Explosives & bullets against human bodies & solids (+18)

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Explosives & bullets against human bodies & solids (+18)

Post by Mr. Oragahn » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:42 am

The nature of this topic could make it a tad gory, unless we can solely work from simulations (gel torsos for example).

The purpose is to list ALL sources you can find which would provide information on the behaviour of various objects, primarily but not limited to human bodies, plus other "typical" objects like trees, ground, crates, cars, iron plates, etc., when exposed to point blank explosions, or even internal explosions, and hits by other weapons, typically from rifles and pistols.

If you believe the original source may not remain available, don't hesitate to save it or upload a copy to some picture or video host system.

Whenever you add a link, please add a little description as well as to what it mainly deals with. A quotation from an article you link to, for example, wouldn't hurt.

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Re: Explosives & bullets against human bodies & solids (+18)

Post by Kor_Dahar_Master » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:21 am

Ok il open with the AA-12 combat shotgun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c


Over a dozen types of specialized rounds.

The "Frag 12 shell" comes in AP ,HE , or fragmentation and has a range of 175 mtrs.

At 300rpm with standard rounds, some of the frag 12 shells have a burst radius of 9ft.

I doubt there is a more deadly personal weapon with such a variety of ammo types for urban warfare and clearance.

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Post by Mr. Oragahn » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:49 pm

Bumpin'
FRONTLINE SNIPER: BRITISH SHARPSHOOTER TELLS OF LIFE AND DEATH IN AFGHAN WAR ZONE


just an awesome story...

By Douglas Wight, 03/01/2010

SNIPER Steve Lewis is the dead-shot of the British Army - killing SEVEN Taliban fighters in one day.
And the 29-year-old ex-binman who blew away 13 of the enemy in his first tour of duty pulls no punches about his job. Steve, of the 16 Air Assault Brigade, says: "We're glad when we get a kill - it's what we do".
Here writer Sam K More..iley's gripping new book, Desperate Glory, reveals how our troops are "loving" fighting the Taliban.

IT WAS like a bloodcurdling video game for sniper Steve Lewis as he saw a Taliban hand clutching an RPG appear over a wall 50 yards away.

The army's best shot watched in delight down the sights of his L96A1 rifle as the launcher bobbed along for 20 yards behind the wall... and paused.

The point of the rocket dipped and aimed towards him. The enemy's face bobbed up into the crosshair. And Steve squeezed the trigger. He saw the face wobble with the impact. Half of it blew away. The grenade launcher fell back over the wall and disappeared... but only briefly.

Seconds later it was back up, bobbing along the wall. Steve watched it until it stopped, and fired again as a second Taliban face appeared. "Looked like someone bounced a football off his head, the way it snapped backwards," says the L Cpl. Throughout that day Steve shot dead another five insurgents from the snipers' nest he shared with fellow crackshot Frank "The Yank" Ward.

Steve, 29, says it's their "job to kill people and there's no other way of saying it".

And award-winning writer Sam Kiley, who followed their exploits, believes the pair epitomise the desire of the British Army to get the job done. "Afghanistan is in many ways a sniper's war," he says. "Most insurgent attacks are conducted by up to a dozen men who can tie up a whole company.

"If a sniper can kill or injure two or three, he drives down the ability of the Taliban to suck energy out of the British."

In their snipers' nest on the roof of forward operating base Gibraltar, Steve and Frank used a bizarre decoy to draw the Taliban from cover... a blow-sex doll in uniform.

It never failed to attract them. Steve's tally on his first tour was 13 unlucky Taliban fighters. His life now is a far cry from his old one. At 15 he spent time in jail for burglary and arson before getting a job.

Steve says: "It was good fun working on the bins. Kept me fit. But at 21 life was getting grim. I had to wait until I was 23 to join. Once I was in I never looked back. I love the army. I'm keen as f***." Now settled and married to a policewoman, he recalls an early kill - a Taliban sniper shooting at a British patrol.

His colleague Frank used a range finder to plot the insurgent's position on a roof 798 yards away. Steve homed in on him down the sight of his L96A1 - which can kill from 1,300 yards. Barely pausing, he shot him in the head. Steve says: "There was a bit of disbelief to start with. It was exhilarating.

"Does that mean I'm sick or what? They'd do a lot worse to us if they got hold of us - but it's not the sort of thing you want to boast about.

"We do it because it's the job and we take satisfaction from the fact that we're killing people who are trying to kill us.

Frank - who holds a British passport but grew up in America's Mid-West - adds: "Even so, if you talked about it much people would want to avoid you. They'd think you were weird."

Nursing a battle wound near his eye, Frank, 22, shares Steve's grim determination.

He wanted to be a sniper after getting a pellet gun at 12. "I always wanted to be the best, the pinnacle," he says. Frank dreams of being SAS one day. For now he's the 'number two' in the sniping pair, responsible for ranging the targets, working out wind speed, humidity, temperature - anything that can affect the trajectory of a bullet.

