Those dudes at the end literally standing there like “intriguing.”
@Kryszthatflufboi
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@dianapennepacker6854
Жыл бұрын
It is! They spun them up to a fast RPM before releasing and used flood lights that would converge together at a specific height so they knew they were just at the right altitude during the night raid. It is simple in theory and was effective! They did the mission which caused a ton of flooding. Don't know how many times they used it. An other cool concept bomb that probably would have killed more than nuclear bombs? Bat bombs! They tiny incinerator bombs on bats and let them lose. They'd fly up into the wooden houses and buildings of Japanese homes to roost and spread fire. They built a mock up town and tested it and it worked wonders. Think it worked TOO well and caught shyte on fire that wasn't suppose to but then it was canceled as the nukes became ready to test.
@theflyingbrit6345
Жыл бұрын
Got to love British engineering
@jamesmclemore9123
Жыл бұрын
I mean realistically what are they going to do about it?
@patchesix5848
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention: Regular torpedos dropped off aircraft would have worked just aswell until german dams put up preventative netting designed to stop them Hence the need for a bomb that would bounce over the nets.
@ContagiousSponge
Жыл бұрын
This takes skipping stones to another level
@bluecat435
Жыл бұрын
💀
@hanslamdoen6184
Жыл бұрын
That is afaik literally what inspired the design lol
@FinalWX13
Жыл бұрын
💀
@Eripmavs_D_Yraid
Жыл бұрын
@@hanslamdoen6184 a what?
@hanslamdoen6184
Жыл бұрын
@@Eripmavs_D_Yraid A skipping stone inspired the bouncy bomb, hence the heading.
@CooperDF
Жыл бұрын
I knew an old guy who went on a few dambuster missions. He was a tail gunner and went on 49 missions. He told me that airmen were only supposed to go on 25 missions, but he went on 49 because there was nothing better to do. He passed away a few years ago, and they put his bomber jacket on display at the local Lancaster Museum.
@zavigotham3403
11 ай бұрын
Hamilton ontario?
@ashenmoonclash
11 ай бұрын
Yup my Great Uncle flew his 25 missions in WWII and was done while getting a purple heart along the way. Being on an aircrew then was just a horrifying situation to be in everytime.
@nicolasc9687
Жыл бұрын
The story of the pilots who had to drop the skipping bombs are absolutely insane given the circumstances and pressure they were under. Real heroes. Edit: they had to fly feet off of the water in the dead of night with no lights (otherwise they'd be exposed) while being shot at and bombarded. If they were too low, the bomb would bounce back up and hit them, if they were too high, the skip might be ineffective, or not reach it's target. The bombs had to be dropped at just the right time too, otherwise the bomb might not skip far enough and not reach it's target, and if it was dropped too late it might not detonate as intended, or break upon smashing into walls/dams.
@JenP.R
Жыл бұрын
That’s crazy
@Man-dr1fk
Жыл бұрын
I ain’t readin allat…. (I read all of it)
@Mr.Grim_Death_The_Reaper
Жыл бұрын
Military wanted to play skipping stones but said it was to damn easy
@goobus_floobus
Жыл бұрын
Dam. Haha
@MythtrixAltros
Жыл бұрын
Heh
@brianllamas3719
Жыл бұрын
Military wanted to play skipping stones while dispensing freedom and found the solution
@JestersWrath
Жыл бұрын
@@brianllamas3719 Dambusters weren’t used by the US, they were only used once in an operation by the RAF because they weren’t seen as useful in other situations.
@wolfy7960
Жыл бұрын
@@brianllamas3719 they were designed and used by the RAF in Germany during ww2. Barns Wallace (might have spelt wrong) also designed a few other wacky ideas for bombing
@captain_commenter8796
Жыл бұрын
“Lol! They missed the dam Hans!” *“Wait a minute why is it bounci-“*
@618outdoors
Жыл бұрын
"Lol! Sie haben den Damm Hanz verpasst!" „Moment mal, warum hüpft es -“ you’re welcome- it’s in german
@RANDOMstuffCHANNEL.
