Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

At 6:56 AM -0400 10/26/08, Tom B wrote:
>[TomB] I'm kinda surprised you need 150' stand 
>off. I defer to your domain knowledge, but that 
>seems like quite a bit. I guess they are a fair 
>bit bigger than a hand grenade, but I've seen 
>video of hand grenades going off within 5' of 
>people and them not taking shrapnel hits 
>(Russians in Chechnya I think). I know the RPG 
>is bigger, but I hadn't expected that large of a 
>lethal radius.

Part of the problem with an RPG and similar is 
that the base of the rocket is more or less 
launched back at you by the explosion of the 
warhead. It's not very aerodynamic, but it has a 
lot of velocity from that nice neat explosion.

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