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<blockquote data-quote="Sea Skimmer" data-source="post: 153952" data-attributes="member: 1836"><p>http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA065940</p><p>I suggest browsing this report, <span style="font-family: 'arial'">Comparative Test of the Effectiveness of Large Bombs against Reinforced Concrete Structures (Anglo-American Bomb Tests-Project RUBY) </span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Basically in 1946 the US dropped all its heaviest and best bombs around on the Farge U-boat bunker in Germany, including a number of Disney Bombs. Conclusion was none of the bombs actually worked well on mass concrete targets, and the Disney Bomb in specific was unreliable for various reasons. However it also says the bomb did in fact perforate a 14ft 9in thick slab (4.5m), and was expected to have been able to perforate up to 16ft 4in. It could not beat the part of the roof that was 23ft thick (7m). This is on page 12 of the PDF file. Unreliability included a problem that it would breakup if it hit a wall inside the bunker moving sideways and not detonate. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Page 22 on gives details of the specific Disney test impacts, Page 120 onward shows photos of impact craters, though the scan is not very good, still worth looking at though</p><p></p><p></p><p>For anyone interested, the results of these trials were used to make two new 25,000lb bombs, one shaped like Grand Slam and one shaped like a modern BLU-109 style warhead, which were then dropped on Farge in 1949. This explains why you see stuff like the B-47 bomber being randomly listed as able to carry 25,000lb conventional bombs that are otherwise highly obscure. No signs that I can find that the Disney rocket bomb concept was pursued further by the USAF. </p><p>Some test results for those weapons can be found here</p><p><a href="http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0376934&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf">http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0376934&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sea Skimmer, post: 153952, member: 1836"] http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA065940 I suggest browsing this report, [SIZE=0][font=arial]Comparative Test of the Effectiveness of Large Bombs against Reinforced Concrete Structures (Anglo-American Bomb Tests-Project RUBY) [/font][/SIZE] Basically in 1946 the US dropped all its heaviest and best bombs around on the Farge U-boat bunker in Germany, including a number of Disney Bombs. Conclusion was none of the bombs actually worked well on mass concrete targets, and the Disney Bomb in specific was unreliable for various reasons. However it also says the bomb did in fact perforate a 14ft 9in thick slab (4.5m), and was expected to have been able to perforate up to 16ft 4in. It could not beat the part of the roof that was 23ft thick (7m). This is on page 12 of the PDF file. Unreliability included a problem that it would breakup if it hit a wall inside the bunker moving sideways and not detonate. Page 22 on gives details of the specific Disney test impacts, Page 120 onward shows photos of impact craters, though the scan is not very good, still worth looking at though For anyone interested, the results of these trials were used to make two new 25,000lb bombs, one shaped like Grand Slam and one shaped like a modern BLU-109 style warhead, which were then dropped on Farge in 1949. This explains why you see stuff like the B-47 bomber being randomly listed as able to carry 25,000lb conventional bombs that are otherwise highly obscure. No signs that I can find that the Disney rocket bomb concept was pursued further by the USAF. Some test results for those weapons can be found here [url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0376934&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf]http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0376934&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]
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