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**How much high explosive in a cruise missile - 100-750 kg [http://www.military-today.com/missiles/tomahawk.htm] | **How much high explosive in a cruise missile - 100-750 kg [http://www.military-today.com/missiles/tomahawk.htm] | ||
*For example, to level 1 square km - one would need - 400 of the 155 mm shells. M777 fires 2 per minute [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M777_howitzer]. 1 km leveled takes 3 hours under max sustained fire. | *For example, to level 1 square km - one would need - 400 of the 155 mm shells. M777 fires 2 per minute [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M777_howitzer]. 1 km leveled takes 3 hours under max sustained fire. | ||
*Area of ukraine - 600k square km. | |||
Revision as of 17:28, 10 June 2022
- How much area does bombing destroy? [1]
- Injury diameter of 155 mm shell - 80 meters. Death is 50 meter diameter.
- 500 lb bomb has 32 m 100% lethal diameter in simulation
- Largest bombs are 100 kg explosive (TNT typ) and 500 lb total weight (aircraft bombs)
- 155 bombs are 10 kg explosive, 50 kg total weight
- 81 mm mortar is under 1 kg explosive, 4 kg total weight
- Antitank mine has 5 kg of high explosive [2]
- How much high explosive in a cruise missile - 100-750 kg [3]
- For example, to level 1 square km - one would need - 400 of the 155 mm shells. M777 fires 2 per minute [4]. 1 km leveled takes 3 hours under max sustained fire.
- Area of ukraine - 600k square km.