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The Army Test New Long Range Bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiff" data-source="post: 275112" data-attributes="member: 10739"><p>Hi britz I'm guessing your referring to Sir Barnes Wallis an English scientist....His most famous cylindrical bombs were used in operation Chastise, AKA 'The Dam Busters'. </p><p>He also designed the 'Highball' bombs that are dimpled, much like modern golf balls/the basis of this article. More info here:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb" target="_blank">Bouncing bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Wallis" target="_blank">Barnes Wallis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise" target="_blank">Operation Chastise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiff, post: 275112, member: 10739"] Hi britz I'm guessing your referring to Sir Barnes Wallis an English scientist....His most famous cylindrical bombs were used in operation Chastise, AKA 'The Dam Busters'. He also designed the 'Highball' bombs that are dimpled, much like modern golf balls/the basis of this article. More info here: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb"]Bouncing bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Wallis"]Barnes Wallis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise"]Operation Chastise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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