/kloc-how powerful is the 0/55 mm howitzer? What's the kill radius?

I believe many people are familiar with 155mm howitzer, especially K-9 from South Korea, M777A2 from the United States and PLZ-05 from China. All along, everyone is used to paying attention to the weight, range, sustained firing rate and ammunition type of 155mm howitzer, but I'm afraid everyone ignores a crucial question, that is, how powerful is the shell of a 155mm howitzer?

To know the explosive power of 155 mm howitzer shells, what should we know first? It? How big it is. Generally speaking, the shell weight of 155 mm howitzer is between 40 and 50 kilograms, and the length is about 0.6 to 0.8 meters. The size and weight are amazing. For comparison, the performance data of some grenades are listed below. China 86 type rifle-free grenade weighs 260 grams, and its explosive killing radius exceeds 6 meters. American M67 anti-personnel Grenade, with a diameter of 64mm and a weight of 397 grams, is filled with 184 grams of mixed explosive B, with a maximum killing radius of 15 meters. Grenade is so small that it has a very asymmetric explosion range.

Then 155 mm shell weighs more than 40 kilograms, and the explosive power of TNT/B explosive /TNT black aluminum loaded with 10 kilograms can be imagined naturally. According to the data, the killing radius of shell fragments of ordinary 155mm howitzer is 60m, and the maximum killing radius reaches 350 ~ 360m, and the explosion power is amazing. Ordinary 155 mm howitzer shells are so powerful that special shells such as multi-purpose submunitions, terminal sensitive shells and GPS/INS guided shells have better strike effects. Battlefield casualty statistics also show that shell explosion is the main cause of soldiers' casualties in battle, especially the killing effect of large-caliber shells is very terrible.

However, the explosive power data of 155 mm howitzer shells above are only experimental data. In actual combat, the killing effect of 155 mm howitzer shell depends not only on the shell itself, but also on the impact accuracy, initiation mode, topography and other factors, which cannot be generalized.

It is worth mentioning that at present, China has profound attainments in the field of 155mm howitzer. China has developed PLZ-45, PLZ-05/KOOC-0/55 mm self-propelled gun systems, ultra-light AH-4, SH-/KOOC-0/,SH-/KOOC-0/5, PLC-/KOOC-0/8/KOOC-0/. Some time ago, the 3rd Battalion of PLZ-45 155mm self-propelled artillery was delivered to a country in the Middle East, and the UAE military has also announced that it will purchase China's AH-4 155mm ultralight 155mm howitzer. It is not difficult to imagine that they will have many bright moments in the future.