Burning bullets, bunker-busting shell, so hot on impact it burns through concrete\steel

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Burning bullets, bunker-busting shell, so hot on impact it burns through concrete\steel

Posted: 9/6/2005 11:15:15 PM EDT

Burning bullets
September 2005
NewScientist.com news service
Barry Fox
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7955
A bunker-busting shell that gets so hot on impact that it burns its way through concrete and steel is being developed by the US Navy's Warfare Center in Virginia.

The shell contains a mixture of aluminium polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and perchlorate oxydiser, moulded together into an aerodynamic shape. To prevent the mixture from disintegrating as it travels through air at high velocity the shell is wrapped in a soft Teflon tape, which is wound tight under high tension, heated and topped with epoxy glue to prevent unravelling.

Its high-velocity impact acts as a catalyst, forcing the two chemicals together in a red hot reaction. The projectile gets so hot so fast that it should instantly burn its way through armour plating or other defences.

And the burning shell would avoid the environmental pitfalls of radioactive depleted uranium - currently the most common material used in armour-piercing shells.

Read the burning bullets patent here.

Posted: 9/6/2005 11:26:13 PM EDT

[#1]

Hmm, that's nice ....but how does it compare to Extreme Shock ammo

Posted: 9/6/2005 11:30:25 PM EDT

[#2]

Sounds good, when can I buy some?

Seriously though, just one more reason it is a very bad idea to be an enemy of the USA.

Posted: 9/6/2005 11:38:10 PM EDT

[#3]

I want one in the 40watt range

Posted: 9/6/2005 11:47:23 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Hmm, that's nice ....but how does it compare to Extreme Shock ammo

Yuk Yuk Yuk

Posted: 9/7/2005 4:27:45 AM EDT

[#5]

Hehe, alright! We're going to be cooking our enemies to death!

Yes, the Great Satan USA takes another step ahead of its lesser neighbors.

Posted: 9/7/2005 4:37:24 AM EDT

[#6]

You gotta figure the scientists and engineers that come up with this stuff really enjoy their work..Finding neat new ways to blow shit up

Posted: 9/7/2005 4:42:27 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
You gotta figure the scientists and engineers that come up with this stuff really enjoy their work.. Finding neat new ways to blow shit up

...

Posted: 9/7/2005 5:04:54 AM EDT

[#8]

These sound more lethal than a 12 Ga. coach gun!

Posted: 9/7/2005 5:13:56 AM EDT

[#9]

Can I get some in .308?

Some of those deer hides are pretty tough.

Posted: 9/7/2005 5:23:00 AM EDT

[#10]

This will put those Black Talons to shame.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Burning bullets, bunker-busting shell, so hot on impact it burns through concrete\steel

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