Жыл бұрын
@@618outdoors lol ist nicht deutsch!
@618outdoors
Жыл бұрын
@@RANDOMstuffCHANNEL. man idk lmao it’s Google translate German
@WandenWaffler
Жыл бұрын
@618 Outdoors I just press the translate button under your comment.
@618outdoors
Жыл бұрын
@@WandenWaffler I don’t have that lol
@VelvetLynx11
Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the Lancaster bombers that dropped these
@DrivingDerbyshire
Жыл бұрын
I live near that reservoir. They still have a flyover of the plane every year. Stunning place in The Peak District, Northwest England.
@gergelymandi5717
Жыл бұрын
Fedex's new delivery method
@Mr.__Sofi
Жыл бұрын
shii it probably does less damage to the package that way 💀
@brodyevans9633
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@LordOfAlwar
Жыл бұрын
At least it's arriving that way.
@artbrann
Жыл бұрын
new?, been that way as long as I can remember if they find the right address that is (2112 and 212 are close enough, right?)
@Nomanjj
Жыл бұрын
As a package handler I can confirm this is the way 🗿
@gabrielthegamer0816
Жыл бұрын
What's next? An anti-air frisbee?
@Mr.Joe_Daddy
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@femed1283
Жыл бұрын
Dont give them ideas
@picklestheomnipotent4535
Жыл бұрын
claymore frisbee when
@martindinner3621
Жыл бұрын
Pye Wacket would like to know your position. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pye_Wacket
@Mr.Joe_Daddy
Жыл бұрын
@@martindinner3621 😭
@OGMandala
Жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong upping his game fr. Mario ain't surviving that 💀
@tomow7566
Жыл бұрын
Imagine standing at the shore of a dam watching a 1000 pound explosive ball bouncing toward you at 200 miles per hour
@callsign_cowabunga
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: these bombs posed a genuine threat to the aircraft that dropped them. Since the planes would have to fly low to the water, the splash from the bomb hitting the water would send water pillars up, impacting the planes, causing damage to the underside of the aircraft. This could result in hydraulic damage, preventing the pilots from properly controlling the control surfaces.
@mr.sunmeadow
Жыл бұрын
Even worse, the bombs could bounce up and hit the plane. I think I saw some footage of it happening during a test. No survivors..
@hypemars
Жыл бұрын
@@mr.sunmeadow no that’s only because the plane descended and slowed down, usually you would ascend and accelerate
@erictheepic5019
Жыл бұрын
@@shootmcrunfast The bomb has energy stored as angular momentum. If some of this angular momentum is converted to linear momentum, the bomb might hit the plane at the peak of the first bounce, assuming the pilot didn't pull away. Me-163 pilots experienced something similar while dropping their plane's disposable landing gear.
@rampymcstampy7876
Жыл бұрын
@@hypemars there’s actually many videos of test drops where the bomb comes back up and hits a level-flying plane
@blackcountryme
Жыл бұрын
so they invented a way so this wouldn't happen, two spotlights mounted underneath the plane angled so they merged together at 50ft.
@thebritishmemecompany2556
Жыл бұрын
The bomb’s codename was actually ‘Upkeep’ and was based off of a standard naval Depth charge.
@quarkedbutt3957
Жыл бұрын
Naaaaah, the guy who came up with this was watching his daughter throw marbles onto a tub of water.
@infernaldaedra
Жыл бұрын
@@quarkedbutt3957 nah the guy that designed it was nearly killed the first time they tested it
@davidblinman
Жыл бұрын
I have no recollection of Barnes Wallace being in harms way during testing, and I've read Dam busters about 30 times. How was he nearly killed.
