What is the blast radius of a 105mm shell?
What is the blast radius of a 105mm shell?
Typical kill radius was 30 meters for a 105mm or 4.2inch round, 50 meters for a 155mm and 80 meters for an 8inch round.
What is a kill radius?
A blast radius is the distance from the source that will be affected when an explosion occurs. A blast radius is often associated with bombs, mines, explosive projectiles (propelled grenades), and other weapons with an explosive charge.
What is the blast radius of a 120mm mortar?
The common 120mm mortar has a lethal radius of 30m from the point of impact, and has been given a 10% probability of ‘incapacitation’ at 100m. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons. They fire projectiles from a launch tube into the air that then impact at a location that might be several kilometres away.
How do you calculate radius of a blast?
Calculate the blast radius. Square the distance of the blast and multiply it by pi (3.14). With a 1.79 mile distance, the blast radius of a 2-psi overpressure would be 10.1 square miles.
Does blast radius increase damage destiny?
So more blast radius increases AOE damage at the expense of direct hit damage. Likewise reducing blast radius increases direct hit damage at the cost of AOE.
How big is an M107 155 mm shell?
The M107 is a development of the M102 155 mm shell that was developed in the 1930s from the French Schneider 155 mm projectile for the Model 1917 Howitzer. The complete projectile weighs 43.2 kg, is 800 mm long and contains 15.8% explosive by weight.
The lethality from a 105 mm comes from splinters, not blast. A source gives 13 metres [1] for 100% lethality. Lethal radius is a variable- it depends what you mean!
What is the weight of the M107 projectile?
The complete projectile weighs 43.2 kg, is 800 mm long and contains 15.8% explosive by weight. It is a separate-loading projectile— propellant bags or MACS charges are loaded separately. The M107 can be fired more than 13 miles and on detonation it produces approximately 1,950 fragments.
Is a conventional shell 155mm effective against a tank if?
APCs are exceptionally vulnerable to indirect artillery fire and high irrecoverable losses are to be expected in case of incoming 152/155mm artillery fire both of vehicles and of carried personnel. Yes. Whilst the armour may easily withstand the shrapnel, the blast may well flip it, depending on precise angles and distances of course.
