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)
- "Sledgehammer" (Fifth Harmony song)
- "Sledgehammer" (Rihanna song)
- "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 (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