@martintodd9944
Жыл бұрын
Did you see the aiming device they created for it? They had to judge distance height and speed and spin but made an amazing but of kit so they could drop it just right
@aaronlucas2185
Жыл бұрын
Well the bomb had a different name, The Dambusters were the Airmen involved in Operation Chastise
@izthistle6196
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the bomber planes for this operation was modified to spin the bomb before dropping it, and there’s a scope for a crew to check for the precise moment to drop the bomb. They also had to fly really slow and close to the water because the angle and speed is critical too, which is dangerous to do for a plane that size. Out of the 19 planes that was sent out, 8 of them didn’t return
@sacredham9782
Жыл бұрын
Dear God please put this in warthunder
@THESLlCK
Жыл бұрын
There are already explosives as well as napalm in war thunder that bounce on water
@malcolmeaston5639
Жыл бұрын
They put one of its siblings in with sky guardians, the 12000 Tallboy. Same designer, Guy designed Bouncing Bombs, Tallboy, Grandslam and Disney Bomb.
@nijivl
Жыл бұрын
YES PLEASE
@phantombinks1453
Жыл бұрын
I think it already is
@kinnie3221
Жыл бұрын
It is :) British Frontline bombers like the Stirling have 4000lb bombs, which are exactly what these are :)
@randolphphillips3104
Жыл бұрын
The skip would go over torpedo nets and it caused backspin. When it hit a dam, it would hug up to the wall and drive to the bottom before exploding right up against the dam so as to damage or weaken it underwater and let gravity do the rest. Not sure if it ever destroyed a dam in combat, but tested well. The technique was dam buster, the bomb itself was highball. The squadron that dropped them were also nicknamed the dambusters.
@dustinthornburg8545
Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, the only mission these were used in, they destroyed 2 of the 3 dams that were hit
@Lowbungle
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure highball is the antiship varient as seen at the end of this footage. It's a sphere hence the "ball"
@Jantheyesman
Жыл бұрын
You can look up operation chastise. I live near that dam. When the waterlevel ist low you can still see a church tower.
@genesis209_gd
Жыл бұрын
@@dustinthornburg8545 hehe, i often go to one of the two dams.
@dorykbum
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was used in combat by the RAF and RAAF and was successful
@Tomyironmane
Жыл бұрын
Ah good old Barnes Wallis. He also invented the Geodesic airframe used in the Wellington and pioneered the Earthquake bomb. Fun fact, they had to remove the dorsal turret on the bomber that dropped those skipping bombs to make room for a motor to spin it before the drop, because that backspin you see is a critical part of the delivery process.
@TronTuborg
Жыл бұрын
Wait until he gets to the Tallboys, Little Miss MOAB's great grand daddy!
@Ki_Adi_Mundi
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a documentary about the development of these. IIRC it was for a single specific mission where it had to be done at night with no lights and from very close to the ground therefore conventional weapons were deemed no good.
@fenrisvii
Жыл бұрын
They used it multiple times, but it was planned for the Möhnetalsperre, which was destroyed. They attacked four other dams, but only one other got destroyed. Its a really interesting story, of 133 involved soldiers, 53 died.
@delusionalmerg1323
Жыл бұрын
imagine going fishing and you see this flying towards you
@Faithful687
Жыл бұрын
💀💀☠️☠️
@NavyThunder_YT
Жыл бұрын
Lancaster intensifies*
@kierandean8220
Жыл бұрын
So pissed he didn't even mention it
@Hbomb-nm2fv
Жыл бұрын
The second clip is actually from the show Ice pilots, when buffalo airways used a DC-4 to replicate the dam buster’s mission. They used a 55 gallon drum filled with concrete to break a dam made out of cinderblocks. Was pretty cool
@soulreaperin
Жыл бұрын
There is a model at RAF Scampton and a monument to the crew who dropped it.
@LBCB94025
Жыл бұрын
they specifically have a *backspin* (its spun before dropping*) so as it goes forward (after an airplane drops it*) and it hits the dam it bounces Backwards so it stops and sinks *At the dam*.. that's why its special/different* (im surprised you didn't mention that!?) 🧐🤔🤨🤷🏼
@shitoryu8
Жыл бұрын
Foreals, there are entire documentaries on the development of this weapon and its use against dams.
