Posted on 04/19/2016 8:57:18 AM PDT by w1n1
Windshield glass, besides being tempered, also usually consists of two separate sheets of glass with a tough plastic laminated between the layers. It won't even shatter like a side window, but will spiderweb and remain mostly intact.
Just about any bullet will penetrate a car window or windshield. But it's unlikely it would cause a windshield to explode like in the movies.
A shotgun blast will make a side window evaporate though.
You can break it flicking a tiny fragment of spark plug insulator at it too...
“Once!”
Saw a car get rear ended this past Saturday. Shortly after the occupants of both vehicles got out, thick, black smoke began rolling out from under the hood of the car that got hit.
Fully engulfed in under 3 minutes.
Was it a Ford Pinto Runabout?
Toyota Corolla
Must have caused a fuel line rupture in the engine compartment. Modern systems are highly pressurized, so a bit of fuel spray on a hot exhaust manifold can ruin your whole day.
Sounds like the chicken wasn’t dead
Only if accelerated to the proper velocity.
Eh, I gotta see that.
I’d sure like to see that (without the operator). I just don’t believe it frankly.
LETHAL WEAPON 3. Hollywood would not lie now would it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_3
“During the arrest, it is discovered the criminals were armed with a new type of armor-piercing bullet, informally referred to as “cop killers”.”
It was quite the show when all 4 tires caught!
“Ahhh. The A-Team. Millions of rounds down range, and nothing hit but buildings, cars, the ground, and other assorted inanimate objects.”
It takes a lot of skill to accomplish that, especially when firing full auto.
I was at the local plastic company and they have bulletproff plastic, with an example hanging on the wall. The .45 pistol made some slight marks that I had to look REAL close at to even see.
The 30-06 round put a hole about 1.5 inches diameter all the way through the inch of plastic, and three 1/4 inch cracks all the way through, extending up to about 4 inches from the main hole. it was really impressive. Clarified that saying of your handgun is to fight your way back to your rifle.
Those guys have done a lot to that limo in the desert. In addition to blowing out the windows with a .500 magnum, they’ve tried to blow up a wheel with det cord, blew out a window with det cord, and redecorated the interior with a thermite grenade.
“Unless, of course, you shoot out the tire when the car is moving 80 mph and is 300 yards from you...so just aim for the tires. While shooting from the hip.”
If that happens, and the car is near a cliff, it will go over the cliff and explode like a bomb, EVERY TIME!;)
Here’s a better challenge: Can a 500 magnum shoot through a telephone pole?
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