"Standard" armaments: How can we make bombs, using stock parts?

[SSgt Baloo]

If you're like me, you've had a multitude of vehicles explode at an awkward moment because you had too many things clipped into your command pod (or elsewhere). This inspired me to see if I could make a "stock warhead" by cramming a bunch of RTGs into a nosecone, then crashing it into something else. So far, the results are disappointing.

Has anyone else experimented with trying to make things explode on purpose, using what you've learned from unintentional explosions? How did it go? Any success stories? Or instructions and plans (Especially plans. [Insert evil-grin emoji here]).

[Rocket In My Pocket]

A nosecone with a bunch of fuel tanks behind it (Typically Oscar-B's), with some fins and an engine makes for a pretty decent stock missile. Just mount it on a radial decoupler and then switch to it and guide to target. One or two of these (Featuring roughly 4-5 Oscar-B tanks) is typically enough to destroy the VAB.

The circular decouplers with 4 sepratrons mounted radially then all kicked off by about 5 degrees makes for a pretty good "spin stabilized round" I have a stock tank that uses them and it can hit buildings in the KSC reliably from the runway spawn point.

Beyond explosions caused by fuel tanks and the ejection force caused by decouplers there aren't really any other ways to make weapons in stock KSP that I'm aware of.

Pictures of my Stock tank blowing up the VAB with spin stabilized decoupler rounds from the end of the runway under spoiler. (The turret rotates on a stock bearing as well!)

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Edited July 10, 2016 by Rocket In My Pocket

[Snark]

I'm normally more into exploration than explodation, but your post piqued my curiosity and I tried playing with it a bit.  A Vector has an insane amount of thrust, given its cross-sectional area.  Stick one of those under an FL-T800 tank with a nosecone and you've got a high-acceleration missile. (Pulls about 7G at launch.)  (It needs a probe core to keep the engine going.)  Sling a couple of those under the wings using a radial decoupler, so the engine ignites along with the decoupler, and you've got a reasonable launch system.

Did a quick test flight and scored a direct hit on the VAB at over 600 m/s with one of these... didn't seem to hurt it, though, maybe needs more mass?

[KSPCommander12]

On 7/10/2016 at 9:30 PM, Rocket In My Pocket said:

A nosecone with a bunch of fuel tanks behind it (Typically Oscar-B's), with some fins and an engine

 

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So basically a rocket?