Injury to operators   Not only does the source listed for the A Common Myth paragraph not say anything about it being a myth that harm would come to the operators  out of the  sources listed contradict that statement and in fact suggest that the crew would be exposed to lethal amounts of radiation  Ive been told by george that it exist and is widely sourceable when it doesnt exist  atleast  times  george how about checking to see if it actrully exist or after I fact tagged it like you asked me to actrully check it  I searched all over the rd cited source of which you said that myth is explained and it says absolutely nothing so whats the deal Maybe you could paste it here and while your at it explain this  httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvkhyZIRKlE  History channel doesnt know what they are talking about then either  There rest Ive taken from the second source please read it this time   Guntruckcom Davy Crockett page accessed Oct   httpwwwguntruckcomDavyCrocketthtml     Okay  so what does all that mean With very small battlefield atomic weapons like Davy Crockett the flash effects upon detonation shrink to insignificance  with prompt radiation effects dominating the characteristics of the blast  Davy Crockett isnt a weapon deployed for a spectacularly big bang  which tended to negate its original purpose    In a Davy Crockett fission explosion the range for lethal exposure actually extends some distance beyond the blast injury range  which placed the operators in peril At one setting above its minimum a  ton TNT explosive blast yield for Davy Crockett results in the following types of damage    The maximum range that exposed troops would experience rd degree flash burns from the Blast Center is  meters  feet Examples of Significant Radiation Effects     REM causes sterility and increased cancer risk temporary immune system suppression In our example this dosage occurs at a little under  meters  feet from ground zero     REM is considered a fatal dose   fatality rate This dosage occurs just inside  meters  feet from blast center At the  ton TNT yield setting this would become the minimum distance the operators would want to select for setting the Davy Crockett projectile to detonate     REM is  lethal  perhaps a soldier might make it back to a rear area or Stateside before death  REM will kill those solders such exposed within two weeks Why did I say Stateside This dosage occurs outside  meters from blast center  which is also the minimum detonation range also meaning the shortest detonator timer setting option of the Davy Crockett However the selection of the minimum detonation range when firing the Davy Crockett in this example would spell certain death for the weapon operators  even at this low setting This is the edge of Davy Crocketts lethal zone The weapons operators could be evacuated and transported back Stateside for treatment but ultimately would perish    To protect the operators of the Davy Crockett Atomic Battle Group System the explosive yield would have to be dialed down to shorten the lethal prompt ionizing radiation range enough for their safety Naturally doing that decreases the destructive potential of the weapon  defeating the purpose of deploying it in the first place