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2014-12-08 Science & Technology

The World's Most Lethal Rocket-Propelled Grenade That Takes Out Tanks

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Posted by Flusort Choluting2730 2014-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

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|| 2014-12-08 06:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought that the most lethal grenade was the atomic one?
Davy Crockett Weapon System

Posted by 3dc 2014-12-08 07:40|| 2014-12-08 07:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 07:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 08:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 09:19|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 09:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-12-08 10:26|| Front Page Top

#9 I thought that the most lethal grenade was the atomic one?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-12-08 12:29|| 2014-12-08 12:29|| Front Page Top

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