@LBCB94025
Жыл бұрын
@@shitoryu8 and they go into NONE of what makes it interesting in this video!?!? Im honestly thinking about starting to make my own videos that includes the fkn good parts!?!? 🧐🤔🤨👎🏻🤦🏼🙄😒🤷🏼
@mortenbarth746
Жыл бұрын
I live near a dam which explode with this bomb At the möhnesee in Germany it was part of World War Two
@theubiquitouspotato
Жыл бұрын
The crazy bastards who dropped them are national heroes here in the UK.
@Deadxman616
Жыл бұрын
It is amazing how many times the craziest ideas actually work
@PrussianPoe
Жыл бұрын
Basically, a bouncy barrel of explosives that hurl towards the target.
@chriscarter2583
Жыл бұрын
James, man i love your content plus the side humor u throw in, keep on contenting brother always makes me smile 👍👍
@michaelathens953
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing a Lancaster bomber could take off carrying both this, and the tremendous weight of the crew's gigantic steel balls. Which I assume they'd need to carry out the low and slow bombing runs these required.
@wolfy7960
Жыл бұрын
Just wait till you hear about the grandslam and tall boy.
@vain_pain0
Жыл бұрын
They took stepping stone way too far bro💀😭
@edwardkim2416
Жыл бұрын
Theres something charming about pure kinetic energy weapons like this one or the rail gun
@regularpit1508
Жыл бұрын
They are incredibly sophisticated for the time as they have to spin the bomb in a counter rotating direction to make it bounce better. It also is meant to hit a damn roll down to a set depth and detonate like a depth charge. I hope he does the Glomar Explorer one day.
@gunnerchaney
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he skipped a lot of the story.
@d.o.g573
Жыл бұрын
So sophisticated in drowning more than 5000 civilians in a 30 feet high wave ?
@brianpinkey676
Жыл бұрын
The spin was designed to keep the bomb at the dam as it submerged in the water. The bounce was a byproduct of that design, it wasn't designed for the bounce.
@penguinking1481
Жыл бұрын
First. The angry skipping stone is a good name for it
@sethkirk8037
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: I live about a 20 minute drive from where these were invented
@billy.g3597
Жыл бұрын
617 Squadron motto... " Apres moi le deluge" (After me, the flood).
@h3eal22not
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention you at more risk of dying Han your enemy due to bouncing back up and blowing you up.
@williampierce5579
Жыл бұрын
It can't bounce higher than it was originally released from
@idontknowanygoodnames1498
Жыл бұрын
@@williampierce5579yes it can. Its given extra energy as it's spun before release, this energy can on same occasions be transferred into more height
@mr.sunmeadow
Жыл бұрын
@@williampierce5579 that’s true.. but the bomb had energy in form of forward momentum (390km/h) and a backspin of 500rpm. I think there is a video of an A-26C hitting itself with the bomb while doing similar testing - although it was flying much lower.. I don’t know how KZitem will like that my comment includes a video link, so I’ll botch it up a little hehe https :// youtu. be/ F-0czoTQOTc (just remove the spaces, and there you go _:)_ ) I think the Lancasters were _mostly_ safe from the bomb _returning to sender,_ at the altitude of 60ft, but, idk, if the conditions were right, maybe? Anti-air was a bigger threat anyways.
@andmetalforall2763
Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourite movies.
@rulebritannia2500
Жыл бұрын
Max Hastings has a really good book on it.
@joedunleavy7066
Жыл бұрын
Saw the movie when I was young. Was amazed by all the engineering and planning that went into this project
@pugrosecarriephonenut
Жыл бұрын
afterwards we can say "damn, that dam got damned!"
@Jamk14
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe this man's at almost 800k 😭😭 they grow up so fast
@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol
Жыл бұрын
Everyone underestimated us Englishmen!
