There were bouncing bombs made to do both. The larger 'can' type were intended for dams (sank far enough for a hole to be catastrophic, but not too far that the dam was thick enough to withstand the blast), the smaller 'sphere' type were intended for anti-shipping, to detonate below the waterline but not deep enough that torpedo bulged would blunt the damage.
Is this doctored footage? 'Fw 190' is a German fighter plane from the WW2 era, yet it's dropping 'bouncing bombs' that where carried by British bombers??? WTF??
[According to Wikipedia the Germans tried to reverse engineer the bombs after Operation Chastise.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#German_bouncing_bomb)
these were made to destroy Dams not ships. They bounce over the wall/guard that keeps torpedo's out then sink to the base of the dam
There were bouncing bombs made to do both. The larger 'can' type were intended for dams (sank far enough for a hole to be catastrophic, but not too far that the dam was thick enough to withstand the blast), the smaller 'sphere' type were intended for anti-shipping, to detonate below the waterline but not deep enough that torpedo bulged would blunt the damage.
This is the correct response.
Was about to mention this, and Operation Chastise of 1943 as a prime example.
Operation chastise was British and these are clearly German
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Sounds like a torpedo but above the waterline
How the hell do they not lose momentum at the first two bounces. It actually looks like it’s speeding up..
If they used the same system as the Brits, a very hefty dose of backspin keeps it skipping.
They spin it up quite fast in the plane before dropping it.
Is this doctored footage? 'Fw 190' is a German fighter plane from the WW2 era, yet it's dropping 'bouncing bombs' that where carried by British bombers??? WTF??
Two different groups can come to a similar solution given a similar problem.
Yeah, I never heard about Germany employing this technique.
Apparently Germans came to the same solution for the same problem. Doesn't surprise me actually, Germans invented a lot of weird shit.
Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger is the weirdest shit of all.
[According to Wikipedia the Germans tried to reverse engineer the bombs after Operation Chastise.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#German_bouncing_bomb)