Posted on Jun 22, 2023
Russia's antique tanks are finding a second life as VBIEDs
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Well, that's a tactic. A not very good one and it's not bringing tangible results. It's obvious the complaints of Putin using troops as cannon fodder have been heeded.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
Engineer gets his slide rule out.
Lets see, one KT of TNT has a 50% mortality blast radius of 300 yards. The Russian tank was reported to have been loaded with 6 tons and while the blast area is not a linear progression, conservatively 450 yards to 500 yards. I believe that explosion just made a 1/4 mile gap in someone's defenses/offensive line.
Lets see, one KT of TNT has a 50% mortality blast radius of 300 yards. The Russian tank was reported to have been loaded with 6 tons and while the blast area is not a linear progression, conservatively 450 yards to 500 yards. I believe that explosion just made a 1/4 mile gap in someone's defenses/offensive line.
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LTC Trent Klug
CPT Lawrence Cable Engineer with slide rule. What is the amount of space occupied by 6 tons of explosives?
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CPT Lawrence Cable
LTC Trent Klug - That one is easier. US Army Demolition Charge 1 lb. of TNT is 2x2x12", so 36 lbs per Cubic Foot. 55 cubic ft per ton. Just for comparison, Russian tanks have a combat load of 43 rounds for the 120mm main gun at 44 lbs each or 1892 lbs total.
I did point out before that the blast radius isn't linear, so if they only actually used 3 tons, it wouldn't make significant difference. That is the reason why no one uses 50 megaton nuclear weapons, they aren't as effective as multiple smaller ones. I don't know where the article sourced the 6 tons.
The item we didn't discuss is that the explosion probably turned that tank into the world's largest fragmentation grenade.
I did point out before that the blast radius isn't linear, so if they only actually used 3 tons, it wouldn't make significant difference. That is the reason why no one uses 50 megaton nuclear weapons, they aren't as effective as multiple smaller ones. I don't know where the article sourced the 6 tons.
The item we didn't discuss is that the explosion probably turned that tank into the world's largest fragmentation grenade.
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