Russian Uber Weapon (Attn Pvt Bombadil)

[Grumbler]

I was not attacking the messenger, but the message. I'm sorry I wasn't as clear about that as I should have been, or thought I was. The simple fact is that thermobaric weapons have LESS effect on a MBT then HE rounds of the same caliber. So every time this particular Urban Myth pops up, I wack it on the head with the biggest stick I have at hand.
Once more, FRAM's are not much more expensive then HE or HEAT rounds, if at all. So if they were silver bullets why is their use everyday and commonplace? Logic says that is because they don't work as well as the sales brochure claims. That doesn't suprise me.
More Logic. The size of the Thermobaric warhead is limited by how fast the fuel can be propagated thru the air. Since the fuel burns, it would be logical that at some speed, atmospheric resistance would generate enough friction to ignite the fuel. Since there is a time window that the event has to happen in, the maximum affect is NOT a function of explosive filler, which is itself a function of projectile size.
Why not treat it as an HE round, with some sort of bonus when used against Infantry in bulidings?