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The Grand Slam was a earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War. Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000 lb, it was a scaled-up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bombs' inventor, Barnes Wallis, had envisaged when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea. It was also nicknamed "Ten ton Tess".

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  • Grand Slam (bomb)
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  • The Grand Slam was a earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War. Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000 lb, it was a scaled-up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bombs' inventor, Barnes Wallis, had envisaged when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea. It was also nicknamed "Ten ton Tess".
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Number
  • 42(xsd:integer)
is explosive
  • Yes
detonation
  • penetration: 2–
part length
  • Tail
filling
  • Torpex D1
Service
  • 1945(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Grand Slam
Type
Caption
  • A Grand Slam bomb being handled at RAF Woodhall Spa
yield
  • 6(xsd:double)
Wars
Manufacturer
  • Vickers, SheffieldClyde Alloy/Steel Company of Scotland, Blochairn, Glasgow
is UK
  • Yes
Used by
production date
  • 1944(xsd:integer)
design date
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
Variants
  • M110 22,000-lb GP Bomb
Designer
abstract
  • The Grand Slam was a earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War. Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000 lb, it was a scaled-up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bombs' inventor, Barnes Wallis, had envisaged when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea. It was also nicknamed "Ten ton Tess".
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