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Quoted: Anyone catch the segment on trying to explode a car's gas tank by shooting it with rifles? Or, the one where they shot different rifle calibers into a swimming pool to debunk the myth about getting shot while staying underwater.
If I remember right, every projectile broke up into many fragments upon hitting the water. Including the .50
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I caught the segment on the .50 cal just a few minutes ago.
Did I understood them correctly? Did they say that the smaller calliber "penetrated" deeper than the .50?
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Copper and lead only have so much strength. The faster the bullet travels the more stress it must endure, and the bigger it is the weaker it is compared to its size. That's why an ant can walk around with those thin legs, but if we had legs of the same proportions our legs would break.
That's why the pistol bullet traveled so far in the water. Less velocity, so less aerodynamic stress, and the bullet stayed together. It also did not have to fight the water's inertia as much as a faster bullet, so the water did not slow it down as rapidly.
If the .50 bullet were fired straight down, it would desintegrate just as easily as it did at the angle.