Love/Dupuy Collection
WWII Weapon Effect Assumptions

(Revised May 2024)

OP 1172: Performance of Bombs and Projectiles against Shore Installations (9 May 1944)

Utilizes the following assumptions for generating a casualty:

Blast Fatalities: – 430 PSI Peak pressure has a 50/50 chance of killing a man.

Fragmentation Casualties: – Energies of 58 foot/lbs (78.6 joules) are required to produce a personnel casualty with fragments.