The only battering rams in use today belong to SWAT teams and Police. The smaller of the two pictured below is 30" long, weighs 35 pounds and packs an impact of 19,000 kinetic pounds, while the larger one is 40" long, weighs in at 50 pounds and impacts with 26,000 kinetic pounds !! Does anyone still doubt the power of a swinging ram the size of a bus, in the hold of a ship ? Or perhaps 20 of them in the hold of a ship ???!!!!