@Braydenbell9310
Жыл бұрын
“This is a dambuster, if i get demonetized for saying that I’m gonna lose my shi-“ had me dying 🤣💀
@cheburgg
Жыл бұрын
Forbidden skipping stone 💀
@elone4567
Жыл бұрын
This reminds of a game we would play, someone would bring a rc boat to the beach and we'll pitch stones at it
@reblanium
Жыл бұрын
You wouldn't get demonitized if you called it by it true name “Bouncing Betty”
@thiusw
Жыл бұрын
that's not a bouncing betty.
@tommo258
Жыл бұрын
The reason these were developed was so that they'd skip along to the dam and sink to the bottom, then blow up there. This caused more damage to the dam compared to the equivalent bomb going off at the surface. Invented by Barnes Wallace and made famous by a raid of the RAF Dambusters in the Ruhr valley in WW2
@andrewzamora2689
Жыл бұрын
"Skipping stones may brake my bones but the dambuster will roll right through you"
@hypemars
Жыл бұрын
Ain’t no way, some kids in these comments are saying it’s both an American and a Canadian bomb😂, I guess y’all were getting shot at mid history lesson
@elliotowens5757
Жыл бұрын
😂
@FDGQQW
Жыл бұрын
You won't get demonetized. KZitem just changed their policies
@lukesalvidge118
Жыл бұрын
Why would he get demonetized anyways
@jonasebel8509
Жыл бұрын
The Möhnetalsperre (a dam, in Germany, close to where I live) was destroyed by one of these in Operation Chastise in 1943.
@brianpham3643
Жыл бұрын
Bro they took skipping stones to a whole different level
@youngking4927
Жыл бұрын
Why was it weirdly satisfying to watch it bounce 🙃
@wizardly9211
Жыл бұрын
Damn Buster, that dam-buster looks strong
@arizz_00
Жыл бұрын
*bounces over dam* “Oh.”
@izthistle6196
Жыл бұрын
That actually happened with some of the bombs because the timing had to be precise to hit the dam
@Everyoneallatonceinoneplace
Жыл бұрын
The dam buster sees a dam, and oh boy is it ever pissed
@cyril8084
Жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather was a Dambusters was a rear gunner was a very dangerous job. Died from the flu 9 days after the war was done.
@Jjnicklejack
Жыл бұрын
Bro went from “this shit scary” to “I’m telling you some scary facts bro deal w/it”
@75GOLD
Жыл бұрын
I love hearing loud military equipment on your channel
@ShowerOnceYearly
Жыл бұрын
Imagine you're out for a swim and this bad boy comes down
@treywilliams1388
Жыл бұрын
When I woke up today I didn’t expect to learn that we apparently had weaponized skipping Stones
@spectro742
Жыл бұрын
Reason for the skipping bombs: torpedo nets in the water would prevent torpedo bombers from hitting the dam. 2: hitting a dam with a Lancaster is very hard from altitude - basically impossible. Dive-bombing might be precise but probably wouldn't deliver a big enough payload. Solution: bouncing bomb that skips over the nets and crashes into the side of the dam. The bouncing bombs were spun-up before takeoff and stayed spinning long enough for the planes to get to Germany and drop them. Very dangerous bombing mission; flying low and in a straight line towards a dam makes you easy to hit with AA guns.
@yourRussianBoi
Жыл бұрын
"This is the "Dambuster"... If they going to demonetize me Im going to lose my sh-" Made my better day😂
@bunx2021
Жыл бұрын
When it flies into you, only shoes remain
@pngfile_
Жыл бұрын
“Nice, I got three skips!” -some random pilot
@generalmits
Жыл бұрын
Smooth skipping stones been real quiet since this one dropped
@autisticgamingslitherysnake
Жыл бұрын
Bro was scared of being demonetized for saying "dambuster" Then he literally says shit 5 seconds later
@dong7474
Жыл бұрын
The way they got this thing to work (albeit barely) was actually fucking insane.
