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June 2nd 04, 07:09 PM
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:04:51 +0100, "Paul J. Adam" wrote:
In message , Paul F Austin writes 500 pound bombs aren't ship killers for ships that size. 2000 pound bombs may be. After thinking about it, a hard target penetrator fuzed to go off after exiting below the keel may be the most lethal way of attacking large ships. The explosive fill makes a torpedo look small and there's a fair chance of breaking the ship's back. 21" torpedo warheads ran around ~800lb of Torpex at the time (UK Mark VIII - 640lb Torpex for the US Mark 14), which sounds competitive for BLU-109/B (if a bit smaller than Mark 84) That said, if you could get an under-keel detonation with any of those, it will *hurt* a ship of that era. One hit from a US Sub blew the Taiho sky high. The Japanese were notorious for filling their ships with avgas fumes. Al Minyard 
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