A sledgehammer is a large manual impact tool which has a metal head distinguishing it from a mallet with head made of softer material.

Sledgehammer or Sledge Hammer may also refer to:

People

  • 911 (wrestler), also known as Sledge Hammer, stage name of professional wrestler Al Poling (born 1957)
  • Eugene Sledge, United States Marine PFC, nicknamed Sledgehammer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • "Sledgehammer" (Peter Gabriel song), 1986
  • "Sledgehammer" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014
  • "Sledgehammer" (Rihanna song), 2016
  • "Sledgehammer", a song by Bachman-Turner Overdrive from their 1974 album Not Fragile

Television

  • Sledge Hammer!, a satirical TV sitcom which ran from 1986 to 1988
  • "Sledgehammer" (Grey's Anatomy), a 2015 episode of Grey's Anatomy

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Sledgehammer (film), a slasher film from 1983
  • Sledgehammer, video game character from Clock Tower 3
  • Sledgehammer Blues, an independent record label
  • Sledgehammer Games, a video game studio owned by Activision

Military operations

  • Sledgehammer (alleged coup plan), an alleged military coup plan in Turkey
  • Operation Sledgehammer, a 1942 Allied plan in World War II for cross-Channel invasion of Europe (not executed)
  • Operation Sledgehammer (2007), 2007 military search operation during the Iraq war

Other uses

  • Sledgehammer (Isabelle), a tool of the Isabelle proof assistant
  • Sledgehammer (ride), a ride at Canada's Wonderland theme park
  • Sledgehammer Corvette, an 880hp Corvette modified by Callaway Cars
  • Opteron, a 64-bit CPU made by AMD, codenamed SledgeHammer