Posted on 01/31/2016 11:35:49 AM PST by w1n1
Titanium is strong and light, but is it bulletproof?
That's exactly what the folks at Demolition Ranch decided to find out when they received a 1 1/4 inch chunk of this lightweight, high-strength metal.
They put it through some serious paces starting with a .22 long rifle and ending with a .50 BMG. Watch the video to see if this super metal is was able to take the punishment.
So in review, titanium is light, but it will not float on water. It will withstand nearly any hunting or self-defense type round indefinitely, but given enough rounds with a super high-power weapon loaded with armor piercing ammunition, it can be penetrated. See the action here.
Varies upon thickness.
It is why you can have a super thin layer as the face of a driver and smack golf balls with a club head speed over 100mph and it will take years for it to warp or dent.
The only thing that is truly bullet proof is Chuck Norris.
Bullet resistant is what is wanted and it looks like it passed.
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Bullet resistant. I understand the concept, and believe the titanium passed. But it reminds me of the time many years ago, when a salesman tried to sell me a pair of boots. I was looking for guaranteed waterproof, leakproof hunting boots.
He told me they were not waterPROOF, but they were waterRESISTant. When I asked him what THAT meant, he said they WILL leak, but they don’t WANT to.
I remember an old Soldier of Fortune magazine showed a titanium vest penetrated by a .303 Lee-Enfield during the early 80s Soviet Afghan war. The titanium vest was said to be worn by a Soviet colonel or general officer.
Who knew titanium is resistant to penetration. . .
;-)
http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/aircraft/a-10_survivability.html:
“If it hadn’t been for the titanium bathtub, I probably wouldn’t be here. The right side below the cockpit had seventeen major holes in it and the bathtub had a lot of chinks in it. Think of that; seventeen major holes just below the cockpit and I didn’t get a scratch! It has to be a rugged airplane to sustain that kind of damage. And five days later they had patched it with speed tape, changed the right flaps, aileron and speed brakes, and flew it back to Fahd. Then, after some work, they got it in shape and we flew it home.”
If the bullet is made of chocolate, then yes.
And his tears cure cancer, too bad he never cries.
You bet.Thats why the A10 Thunderbolt has a Titanium bathtub surrounding its cockpit.Its designed to take hits up to twenty mm if I recall without suffering damage.
That is true. . Post 9.
“...the bathtub had a lot of chinks in it.”
Paging the ‘That’s racist!’ kid.
lol... 1st time Ive heard that one.
“I remember an old Soldier of Fortune magazine showed a titanium vest penetrated by a .303 Lee-Enfield during the early 80s Soviet Afghan war. The titanium vest was said to be worn by a Soviet colonel or general officer.”
Not thick enough. But of course it’s always a trade-off. How much does “thick enough” weigh, and what can you do if you’re carrying that much weight just to be “safe” ?
If so...
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