Typical Projectile Speeds
See also: Orders of magnitude (speed) and Muzzle velocity| Projectile | Speed | 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 (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 |
| War arrow shot from a 150 lbs medieval warbow | 63 | 228.2 | 208 | 141 | 2,000 |
| Paintball fired from marker | 91 | 327.6 | 300 | 204 | 4,100 |
| 175-lb-draw crossbow bolt | 97 | 349.2 | 320 | 217 | 4,700 |
| Air gun pellet 6 mm BB | 100 | 360 | 328 | 224 | 5,000 |
| Rifle bullet 4.5 mm | 150 | 540 | 492 | 336 | 11,000 |
| Air gun pellet (magnum-power air rifle) | 305 | 878.4 | 1,000 | 545 | 29,800 |
| 9×19 mm (bullet of a pistol) | 340 | 1224 | 1,116 | 761 | 58,000 |
| 12.7×99 mm (bullet of a heavy machine gun) | 800 | 2,880 | 2,625 | 1,790 | 320,000 |
| German Tiger I 88 mm (tank shell- Pzgr. 39 APCBCHE) | 810 | 2,899 | 2,657 | 1,812 | 328,050 |
| 5.56×45 mm (standard bullet used in many assault rifles) | 920 | 3,312 | 3,018 | 2,058 | 470,000 |
| 25×1400 mm (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 |
| ICBM 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 | 0–16,000 | ~58,000 | ~53,000 | ~36,000 | ~130,000,000 |
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