Highball anti-ship bouncing bomb - GIF

Highball anti-ship bouncing bomb test drop.

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More:

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


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...968#post133858
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...063#post176230
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...830#post156242
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...204#post130538
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...228#post153978
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...762#post159745

"Anti-ship?"

Looks like the dam buster experiments.

Camera operator with giant balls too

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-IxiZyGRk

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