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==Typical projectile speeds== {{disputed section|date=December 2018}} {{See also|Orders of magnitude (speed)|Muzzle velocity}} <!--the 1m fall is incorrect... it'll be moving 9.8m/s after moving 4.905meters.. not 1--> <!--i changed the 1m fall v=g*t with t=sqrt(2s/g) --> {|class="wikitable" !rowspan=2 | Projectile !colspan=4 | [[Speed]] !rowspan=2 | [[Specific kinetic energy]] (J/kg) |- !(m/s) !! (km/h) !! (ft/s) !! (mph) |- |Object falling 1 m (in vacuum, at Earth's surface) || 4.43 || 15.948 || 14.5 || 9.9 ||9.8 |- |Object falling 10 m (in vacuum, at Earth's surface) || 14 || 50.4 || 46 || 31 ||98 |- |Thrown [[club (weapon)|club]] (expert thrower) || 40 || 144 || 130 || 90 || 800 |- |Object falling 100 m (in vacuum, at Earth's surface) || 45 || 162 || 150 || 100 ||980 |- |Refined (flexible) [[atlatl]] dart (expert thrower) || 45 || 162 || 150 || 100 || 1,000 |- |Ice hockey puck ([[slapshot]], professional player) || 50 || 180 || 165 || 110 || 1,300 |- |80-lb-draw pistol [[crossbow]] bolt || 58 || 208.8 || 190 || 130 || 1,700 |- |[[Arrow|War arrow]] shot from a 150 lbs [[English longbow|medieval warbow]] || 63 || 228.2 || 208 || 141 || 2,000 |- |[[Blunt Impact Projectile]] shot from a 40mm [[grenade launcher]] || 87 || 313.2 || 285 || 194.6 || 3,785 |- |[[Paintball]] fired from marker || 91 || 327.6 || 300 || 204 || 4,100 |- |175-lb-draw [[crossbow]] bolt || 97 || 349.2 || 320 || 217 || 4,700 |- | 6 mm [[Airsoft pellet]] || 100 || 360 || 328 || 224 || 5,000 |- |[[Air Rifle]] BB 4.5 mm || 150 || 540 || 492 || 336 || 11,000 |- |[[Air gun]] pellet .177" (magnum-power air rifle) || 305 || 878.4 || 1,000 || 545 || 29,800 |- |[[9Γ19mm Parabellum|9Γ19mm]] (bullet of a [[pistol]]) || 340 || 1224 || 1,116 || 761 || 58,000 |- |[[.50 BMG|12.7Γ99 mm]] (bullet of a heavy [[machine gun]]) || 800 || 2,880 || 2,625 || 1,790 || 320,000 |- |German Tiger I [[8.8 cm KwK 36|88 mm]] (tank shell- Pzgr. 39 APCBCHE) || 810 || 2,899 || 2,657 || 1,812 || 328,050 |- |[[5.56Γ45mm NATO|5.56Γ45mm]] (standard round used in many modern rifles) || 920 || 3,312 || 3,018 || 2,058 || 470,000 |- |[[20Γ102mm]] (standard US cannon round used in fighter cannons) || 1,039 || 3,741 || 3,410 || 2,325 || 540,000 |- |25Γ140mm ([[Kinetic energy penetrator|APFSDS]], [[tank]] penetrator) || 1,700 || 6,120 || 5,577 || 3,803 || 1,400,000 |- |2 kg tungsten Slug (from Experimental [[Railgun]]) || 3,000 || 10,800 || 9,843 || 6,711 || 4,500,000 |- |[[Medium-range ballistic missile|MRBM]] [[reentry vehicle]] || Up to 4,000 || Up to 14,000 || Up to 13,000 || Up to 9,000 || Up to 8,000,000 |- |projectile of a [[light-gas gun]] || Up to 7,000 || Up to 25,000 || Up to 23,000 || Up to 16,000 || Up to 24,000,000 |- |Satellite in [[low Earth orbit]] || 8,000 || 29,000 || 26,000 || 19,000 || 32,000,000 |- |[[Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle]] || ~10,000 || ~36,000 || ~33,000 || ~22,000 || ~50,000,000 |- |Projectile (e.g., [[space debris]]) and target both in [[low Earth orbit]] || 0β16,000 || ~58,000 || ~53,000 || ~36,000 || ~130,000,000 |- |7 [[Tera-|T]][[Electronvolt|eV]] [[particle]] in [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and figures |url=http://public-archive.web.cern.ch/public-archive/en/lhc/Facts-en.html |website=European Organization for Nuclear Research |publisher=[[CERN]] |access-date=2018-07-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180702083613/http://public-archive.web.cern.ch/public-archive/en/lhc/Facts-en.html |archive-date=2018-07-02 |date=2008}}</ref> || 299,792,455 <ref group="note">Approximate equivalent of 99,9999991% [[speed of light|c]].</ref> || 1,079,252,839 || 983571079 || 670,616,536 || ~6.7 Γ 10<sup>20</sup> <ref group="note">In relation to the rest mass of [[proton]].</ref> |}
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