The airburst ammunition is compatible with the Mk 19, which would give it greater effectiveness and lethality, particularly against concealed and defilade targets.
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An airburst like the Hiroshima blast, it was unimpressive, and even Parsons thought that it must have been smaller than the Hiroshima bomb.
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A relatively recent example of airburst munitions is the K11, and PAPOP, all of which are in various stages of prototyping or testing.
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The local inhabitants described the smell in the air following the airburst as sulfurous and many first thought the blast was caused by a missile.
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The MCIWS would include an indigenous under barrel grenade launcher to fire airburst-type grenades which can take out targets up to 500 meters.
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As densely populated as both countries are, even a 1-kiloton airburst over any major city would make Hiroshima look like a minor event.
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A follow up study of the effects of the meteor airburst determined that the windows most prone to breaking when exposed to a large in area.
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Pink artillery airbursts and white flares lit up Tiger Hill as the Indian army tried to break the supply line to the fighters on the mountain tops.
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However, until the introduction of proximity fuzes, the airburst function was mostly used with cargo munitions for example, shrapnel, illumination, and smoke.
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The most modern is base ejection, which was introduced in World War I . Both base and nose ejection are almost always used with airburst fuzes.
