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Bullet Penetration
Posted by:
Frank B.
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Date: December 07, 2000 02:19PM
Hello to all,
I was wondering recently how well a machine gun could penetrate a U-boat. Why I ask? Well, most U-boat on the bottom of the ocean have had their outer hulls rust away, yet their pressure hulls remain intact, a testament to the construction, thickness and quality of the steel used. The penetration of a US .50 machine gun round could easily go right through the outer hull, but would it penetrate the pressure hull? Could AP rounds go through the pressure hull?
I was wondering recently how well a machine gun could penetrate a U-boat. Why I ask? Well, most U-boat on the bottom of the ocean have had their outer hulls rust away, yet their pressure hulls remain intact, a testament to the construction, thickness and quality of the steel used. The penetration of a US .50 machine gun round could easily go right through the outer hull, but would it penetrate the pressure hull? Could AP rounds go through the pressure hull?
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Bullet Penetration | Frank B. | 12/07/2000 02:19PM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | Don Baker | 12/07/2000 03:42PM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | Rainer Bruns | 12/07/2000 03:43PM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | Frank B. | 12/08/2000 02:56AM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | Frank B. | 12/08/2000 02:57AM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | John R. | 12/08/2000 02:32PM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | mark | 12/29/2000 01:49PM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | Ragnar J. Ragnarsson | 12/14/2000 09:09AM |
RE: Bullet Penetration | bulldog | 12/20/2000 10:20PM |