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Tiny Tim (rocket), the Glossary

The Tiny Tim was an American air-to-ground rocket used near the end of the Second World War.^[1]

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Air-to-ground rockets of the United States
World War II weapons of the United States

Anti-ship missile

An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.

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Battle of Okinawa

The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Bomber destroyer

Bomber destroyers were World War II interceptor aircraft intended to destroy enemy bomber aircraft.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II.

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Grumman F6F Hellcat

The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II.

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The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.

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High Velocity Aircraft Rocket

The High Velocity Aircraft Rocket, or HVAR, also known by the nickname Holy Moses, was an American unguided rocket developed during World War II to attack targets on the ground from aircraft. Tiny Tim (rocket) and High Velocity Aircraft Rocket are air-to-ground rockets of the United States, weapons and ammunition introduced in 1944 and world War II weapons of the United States.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.

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Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy.

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Naval artillery

Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements.

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North American B-25 Mitchell

The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.

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Operation Crossbow

Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme.

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Project Danny

Project Danny was a World War II plan for United States Marine Corps F4U Corsair fighter aircraft to attack German V-1 flying bomb launch sites in northern France.

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Red Angel (rocket)

Red Angel, a rainbow code name, was an anti-ship unguided rocket developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm as a counter to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser.

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Rocket

A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.

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Sounding rocket

A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight.

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Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)

Tiny Tim Cratchit is a fictional character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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Vought F4U Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.

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WAC Corporal

The WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States and the first vehicle to achieve hypersonic speeds.

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Werfer-Granate 21

The Werfer-Granate 21 rocket launcher, also known as the BR 21 (the "BR" standing for Bordrakete) in official Luftwaffe manuals, was a weapon used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and was the first on-board rocket placed into service by the Luftwaffe, first introduced in mid 1943.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(rocket)

Also known as The Tiny Tim, Tiny Tim rocket.