Actually, you've got it backwards. The 22,000lb bomb weighed 22,000lb, but actually had much less explosive power (which is why the current USAF MOAB can claim to be the most powerful conventional bomb ever deployed, despiet weighing 1000lb less than the Grand Slam, but had 18,700lb of explosive (with a yield of 11 tons of TNT) to the Grand Slam's 9135lb of explosive (Can't find yield numbers).
WW2 1000lb bombs yeilded about 250lb of TNT. The current US Mk83 1000lb bomb has a warhead of 385lbs of explosive. -Adam graywolf wrote: > Ya, but you guys have to remember you are talking two different things; > Weight, > and explosive power. Also payload includes crew, ammo, and fuel as well as > the > bombs. > > A 22,000# has the equivalent power of 22,000# of TNT it does not weigh > 22,000#. > Just as a 5 megaton atomic bomb does not weight 5,000,000 tons. Now wouldn't > that take some airplane to lift? A 6000 pound load of bombs was probably > about > 24 1000# bombs (I am too lazy to check on the exact numbers but I seem to > recall > that a WWII 1000# bomb weighted abut 250#). > > > Adam Maas wrote: >> Bob Blakely wrote: >>> From: http://www.warbirdalley.com/ >>> >>> B-17G, 17,600 pounds of bombs. >>> Lancaster Mk I, Fourteen 1,000 pound bombs. >>> B-24, 12,800 lb. maximum bomb load >>> >>> Bomb load could be traded for ceiling and/or range with all these. For >>> example, B-17 typically flew with 6000 pounds of bombs to gain range and >>> altitude. On a clear day, the B-17 could be quite accurate from 30,000 ft. >>> >>> Gotta compare them operating under the same conditions. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bob... >> Neither the B-17 nor the B-24 ever operated with bombloads greater than >> 8000lbs, their max loads were very theoretical. The Lancaster B1 Special >> dropped 41 22,000lb bombs during operational missions in 1945. >> >> -Adam >> >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