Together, their marksmanship was crucial in a ferocious 17-hour firefight with insurgents during Operation Oqab Talander, a mission last June launching attacks on Taliban positions near Sar Puzeh. Sadly there were two British casualties but enemy fatalities were estimated between 30 and 70.

Despite the daily dangers, writer Kiley says that, like Steve and Frank, almost every front-line soldier he met in Helmand was "loving the war". He says: "They were getting to play the most dangerous and exhilarating game man has ever invented. And their determination "has meant that they have managed to survive the poor political decisions that have taken them to Helmand under- equipped and under-manned.

"This has been their desperate glory."
Source.

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Quoting this page:
The L96A1 is chambered to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge from a 10-round detachable box magazine. An adjustable bipod is fitted forward under the barrel. The weapon features a muzzle velocity of 2,790 feet per second. The L96A1 can also be issued with a variety of scope mounts, collapsible stock and silencer and is available on the commercial market. A military .50 caliber (12.7mm) model is also available.

The L96 is part of the larger Accuracy International "Arctic Warfare" line of rifles for use by military, special forces and law enforcement branches. The L96A1 is the British Army designation of the Accuracy International PM ("Precision Marksman") model entered into competition to become the standard British sniper rifle.
The wikipedia page lists the weapon's origins and variants.
It gives it a base muzzle velocity of 850 m/s (2,790 ft/s).
Its prime model and its variants can be used to use either 7.62×51 mm NATO, .300 Winchester Magnum or .338 Lapua Magnum types of ammunition cartridges, and corroborated by the guns.ru page.
Respective KE for the three ammunition types, plus the .50 variant:
  • 7.62×51 mm NATO
    • Ballistic performances: Bullet weight/type; Velocity; Energy
    • 9.7 g (150 gr) FMJ; 850 m/s (2,800 ft/s); 3,504 J (2,584 ft·lbf)
    • 11.3 g (174 gr) M118 Long Range BTHP; 790 m/s (2,600 ft/s); 3,526 J (2,601 ft·lbf)
  • .300 Winchester Magnum
    • 165 gr (10.7 g) Nosler partition; 3,050 ft/s (930 m/s); 3,408 ft·lbf (4,621 J)
    • 180 gr (12 g) Nosler partition; 2,960 ft/s (900 m/s); 3,502 ft·lbf (4,748 J)
    • 190 gr (12 g) BTHP; 2,900 ft/s (880 m/s); 3,548 ft·lbf (4,810 J)
    • 150 gr (9.7 g) SP; 3,290 ft/s (1,000 m/s); 3,605 ft·lbf (4,888 J)
    • 200 gr (13 g) SP; 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s); 3,237 ft·lbf (4,389 J)
  • .338 Lapua Magnum
    • 12.96 g (200.0 gr) SP; 1,019 m/s (3,340 ft/s); 6,734 J (4,967 ft·lbf)
    • 16.20 g (250.0 gr) Partition; 897 m/s (2,940 ft/s); 6,516 J (4,806 ft·lbf)
    • 16.20 g (250.0 gr) Lapua Scenar GB488 VLD; 910 m/s (3,000 ft/s); 6,634 J (4,893 ft·lbf)
    • 19.44 g (300.0 gr) Sierra HPBT MatchKing; 826 m/s (2,710 ft/s); 6,632 J (4,892 ft·lbf)
    • 19.44 g (300.0 gr) Lapua Scenar GB528 VLD; 837 m/s (2,750 ft/s); 6,810 J (5,020 ft·lbf)
  • .50 MBG
    • 647 gr (41.9 g) Speer; 3,044 ft/s (928 m/s); 13,144 ft·lbf (17,821 J)
    • 655 gr (42.4 g) ADI; 3,029 ft/s (923 m/s); 13,350 ft·lbf (18,100 J)
    • 700 gr (45 g) Barnes; 2,978 ft/s (908 m/s); 13,971 ft·lbf (18,942 J)
    • 750 gr (49 g) Lapua; 2,618 ft/s (798 m/s); 11,419 ft·lbf (15,482 J)
    • 800 gr (52 g) Barnes; 2,895 ft/s (882 m/s); 14,895 ft·lbf (20,195 J)

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Post by Mr. Oragahn » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:33 pm

slow motion bullet impacts and vz.58 rifle

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PqAk-qianA

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Post by Mr. Oragahn » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:44 pm

An idea of the fluidity of materials upon impacts:

1 million fps Slow Motion video of bullet impacts made by Werner Mehl from Kurzzeit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFoMyMoiX4

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Post by Mr. Oragahn » Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:45 am

Nothing about gruesome gore death death death kill kill kill here, but some cool underwater Ak47 slow mo shooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp5gdUHFGIQ
I dig the elastic phenomenon.

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