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.

BSMStar · 24th August 2006, 01:47 PM

Rivkin,

I didn't take it as being vile.

I agree, there are too many unknowns in this video (at least for me since I do not understand Japanese) to be scientific. If you look up above (19 entries), there is a poor picture of the cartridges as they are being fed in (from the video)… they appear to be the silver tipped armor piercing type.

Obviously, I am not an expert, just a student like most of us here on the forum.

Here is some interesting info on the 50...

http://www.democrats.reform.house.go...3637-24584.pdf

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23rd August 2006, 03:30 PM	#1
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.

24th August 2006, 01:47 PM	#2
BSMStar Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 312	Rivkin, I didn't take it as being vile. I agree, there are too many unknowns in this video (at least for me since I do not understand Japanese) to be scientific. If you look up above (19 entries), there is a poor picture of the cartridges as they are being fed in (from the video)… they appear to be the silver tipped armor piercing type. Obviously, I am not an expert, just a student like most of us here on the forum. Here is some interesting info on the 50... http://www.democrats.reform.house.go...3637-24584.pdf