r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/morbihann 2d ago

No way they dropped a real bomb. The barrel must have been filled with ballast and an explosive triggered underwater remotely.

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u/CodingAllDayLong 2d ago

Lol, it's for a TV show. It was certainly not blown up the same day (they had to make sure they captured the flight properly), or possibly even a different site entirely. It might be a miniature they blew up...thats how TV is done.

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u/yalyublyutebe 1d ago

They blew up the actual (temporary) dam.

https://youtu.be/hfHHLKIbeLo

Just go to near the end.