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| The World's Most Lethal Rocket-Propelled Grenade That Takes Out Tanks |
| 2014-12-08 |
| Interesting history lesson. |
| Posted by:Flusort Choluting2730 |
| #9 I thought that the most lethal grenade was the atomic one? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-08 12:29 |
| #8 The problem with the Davy Crockett, if you were not very careful in wind-drift calculation, the cone of the kill zone could very easily encompass the launch site. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-08 10:26 |
| #7 3dc, the Davy Crockett is an awesome nuke weapon. The yield is about that of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapons. That would take out a tank and a whole lot more. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-08 09:37 |
| #6 BTW on #3. Remember the 'two man rule' and usually officers when dealing with handling nukes? The Air Force is going through a catharsis with cheating and readiness with their strategic (nukes) forces. Yet, there was a system in which we armed NCO (sometimes as low as corporals) with nukes. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-08 09:19 |
| #5 #3, just like a hand granade, blast radius pretty much equals the throwing distance/range. Which in both cases enjoins the adage - duck and cover. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-08 08:41 |
| #4 Really a good article about shaped charges in general and RPG's in particular. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-08 07:47 |
| #3 I thought that the most lethal grenade was the atomic one? Davy Crockett Weapon System  |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-12-08 07:40 |
| #2 So how is this related to the WW II bazooka? Also a rocket-propelled tank weapon. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-12-08 07:25 |
#1  Thanks for the weapons tech piece Flus. German technology fathered many new weapons systems. Pictured here is the Sturmgewehr or StG-44, which bears an unmistakable resemblance in both physical appearance and mechanical operation, to the Kalashnikov or AK-47. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-08 06:36 |