H-6 Badgers bomb river

[MigBuster 2,884]

If seeing is believing - Badgers........

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TZoHw4Yjo 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26641520

[Stratos 3,192]

Any idea os the weight of those bombs?

[Snailman 517]

I suppose they are FAB-250's with a slight delay set.... The bombs penetrate the ice and explode under the ice layer to throw the plates up. 

It was a doctrine for us, too in the 70's. They did in on the Tisza river when the great flood came. Problem comes when the ice stacks up and block river at the bridges. Those plugs have to be wired manually... have walk on ice using planks of wood, while other hold the rope...  drill, pull the charge in with another rope... Thankfully we never had to do it. Brr

[JediMaster 451]

It does seem like overkill to send bombers against ice in a river, though. You would think infantry capable of that for less cost.

[Snailman 517]

It does seem like overkill to send bombers against ice in a river, though. You would think infantry capable of that for less cost.

 

If there is no time, and if it is in a distant place... need airlift anyway. And it's a huge risk to sent a demo squad onto an icy river.

[JediMaster 451]

Yes, it could be. I have no idea where this location is, so it could be far from the main areas, and air would be most effective way to get there.

 

Still, unless it's a rare occurrence (this doesn't tell you how often they do it, just that they have) you'd think they'd come up with a cheaper way.

[+daddyairplanes 10,252]

well it is as good a training tool as a range, and a public service too!  had a whole neighborhood of condemned trailers off base at Bragg when i was there, always thought it would be good to do MOUT training and let tthe engineers do demo on them beforer the city tore them down.  would also scare off the drug dealers and hookers once the blanks went off!

[macelena 1,070]

Because fuck ice, that´s why

[Snailman 517]

Yes, it could be. I have no idea where this location is, so it could be far from the main areas, and air would be most effective way to get there.

 

Still, unless it's a rare occurrence (this doesn't tell you how often they do it, just that they have) you'd think they'd come up with a cheaper way.

 

 

In 1970, on our second largest river, the ice plug blocked the river at a railroad bridge... above the block, the water level was rising like 1meters per hour... time is important.

 

We had such bombing in 1956 the last time, and it happened so fast even bombing came too late.

 

Now, climate changed enough that the Danube never freezes completely

Edited March 20, 2014 by Snailman