Peter Stickney wrote:
In article ,
Julian Bordas writes:

OM wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:40:54 -0800, Julian Bordas
wrote:



I was thinking of a shorter cable with the loony, er victme er operator
in a pit 10ft down or so.


...And you know what's loonier than that? If any one of us were asked
to volunteer, you know damn well we'd be fighting over which one was
first in line.

OM


I can't help but think that the lethal radius of a Claymore is greater
than the cable between it and the 'clicker'


It depends on which side of th thing you're sitting on. Claymores are
shaped charges - they expend most of their energy in the direction of
the "This Side Toward Enemy" side of the box. (Along with, of coutse,
the ball bearings that are embedded in the outer layer of the charge,
and whatever sticks/rocks/gravel/sundry detritus that get picked up by
ht eblast & flung along.

They still blast pretty good out the back, though. It's a good idea
to be under cover - you don't get the ball bearings, but you do get
the sticks/rocks/gravel etc.



Hmm I thought it was a 30 ft radius with a 15 ft cord and 45 ft out to
the front, for the lethal distance

Julian