Sorry about starting a new topic when I have so few replies...but this is very unique and I have found no previous posts on it in the Archives or here.

During WW2, the British were pretty desperate to sink the German Tirpitz. One of the weapons they came up with was the "Bouncing Bomb". It was a barrel dropped from an airplane at about 60 feet over the water in front of a target. The Barrel spun at 500 rpm and was dropped at 240 MPH. When it hit the water, it would skim and bounce along the surface (hence the name) until it rammed the target. It would then sink a few feet under the surface of the water and explode...causing the maximum possible damage. It was used to damage a German dam, but was not used on the Tirpitz since the Tallboy/Earthquake bomb was developed shortly after.

Now, imagine the fun we could have with an improvised Bouncing Bomb. We could have a small can filled with some explosive (I guess that would depend on what kind you like) and fired from a launcher. The launcher would get it up to a speed that it would be able to bounce along the water's surface, but I'm not sure how to get the can to spin fast enough?

As a weapon, this is really pointless. But to me atleast, there's just something about watching watching something bounce towards a target and then explode. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

I don't see any much merit as a weapon, really.

Maybe belongs in pyrotechnics.

Anyway, not my job... back to the post...

Certain grenades shoot around like that so that those on the recieving end can't grab them and throw them back. Croud control mostly, I believe, not sure though...

Anyway you could probably attach a co2 cartridge (like those used in pellet guns, or maybe bigger ones, like for paintball guns), and have the end punctured after a short delay. As in, after you have thrown it. :)

Anyway, doesn't seem that exciting to me. :shrug:

<small>[ June 26, 2002, 02:50 AM: Message edited by: Tyler_Durden ]</small>

I believe the Chileans (or was it South Africans?) used something like that with a cluster bomb for use against airfields and such. The bomblets had a thick rubberized coating which caused them to bounce upon hitting a hard surface. They would then detonate in the air. I have the details somewhere in my files, but don't immediately recall them.
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this page should help, a simple search on google found this.

<a href="http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/The%20Bouncing%20Bomb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/The%20Bouncing%20Bomb.htm</a>