Unfuelled mass: 278 kg (612 lb). For a warhead, Tiny Tim utilized a 500 lb semi-armor-piercing high explosive bomb. To expedite the manufacturing of this rocket, available resources were used. It was built in response to a United States Navy requirement for an anti-shipping rocket capable of hitting ships outside of their anti-aircraft range, with a payload capable of sinking heavy shipping. 500-lb semi armour-piercing bombs already in the inventory were fitted to used oil-well casing pipe which could be found in abundance at abandoned oil wells. and was also designated the 11.75-inch aircraft rocket (its diameter or caliber). ), which could destroy coastal defense guns, pill boxes, bridges, tanks, and ships. For those who don’t know, this is a 500lbs rocket that is meant for bunker and ship busting. And it does it very well. For the American sport shooter, see William Demarest (sport shooter). While tested, it was never placed in production. The Tiny Tim was an American air-to-ground rocket used near the end of the Second World War.It was built in response to a United States Navy requirement for an anti-ship rocket capable of hitting ships outside of their anti-aircraft range, with a payload capable of sinking heavy shipping. While tested, it was never placed in production. Targets selected included bridges, concrete reinforced pillboxes, tanks, ships and other hardened targets as the rocket specialized in embedding itself into an object before exploding causing both explosive and shock damage from within the target. Notice the 24 smaller exhaust nozzles arranged in two concentric circular patterns around the larger center exhaust nozzle.pages 97–108 of the China Lake History: History of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, Volume 2 “The Grand Experiment at Inyokern.’ This book is available for purchase at the China Lake museum gift shop. Hey guys. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver firing a Tiny Tim rocket.
© 2010—2020 by Gaijin Entertainment. One source states it was built in response to a United States Navy requirement for an anti-shipping rocket capable of hitting ships outside of their anti-aircraft range, with a payload capable of sinking heavy shipping. And it does it very well. Towards the end of World War II saw the invention of equipment and weapons intending to help spare the lives of military personnel and their equipment while still inflicting damage on the enemy. The rocket body was manufactured from 11.75 in (298 mm) used oil field pipe and available in abundance and specifically because it was the perfect size to adapt existing 500-lb (226.7 kg) semi armour-piercing bombs in the military's arsenal. Notes: At a meeting on 2 February 1944, the preliminary specifications were … One such invention was the United States Navy's Tiny Tim rocket which could hit a ship while the attacking aircraft remained safely outside of the range of the anti-aircraft fire.
[1] However, according to the China Lake Weapons Digest, [2] the Tiny Tim was It weighed 1,250 pounds (567 kg.) The Tiny Tim air-to-ground missile was the largest American rocket in service during World War II. The United States Navy also experimented with a version of the Tiny Tim which was a two-stage rocket, with another Tiny Tim rocket motor mounted behind a complete Tiny Tim.
All rights reserved. Hey guys. groene wand) zeer compact en neemt t.o.v. Utilising its TNT warhead, it was used to take out coastal defence guns, bridges, pillboxes, tanks and was credited with sinking one Japanese ship and damaging another. Test vehicle using a Naval Propellant Plant solid rocket engine. To help speed up the development process of the Tiny Tim rocket, engineers scrapped together existing parts and equipment where they could to help save time. The 3,000 lbf (13 kN) blast from the ignition of the solid rocket propellant could damage the delivery aircraft so the rocket was modified to be dropped like a bomb, attached to the rocket was a lanyard which would snap off after the rocket dropped several feet which would initiate the rocket motor safely away from the aircraft. Number: 13 . During World War II, many attackers and dive-bomber aircraft were lost to anti-aircraft fire when attempting to bomb enemy ships.