It's a hell of a hit, and the constant flow tanks have nothing like the punch that the old door system has. Way back when in the DC-6 days, at least a couple times a season a saw-mill would go up-usually the log-decks or chip pile would achieve self-combustion, we'd get scrambled to try to save the rest of the mill, or at least keep it from taking a run. 2 six-door salvos(1250 imp gal per six-pack) would completely demolish those mill buildings- even the sheet steel on steel frames would be flattened. A mobile home crushed like a beer can, cars flattened and a frame house was a pile of splinters. Wouldn't save the structure we hit, ever, just keep the fire from wiping out the grid square. I always thought it would be great riot control. Never got to bomb a city hall or cop-shop.
Did wipe out half a dozen mountiemobiles with a 12-door salvo once, though. Just a little early on the drop. Or was it a bad bomb computer? Anyway...Oops.
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