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To: Rummyfan

Wasn’t Tirpitz destroyed by one of the first experimental guided bombs. It was huge as well as I remember.


13 posted on 05/28/2023 3:11:15 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Not sure about that... There was an earlier mission utilizing two-man underwater... craft... not submarines, the crew rode them in diving gear and they dropped amatol under her hull, with time delay fuses so they could get away. The explosions damaged the Tirpitz but did not sink her.


17 posted on 05/28/2023 3:18:45 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man; Rummyfan

The Tirpitz was damaged by the mini-sub raid. But she was sunk by bombers dropping unguided 10,000 pounder bombs. She was hit a couple of times and rolled over.


19 posted on 05/28/2023 3:23:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_bomb


22 posted on 05/28/2023 3:30:34 PM PDT by Daaave ('You Nexus huh? I design your eyes.')
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To: Macho MAGA Man

No, that was the HMS Barham. It was sunk by a German radio controlled guided bomb.


25 posted on 05/28/2023 4:04:56 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Tirpitz was hit multiple times by tall boys and had multiple near misses. The first strike they attempted put one right through her deck but they were able to control the flooding. The last time she was hit twice on the same side as they were moving her to a new location and they couldn’t counter flood in time and she rolled over.


60 posted on 05/29/2023 12:08:29 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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