That seems impressive, but isn't really useful without knowing what each shell contains in terms of TNT explosive potential. The weight of a "shell" includes the casing and the projectile, too.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I wonder what the potential really is - even at 10% explosive power, that’s still in nuclear range! Wild.

Edit: Ah, I found it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toropets_depot_explosions

The blast wave spread up to 200 mi (320 km) and was estimated to have a TNT equivalent of either 200 to 240 tons or 1.3 to 1.8 kilotons of high-explosives.

So shy of a nuclear explosion by nearly 2 orders of magnitude.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

smallest nukes are smaller than that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device) 20t backpack nuke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Atomic_Demolition_Munition 10-1000t

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea where to look for information about Russian artillery shells, but wikipedia has info on a few American 105 mm and 155 mm ones. They all have about 15% of the weight accounted for by explosive. 15% of 160,000 is 24,000