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Posted: 7/21/2005 3:53:08 PM EDT
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At the ending of the movie Jaws, how many shots were fired by the M1 at the shark? Thanks, Badredfish 
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Thanks for the Reply DVR9, In whatching myth busters on the discovery channel - it was shark week. They were looking at all of the effects and proveing them or not. One was shooting the scuba tank, and they showed (reminded me) that it was shot w/ a M1 Garand. The out come is that the scuba tank would take off like a ballon that you let go befor you tied the knot (rocked propulsion). It did not/would not blow up. Later, Badredfish
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What kidn of a tank did they use? remember...technology has come a long way. Looks at things like propane tanks. lots of changes in 20 years |
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They actually found a collector who had the original tanks from the movie, and they used the same type. I once talked to a Navy vet who was a Salvage Diver. He said the Navy tested SCUBA tanks, both steel and aluminum to determine what would happen if they were struck by gunfire. He said he had a good laugh at the movie, since the Navy test proved that a bullet could not cause a tank to blow. As a side, note, anybody notice the M1 used in the movie was heavily coated with rust.....including the STAINLESS steel gas cylinder. There's a story that when they were doing the movie, Roy Schieder used his personally owned DCM M1 rifle in the movie. |
You do know that stainless steel rusts quite easily, right? Especially if it's in a saltwater environment, which the M1 in Jaws was. |
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