On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Ryan Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:40 PM +0100 10/28/08, Oerjan Ariander wrote: >> >>entering the water. (OK, the Mythbusters didn't include a .50 HMG, but they > > the sniper rifles can only really fire ball. They > can't fire the SLAP rounds. Were they testing the > API or AP rounds? Ap is going to have a lower > sectional density and WILL yaw when it strikes > the water BUT it's not going to break up very > well.
As I recall they were using civilian standard full-metal jacket rounds. Copper by appearance. On that myth they were testing to see how far under water you needed to be to be "safe" from being shot at. Essentially all the high-velocity modern rifles disintegrated on impact with the water. Special use military rounds may hold together better but I suspect that a great deal of their kinetic energy is going to be spent in a very short distance. Bill _______________________________________________ Gzg-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ground Zero Games" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gzg-group?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
