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  1. Jul 22, 2021, 08:27 PM #1
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    Highball anti-ship bouncing bomb - GIF

    Highball anti-ship bouncing bomb test drop.




    More:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#Highball


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    "Anti-ship?"

    Looks like the dam buster experiments.
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    That's what I thought at first too. Turns out the "highballs" were a 2nd generation anti-ship bouncing bomb.

    Mentioned with photo at about 2:44 in:


    And a number of other videos as well, including the far too lengthy: "Highball - The other "bouncing bomb"



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