mk 82 blast radius

fantasyscifi

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Mar 24, 2008, 11:40:39 PM3/24/08

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Hi all,

I'm trying to find details on the blast radius of a JDAM MK82 for a book.

It hits a church and I'm wondering what should accurately be left of it
along with damage to neighbouring people/buildings

Thanks
Trent

Boomer

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Mar 25, 2008, 9:07:31 PM3/25/08

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It is 40 ft.

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Apr 10, 2008, 7:43:42 AM4/10/08

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Thanks Boomer

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Feb 1, 2009, 1:50:22 PM2/1/09

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:07:31 -0500, "Boomer"
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40' blast radius sounds kind of puny for a mk 82. could you define
what you mean by blast radius in case that's my problem?

Don T

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Feb 1, 2009, 4:06:52 PM2/1/09

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"Blast" radius is the number of feet/meters from the blast where the
overpressure caused by the explosive detonation of the bomb is sufficient to
kill.

- Mk-82's with "instant" fuze are good for shrapnel, not much blast. We
could drop one within 10 meters ( 40' ) of a truck and it kept rolling on
blown tires. Frags went out a few hundred meters. Driver had busted
eardrums.

The fuze extender ( 36" ) helped with the frags and was great for troops in
the open - maybe 30-40 meter lethal fragmentation radius.

When dropped on an AAA or artillery gun one had to have the gun within the
crater to take it out. Figure 5 meters radius.

- The Mk-81 250's had about the same frag pattern as the 500 pound Mk-82.
Not as much blast, but good for bunkers if you got a 5 meter error.

For comparison purposes the Air Blast lethality radius for a 2000 lb bomb
is 110 ft.

http://www.ordtech-industries.com/2products/Bomb_General/Mk82/Mk82.html

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Brian McDonald

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Feb 2, 2009, 10:34:13 PM2/2/09

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On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:06:52 -0700, "Don T" <-pain...@louvre.org>
wrote:

> "Blast" radius is the number of feet/meters from the blast where the
>overpressure caused by the explosive detonation of the bomb is sufficient to
>kill.
>
>- Mk-82's with "instant" fuze are good for shrapnel, not much blast. We
>could drop one within 10 meters ( 40' ) of a truck and it kept rolling on
>blown tires. Frags went out a few hundred meters. Driver had busted
>eardrums.
>
>The fuze extender ( 36" ) helped with the frags and was great for troops in
>the open - maybe 30-40 meter lethal fragmentation radius.
>
>When dropped on an AAA or artillery gun one had to have the gun within the
>crater to take it out. Figure 5 meters radius.
>
>- The Mk-81 250's had about the same frag pattern as the 500 pound Mk-82.
>Not as much blast, but good for bunkers if you got a 5 meter error.
>
> For comparison purposes the Air Blast lethality radius for a 2000 lb bomb
>is 110 ft.
>
>http://www.ordtech-industries.com/2products/Bomb_General/Mk82/Mk82.html

thank you kindly Don for the information.

Don T

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Feb 13, 2009, 3:08:08 PM2/13/09

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While the thing is still on my mind I will say that "Blast Radius" is
significantly more complex than a simple set of numbers like 50 feet or 40
feet can convey. Blast damage to structures is dependent on several
variables not the least complex of which is that the blast front/detonation
front reflects from hard surfaces and can increase the intensity of the
pressure pulse or lengthen the duration of the pressure pulse acting on an
object or building. There are textbooks written on this subject and several
accepted equations to calculate what happens during an air or ground burst
but for your "book" the below is close enough.

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Don Thompson

Stolen from Dan: "Just thinking, besides, I watched 2 dogs mating once,
and that makes me an expert. "

There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.
~Goethe

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.
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Richard Casady

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Feb 17, 2009, 9:40:18 AM2/17/09

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:08:08 -0700, "Don T" <-pain...@louvre.org>
wrote:

>Blast damage to structures is dependent on several

>variables not the least complex of which is that the blast front/detonation
>front reflects from hard surfaces and can increase the intensity of the
>pressure pulse or lengthen the duration of the pressure pulse acting on an
>object or building. There are textbooks written on this subject and several
>accepted equations to calculate what happens during an air or ground burst
>but for your "book" the below is close enough.

Here in Des Moines we had a magazine with 25 000 lbs of dynamite
explode and damage some houses half a mile away. I had the thought
that they should have had a high berm around it. They don't know for
sure what caused it, but the disappearance of two boys and their .22
rifles is highly suggestive. Darwin.

Casady