Destructive Sword Test.... Machine Gun vs. Katana

Rivkin · 23rd August 2006, 03:30 PM

When WWII started light armored vehicles had 5mm, tanks 25mm; in the end tanks had as much as 100mm front armor. I was probably too vile in my responce, but there are many things one might consider in evaluating this test, first being the type of ammunition used. Plain bullets, tracers, incendiaries are made from very soft materials. Then there is armour piercing, which is typically made from hard (60-65) steel, sabot or advanced armour piercers where one can find smaller "penetrators", made from tungsen or other exotic materials. I am no specialist in the area, far from that, but standard bullets are really not supposed to be shot at steel targets.

23rd August 2006, 03:30 PM	#7
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	When WWII started light armored vehicles had 5mm, tanks 25mm; in the end tanks had as much as 100mm front armor. I was probably too vile in my responce, but there are many things one might consider in evaluating this test, first being the type of ammunition used. Plain bullets, tracers, incendiaries are made from very soft materials. Then there is armour piercing, which is typically made from hard (60-65) steel, sabot or advanced armour piercers where one can find smaller "penetrators", made from tungsen or other exotic materials. I am no specialist in the area, far from that, but standard bullets are really not supposed to be shot at steel targets.