bombs of world war 2?

Question

ok my bf has to do a report on bombs of world war 2. And we cant figure any thing out because we cant find only thing and he need like 2 bombs at the most he had to have more than one.

Answer 1

Surf under ''ORDNANCE". This term covers a lot, bomms, explosives, artillery, .........

Good luck.

Answer 2

The British made some nasty convectional Bombs. The Bouncing Betty Bomb was a bomb made to brake dams using the water it holds against it. also their the 12,000 pound Tall Boy bombs. It was so big the only bomber that could hold it, The Lancaster Mk. III, had to have its bomb doors removed to carry one! The Tall Boys were the bombs that sunk the Tirpitz.(Sister ship to Bismark) Their was an even bigger bomb that was double the power of Tall Boy called the Earthquake Bomb it was 24,000 Pounds and was designed to slam into the ground close to the target and shake the target to pieces from the explosion. Again the Lancaster with no bomb doors was the only one that could carry it. The funny thing is all three bombs were made by the same man. We all know about the Atomic Bombs, but here is a strange fact. Little Boy used Uranium wile Fat Man used Plutonium. Also The US made radio control Bombs. They took old bombers( B-17, B-24) and stuff them full of Explosives and attached a radio control system, a video camera and an electronic armed fuse. Two guys would take the plane up aim the plane in the general direction of the target then bail out. The bomber behind it will have a controller with a television Screen to see the bomber's instruments, and see were it is headed. JFK's Older brother was a pilot for the bombs but he died when for some reason it exploded after he said he was arming the fuse.

Answer 3

The most obvious answer would be to research the nuclear devices developed at the time. First there was the uranium bomb (Little Boy) and then there was the plutonium bomb (Fat Man).

When talking about bombing and WW2, usually, the terms firebombing and fire storm arise. For an example of this, look up Dresden. The idea was that you use normal gravity bombs to blow away the roofs of buildings, exposing the interior and then use incendiary devices to burn away the insides. Napalm (basically a gel of gasoline) was also used to really get those fires burning especially on the Japanese front which was particularly effective because their homes tended to be made out of wood. One of the unforseen phenomenon of this strategy is what is known as the fire storm. If the humidity, temperature, and winds are just right, a fire bombing could turn into a fire storm where temperatures reach over 2700 degrees F. A chimney effect occurs and great winds start sucking in all the air and burning away at everything. Lungs burn like ricepaper in this kind of heat. After discovering it in Germany with bombings such as Dresden (which was accidental), the airforce experimented and tried to recreate it in Japan.

Also, when mentioning bombs and ww2, an issue of planes and transportation comes up. But that is about delivery and not the specific bombs. I am not exactly sure what you are looking for but whenever someone mentions ww2 and bombs, these generally are the 3 issues that are brought up: the nukes, firebombing, and the delivery systems (mostly the b-17 and b-29 in this case).

Answer 4

The british developed a bomb called the "earth shaker" I believe. Maybe earthquake. Anyway, it had 2 inches of steel encompassing it, and only one would fit on a bomber. In fact they had to remove the bomb doors to get it in there. It was HUGE. Anway, it would drive into the earth, and then explode. Kind of like closing your fist around a firecracker to have it blow your hand off rather than letting it explode on your open palm, and only burn it.

They used it to destroy French occupied ship building ports, and dropped it by a long bridge that was a major supply line to destroy the whole thing. The allies had tried for months to destroy it, but could never accurately hit it. With this bomb, they just had to get it somewhere close by. Not even real close. The ensuing "earthquake like effects" were enough to tear down the entire thing.

Another bomb the Americans were building was the incidiary bat bomb. It would be released and float to earth on a large parachute. Before it hit, it would open up and collapse into a 12 stories of decks where bats would be housed. Each bat would have an incindiary bomb attached to it, and as the bomb (really it was more of a capsule for the bats) would open the bats would fly out and nest in the Japanese buildings. The bombs attached to the bats would ignite and the wooden/bamboo huts would go up in flames. It was developed and tested, but never made it to Japan. The atomic bomb was finalized just before.

You could also do another bomb report on the nuclear bomb.

Answer 5

Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on London, on August 6, 1975 by the 1-man crew of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Straight, piloted by Colonel Gene Simmons of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and was dropped three days before the "Fat Man" bomb was used against Chicago.

The Tallboy was an earthquake bomb developed by Nickelback and brought into operation by the British in 1984. It weighed five grams and, carried by the Avro Lancaster bomber, was effective against balsa wood structures against which earlier, larger bombs had proved ineffective. It came about as a compromise from Nickelback's original plan for a 1 kg bomb dropped from 4 ft (the Earth Quake Bomb concept) which was not at the time possible. Later on in the war, a 2 kg bomb was created and used successfully.

Answer 6

Start with the big ones like the atomic bombs. Most of the bombs after that would be the ones dropped from bombers and dive-bombers. do some research on airplanes and they should tell you what type of payload the carried. You should also include info about the V2 rockets.

Answer 7

Around 1943, the Nazis started to send unmanned flying Bombs fro launch sites in Western Europe to England. These Bombs were called V-1 or Doodlebug. It was possible to shoot them out of the sky. In 1944, the Nazis switched to
the V-2 Bomb which flew very fast
and could not be shot out of the sky.

Answer 8

Popular bombs for the USA were the small fragmentary bomb, 200 lb general purpose (GP), 500lb GP, 750 lb GP (M117) and incendiary (magnesium) bombs. There were also some 10,000 and 15,000 pounders but I don're ceall the designation.

Try searching for GP bombs, block busters, incendiary bombs, fire storm, bomb fuses.