"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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The weight for the Davy Crockett was "ready to fire," inside its
casing.

No, that all-up weight was apparently greater than 100 pounds (NWA says
150
pounds; see: http://gawain.membrane.com/hew/Usa/W.../Allbombs.html ).
The
weight of the W-54 "only" is listed as 59 pounds.

You're including the weight of a small rocket booster in that, big
enough to fire the sucker several miles...

No, actually I screwed up and read Davey Crockett as "SADM"; that all up
weight I gave was for the latter. BTW, the casing for Davey Crockett was
likely not all that big a deal, as it was a pretty low velocity weapon (I
would not discount it even being made of aluminum to keep the weight down).
Davey Crockett warhead weight is given as 50-55 pounds total in the NWA.
Given the "W-54 only" weight also provided by the same site for the SADM,
I'd have to guess that the Davey Crockett casing was a pretty light
structure.

Brooks


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