ever thrown in championship boxing.
		Yet still it was regarded as a major upset when he tore the welterweight crown from the great Young Corbett III in one sensational round, courtesy of one booming right.
	grandslampage.net (19778 words)

	A Blog For All: Grand Slam
		After years of fruitless searching, close calls, and thousands of civilian casualties piling up, US and Iraqi forces finally tracked down al Zarqawi and killed him in an airstrike using two 500 pound bombs to level the compound where he and other terrorists were meeting.
		Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said al-Zarqawi was killed along with seven aides Wednesday evening in a remote area 30 miles northeast of Baghdad in the volatile province of Diyala, just east of the provincial capital of Baqouba, al-Maliki said.
		Yes, he listened to the bombs for a few moments, maybe realized what that sound was, right before his existence came to a most gratifying end for anyone who has the moral clarity to see what a victory it is to eliminate terrorists who seek to inflict as much violence on a society.
	lawhawk.blogspot.com /2006/06/grand-slam.html (1432 words)

	GolfDigest.com - Furyk out fast at Grand Slam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Furyk, the U.S. Open champion, pocketed $400,000 of a $1 million purse and snapped Tiger Woods' record string of five straight victories in the exclusive 36-hole event for the winners of this year's four majors.
		It was the first event in the Grand Slam's 21-year history featuring all first-time major champions.
		Furyk, who owns a home on Maui, came into the Grand Slam having earned more than $1.8 million in Hawaii.
	golfdigest.com /newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/2003grandslam.html (899 words)

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