Ten Ton Tess

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Ten Ton Tess was the colloquial nickname for the massive British Grand Slam earthquake bomb used during World War II to destroy heavily fortified targets.

All labels observed (2)

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Ten Ton Tess canonical 2
Ten Ton Tessie 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerial bomb ⓘ
bomb ⓘ
colloquial name ⓘ
earthquake bomb ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ten Ton Tess ⓘ
Ten Ton Tessie ⓘ
linked to: Ten Ton Tess
appliedTo massive British Grand Slam earthquake bomb ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Air Force operations ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
denotes very large bomb ⓘ
deployedFrom Avro Lancaster bomber ⓘ
linked to: Avro Lancaster
designer Barnes Wallis ⓘ
developedIn 1940s ⓘ
filledWith high explosive ⓘ
firstUseDate 1945 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
massApproximate 10000 kg ⓘ
22000 lb ⓘ
purpose to create earthquake-like shock waves ⓘ
to destroy heavily fortified targets ⓘ
to penetrate reinforced concrete structures ⓘ
refersTo Grand Slam bomb ⓘ
targetType bunkers ⓘ
hardened structures ⓘ
railway viaducts ⓘ
submarine pens ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ

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Grand Slam bomb → nickname → Ten Ton Tess ⓘ
Grand Slam bomb → alsoKnownAs → Ten Ton Tess ⓘ
subject linked to: Ten Ton Tess
Grand Slam bomb → alsoKnownAs → Ten Ton Tessie ⓘ
subject linked to: Ten Ton Tess
linked to: Ten Ton Tess