10/18 BBC demonstrates the proper way to recycle a car:
http://www.glumbert.com/media/carshoot
\_ That's pretty damn awesome
\_ 900 rounds/min is 15 rounds/sec. That machine gun is firing more
like 5 rounds/sec. Also, does such a short gun really have a range
of 1.5 miles? Also, 800MPH is supersonic speed, and the RPG looks
like 5 rounds/sec. And does such a short gun really have a range
of 1.5 miles? Also, 800mph is supersonic speed, and the RPG looks
like it's flying slower than sound.
\_ What I'm wondering is, RPGs aren't guided. How the heck did he
aim a single round in 3D space at a flying object?
\_ I was wondering the same thing. Perhaps a lot of practice,
but that sounds like a lot of money.
\_ Mythbusters showed you can't explode a car with bullets, unless
maybe they're tracer rounds. So the scene with the machine gun must
have had pytrotechnics in the car to start with.
\_ A gas tank will explode if enough of the gas atomizes in the
presence of heat or a spark. The gun they were using was
much bigger than the one Mythbusters used and was making
bigger holes. The gas tank was also moving through the air,
which would help atomize the gas. So it's at least plausible
that the explosion was natural. -tom
\_ Yeah cars are quite likely to explode in these circumstances,
of course a crate of TNT in the trunk goes a long way, too. |
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