What does most of the damage in a bomb? The actual explosion/fireball or the shockwave?

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What does most of the damage in a bomb? The actual explosion/fireball or the shockwave?

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There are 5 different effects a bomb can produce: penetration, blast, fragmentation, debris, and incendiary. The type of target and how far away it is from the bomb will determine how much the target is affected by each. As a rule of thumb, blast is the main destroyer of buildings, especially if the bomb detonates inside, and fragmentation or debris is typically what gets people.