@culpy2449
Жыл бұрын
I'm just imagining what it would be like standing guard at your base and you just see plane deployed skipping stone bouncing toward you to deliver your enviable doom.
@marp_625
Жыл бұрын
A random barrel-shaped object that flings itself across water from planes into buildings? Sounds like my kind of weapon.
@Versuchstrager-VT1-2
Жыл бұрын
British guy just drunk a tea then said: How can we make the wierdest weapon to exist?
@mimbomimbo
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe they made the freemans mind magician act in real life.
@RedEyesSV
Жыл бұрын
It's pretty fun to imagine a cartoonish boing sound every time it bounces.
@frostyvr9805
Жыл бұрын
Nanton Alberta has a Full scale replica of one of these bombs. They’re massive. They also have a Lancaster with its other two special bombs
@frostytheiceberg1127
Жыл бұрын
"haha big rock" is my favorite strategy
@easternag16
Жыл бұрын
Call me Hoover bc my dam is busting... wait
@clusterwaffles4679
Жыл бұрын
That one angry bird with full power
@danielmeehan6318
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a budget friendly design
@oren6488
Жыл бұрын
The inventor was a pretty cool dude.
@oliverwebster-in9dt
Жыл бұрын
Bruh imagine skipping stones off of a damn then you hear those engines.
@Its_me_Stolas
Жыл бұрын
The world's scariest skipjack
@Hat7062
Жыл бұрын
"sir the enemy is closing in what should we do!" " *Release the rolling balls* "
@outkast937
Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when that one kid from camp joins DARPA... He went from skippin rocks to skippin ordnance 😂
@gsallpurposechannel1103
Жыл бұрын
This whole Lancaster mission was insane not just the bombs
@Neonstripesmokes420
Жыл бұрын
That's fucking terrifying and I love it
@cooper5365
Жыл бұрын
Imagine seeing that shit SKIPPING over WATER towards you
@leopard_2A6-906
Жыл бұрын
You would first see a Lancaster squadron
@KingofFrauds
Жыл бұрын
This feels like a weird alt fire in a video that only a few people know how to use, but they’re really good at it
@JeremyFinch42
Жыл бұрын
This is the shit they hit King Kong with.
@Aiden-Ed
Жыл бұрын
“I better not get demonetized for saying dam” “It blows up the damn dam”
@Pizza3.0
Жыл бұрын
The fact the military made a bouncy ball piece of artillery says, “I can fucking annihilate a whole army, wanna see?”
@brennentodd5657
Жыл бұрын
“This is a damn buster” that’s what I heard
@DistortedMartyr
Жыл бұрын
The put gunpowder in a oil drum and called it a bomb 😂
@dfhjvh2093
Жыл бұрын
That’s the ultimate Skippingstone
@1Scimetar
Жыл бұрын
Bomb skipping was a tactic used by crews of American B-25 bombers as well. This was to plant the deployed ordinance directly into the superstructure (the parts of the ship that extend above the deck of the ship they're on, including masts, exhaust funnels for the engines, and command decks) of Japanese naval vesels. They'd most commonly do this with destroyers, usually using 500lbs bombs, often utterly breaking and sinking the targeted ship.
@linus8380
Жыл бұрын
We've gone so far as to weaponize rock skipping
@datoneguyinthecorner5923
Жыл бұрын
POV: your explanation of that one time you hit the perfect skip
@blessingcosmo1236
Жыл бұрын
“Amma lose my shi-“😂😂
@dannyvegito6357
Жыл бұрын
FearJames lookin like the skinny clone FearJames stepped into his place 😂😂
@LaFlame297
Жыл бұрын
I swear you did this one before and that’s how I already knew what this was. I was searching for this weeks ago and couldn’t find it, appreciate you my boy 🤝🏾
@Maltor95
Жыл бұрын
One of these bad boys hit a dam close to where I life, you can see parts of the damage to this day.
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