Sledgehammer (disambiguation)
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A sledgehammer
is a large manual impact tool which has a metal head distinguishing it from a mallet with head made of softer material. The term may also refer to:
Sledgehammer
A sledgehammer is a tool consisting of a large, flat head attached to a lever . The head is typically made of metal. The sledgehammer can apply more impulse than other hammers, due to its large size. Along with the mallet, it shares the ability to distribute force over a wide area...
is a large manual impact tool which has a metal head distinguishing it from a mallet with head made of softer material. The term may also refer to:
Automobiles
- Sledgehammer Corvette, an 880hp Corvette modified by Callaway Cars Incorporated
Games
- Sledgehammer, a boss in the survival horror video game Clock Tower 3Clock Tower 3is a survival horror video game co-developed by Capcom Production Studio 3 and Sunsoft. The fourth installment in the Clock Tower series, it was released in Japan on December 12, 2002, in North America on March 18, 2003 and in Europe on June 25, 2003...
, - Sledgehammer GamesSledgehammer GamesSledgehammer Games is an American video game developer, formed in 2009 by industry veterans Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, both of whom formerly worked at Visceral Games, and are responsible for the award-winning Dead Space franchise.-History:...
, A studio owned to Activision
Military operations
- Operation SledgehammerOperation SledgehammerOperation Sledgehammer was a World War II Allied plan for a cross-Channel invasion of Europe, as the first step in helping to reduce pressure on the Soviet Red Army by establishing a Second Front...
, a 1942 Allied plan in World War II for cross-Channel invasion of Europe (not executed), - Operation Sledgehammer (2007)Operation Sledgehammer (2007)Operation Sledgehammer was a military search operation during the 2003 Iraq war. The search was carried out in an attempt to disrupt militia influence and violence in the town of Jabella, Iraq 22 June 2007.-Operation details:...
, 2007 military search operation during the Iraq war, - Sledgehammer (coup plan)Sledgehammer (coup plan)Sledgehammer is the name of an alleged Turkish secularist military coup plan which reportedly dates back to 2003.Reports of the alleged plot first surfaced in the liberal Taraf newspaper, which said it had discovered documents detailing plans to bomb two Istanbul mosques and accuse Greece of...
, an alleged military coup plan in Turkey
Music
- "Sledgehammer"Sledgehammer (song)"Sledgehammer" is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. It hit number one in Canada on 21 July 1986 where it spent four weeks; number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on 26 July 1986; and number four in the UK singles chart, thanks in part to a...
, a 1986 single by Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer", a song by Bachman-Turner Overdrive from their 1974 album Not FragileNot FragileNot Fragile is the third album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1974 . The title could be thought of as a response to Yes' Fragile. Some feel that the group achieved a more original sound in this album; it has been described as a cross between Mountain and early ZZ Top...
- "Sledgehammer Rock", a song by Raven from their 1983 album All for One
- Sledgehammer, NWOBHM band from early 1980's
- Sledgehammer BluesSledgehammer BluesSledgehammer Blues is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment that was formerly named AudioQuest Music.From the label’s website, “The blues label was founded in the late 1980s with the mission to create the highest standard audiophile recordings based on the technology available...
, an independent record label
Television shows
- Sledge Hammer!Sledge Hammer!Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character,...
, a TV satirical sitcom which ran 1986-8, - Sledgehammer a hidden camera prank show broadcast on VH1VH1VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
in 2000.