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   Message 44,078 of 45,986   
   eripe to MrAnderson   
   Re: Kinetic cluster bomb   
   16 Apr 16 16:36:52   
   
   From: eripe.dk@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 6:01:44 AM UTC+7, MrAnderson wrote:   
   > Yeah, I want this to be an anti personnel weapon (zombie herd anyone?:p)   
   > At first, I was thinking about 10x30 cm cone, but later I changed to   
   something smaller, a few centimeters long and wide, I think that's enough for   
   killing people and cars. I had a problem with estimating damage, because I   
   don't know effects of kinetic    
   hit at those speeds, I know KE equation, but it gives me only knowledge of   
   energy in joules, not how it is distributed. I used online calculator for tnt   
   with energy of my bullets, but I don't know how that's accurate...   
      
   I just remembered this one:   
   https://what-if.xkcd.com/28/     
      
   might help.   
      
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