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Hot Research Topics => Aircraft, Armor, Weapons and Ships by Topic => Weapon Systems. Real and Imagined. => Topic started by: Weaver on July 25, 2013, 04:21:39 PM

Title: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Weaver on July 25, 2013, 04:21:39 PM
Well here's one I'd never heard of, the 4,500 lb rocket-assisted "Disney Bomb" developed by the Royal Navy in WWII and deployed by USAAF B-17s to destroy U-boat pens:

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff1%2FDisney_bomb.png&hash=bb00bbf8b25f0e60a3bc1b0dc3c691dab1f20ca5)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F5%2F5b%2FDisney_Bomb_Diagram.png%2F800px-Disney_Bomb_Diagram.png&hash=9a7dab1ca3816eb9d0db296e2609e950dfc7dbb2)

From here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_bomb
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: deathjester on July 25, 2013, 04:31:08 PM
My friend, what that photo of the weapon needs is a Photoshopped in Mickey Mouse, sitting astride the bomb, waving a General's hat in the air... :lol:
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: rickshaw on July 25, 2013, 04:58:10 PM
Where do the rockets exhaust?
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Weaver on July 25, 2013, 05:49:59 PM
DJ:   ;D

Rickshaw: they exhause at the back: the tailcone blows off.
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Thorvic on July 26, 2013, 12:19:19 AM
Perhaps one for Colin to consider ?
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: PR19_Kit on July 26, 2013, 02:06:32 AM
Like the Durandal's grandad  ;D
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: scooter on July 26, 2013, 03:05:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 26, 2013, 02:06:32 AM
Like the Durandal's grandad  ;D

So I guess that it makes it the GBU-28's great grandfather? ;D
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: PR19_Kit on July 26, 2013, 03:12:25 AM
Quote from: scooter on July 26, 2013, 03:05:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 26, 2013, 02:06:32 AM
Like the Durandal's grandad  ;D

So I guess that it makes it the GBU-28's great grandfather? ;D

Does the GBU-28 have a booster rocket in the tail? It's not mentioned in the Wiki page for the weapon.
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Dizzyfugu on July 26, 2013, 03:29:03 AM
It should not, even though I remember that a rocket booster had been developed, but the result was an "AGM", not a "GBU", IIRC.
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Weaver on July 26, 2013, 06:09:36 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on July 26, 2013, 12:19:19 AM
Perhaps one for Colin to consider ?

Waaay ahead of you...... ;D :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: kerick on July 26, 2013, 06:37:07 AM
I read the Wikipedia story last night. It seems the bomb was not very effective on the U boat and E boat pens. It would punch a hole in the roof but not much else. It just wasn't big enough. It appears the idea of using it on concrete runways never occurred to anyone, which would have been useful against the early jets.
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Captain Canada on October 08, 2013, 08:00:30 PM
Wow...that thing is the 'bomb'  :thumbsup:

What are the dimensions ? Would look awesome with 4 of them strapped into a Lanc !

:cheers:
Title: Re: The Disney Bomb
Post by: Logan Hartke on October 08, 2013, 08:22:30 PM
By the way, in case anyone was wondering, I was watching this film recently (which I would highly recommend, incidentally) and I imagine that this is where the bomb got its name.

Disney's "Victory Through Air Power" 1943.  Start at 1:00:56. (http://youtu.be/cSSQicMyO7M?t=1h56s)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chroniquedisney.fr%2FimgAnimation%2F1940%2F1943-victoire-1.jpg&hash=be4f97284d76b213ebba6b8fce6334814267d83d) (http://youtu.be/cSSQicMyO7M?t=1h56s)

Cheers,

Logan
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