WW2: War die Atombombe schlimmer als ein Tag Teppichbombardement der Luftwaffe?
Gemessen an der freigesetzten Energie konnten normale Bombardements der Luftwaffe, und anderer Luftstreitkräfte, nicht mit normalen Atombomben mithalten. Nur bei der Schlacht um Berlin, 16. April – 2 Mai 1945, war die kombinierte Kraft der Bomben, Artillerie und Raktenartillerie fast so groß wie 15kt TNT. Das entsprach dem Little Boy der über Hiroshima abgeworfen wurde.
Da sich die Bombardierung und der Beschuss bei der Schlacht um Berlin aber über zwei Wochen und eine größere Fläche verteilte war der Effekt auf Gebäude und Menschen weniger zerstörerisch. Es gab kleinere Explosionen und keinen konzentrierten riesigen Feuerball. Sog und Druckwellen waren lokal nur sehr begrenzt. Radioaktiven Niederschlag gab es auch keinen. Strahlenkrankheit war natürlich auch nicht zu beobachten.
Schaden der kleinsten bisher eingesetze Atombombe, in Hiroshima:
Berlin 1945:
Selbst diese Bild ist nur bedingt aussagekräftig da ein großer Teil des Schadens schon lange vor der Schlacht um Berlin entstanden war.
Eine kleine Ergänzung. Es gibt heute noch viel kleinere Atombomben mit 10-1000 Tonnen TNT Sprengkraft, also 1/1500 der Hiroshimabombe.
W54 - Wikipedia
Nuclear warhead used by the US The W54 nuclear warhead was used in the man-portable M-388 Davy Crockett projectile. The unusually small size of the warhead is apparent. The SADM (B54) demolition charge version of the W54 in its carry bag. SADM hard carrying case A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper with the Green Light Teams conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with a MK54 The W54 (also known as the Mark 54 or B54 ) was a tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the late 1950s. The weapon is notable for being the smallest nuclear weapon in both weight and yield to have entered US service. It was a compact implosion device containing plutonium-239 as its fissile material, [1] and in its various versions and mods it had a yield of 10 to 1,000 tons of TNT (42 to 4,184 gigajoules ). The weapon had two distinct versions: a warhead used in the AIM-26 Falcon air-to-air missile and in the Davy Crockett recoilless gun , and another used in the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) system, along with several mods (modifications) for each version. The two types are distinct in that much of the design between them was different, to the point that during the development of the SADM it was proposed that it be given its own unique mark designation. A later development was the W72 , which was a rebuilt W54 used with the AGM-62 Walleye guided bomb . The W72 was in service until 1979. Development [ edit ] Warhead [ edit ] Interest in a lightweight, low-yield weapon for the Falcon and Davy Crockett began in 1958. [2] The weapon was initially developed by the University of California Radiation Laboratory at Livermore (renamed Lawrence Radiation Laboratory from August 1958 until 1971) under the XW-51 designation, [1] but in January 1959 the development of the weapon was transferred to Los Alamos National Laboratory and redesignated the XW-54 . [2] For both the Falcon and Davy Crockett, the Department of Defense would supply the weapon systems and adaptation kits for the warheads, while the warheads and firing systems would be the responsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission . First production date for the Falcon warhead was planned for February 1961 while the warhead for the Davy Crockett was given a planned first production date of October 1961. This was because it was felt that the higher acceleration experienced by the warhead in Davy Crockett service would make certification of parts more challenging. [2] It was hoped during development that the same warhead for both applications could be used, but the requirements for the environmental sensing device - used to detect if the weapon was in its correct military environment and in turn disable weapon safing devices - for each application was quite different. In Falcon use, the warhead experienced 17 g (170 m/s 2 ) of acceleration for 0.8 seconds while in Davy Crockett use the weapon experienced 1,800 to 2,500 g (18,000 to 25,000 m/s 2 ) for 3 milliseconds. The envisi
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10 Tonnen können von 10 He 177 ins Zielgebiet gebracht werden. In dem Fall ist es noch nicht einmal ein Teppichbombardement aber entspricht trotzdem der Sprengkraft einer Atombombe (der kleinsten).
Heinkel He 177 Greif - Wikipedia
The Heinkel He 177 Greif ( Griffin ) was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe during World War II . The introduction of the He 177 to combat operations was significantly delayed, by both problems with the development of its engines and frequent changes to its intended role. Nevertheless, it was the only long-range, heavy bomber to become operational with the Luftwaffe during the war. The He 177 had a payload/range capability similar to that of four-engined heavy bombers used by the Allies in the European theatre . Work on the design began in response to a 1936 requirement known as Bomber A , [ citation needed ] issued by the RLM for a purely strategic bomber. Thus the He 177 was intended originally to be capable of a sustained bombing campaign against Soviet manufacturing capacity, deep inside Russia . In contrast to its heavy payload and very wide, 30 metres (98 ft) planform, the specifications called for the design to have only two very powerful engines. To deliver the power required, the He 177 needed engines of at least 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) . Engines of this type were new and unproven at the time. The Daimler-Benz DB 606 power system that was selected, in conjunction with its relatively cramped nacelles , caused cooling and maintenance problems, such that the powerplants became infamous for catching fire in flight, [3] and contributing to the He 177 gaining nicknames from Luftwaffe aircrew such as Reichsfeuerzeug ("Reich's lighter ") or Luftwaffenfeuerzeug ("Air Force lighter"). [4] The type matured into a usable design too late in the war to play an important role. It was built and used in some numbers, especially on the Eastern Front , where its range was particularly useful. It is notable for its use in mass raids on Velikiye Luki in 1944, one of the late-war heavy bombing efforts by the Luftwaffe . It saw considerably less use on the Western Front, although it played a role during Operation Steinbock (the "Baby Blitz"), against the UK in 1944. Design and development edit General Walther Wever had long been an advocate of strategic bombing and pressed the Luftwaffe to develop a dedicated long-range bomber for the role of attacking the Soviet Union 's factories in the Ural Mountain area. This concept met significant scepticism within the Luftwaffe , and by 1936 this " Ural bomber " program had delivered two rather uninspiring designs, the Dornier Do 19 and Junkers Ju 89 . [5] Wever continued to press for new designs for this role, and the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) finally released a new specification for what they called Bomber A on 3 June 1936. This called for a significantly more advanced design with higher speeds, longer range and larger payloads. This was also the same day that Wever was killed in an air crash, and the design lost its only politically powerful champion. [5] The specification required the plane to carry a bomb-load of at least 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) over a range of 5,000 km (3,100 mi), with a maxi
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