To: w_over_w; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
The second sentence of the first paragraph is totally wrong.
More like, the penetrator has to apply enough force to the armor that the armor flows away from the penetrator like a finger pushes into room temperature butter, or like the finger being pushed through a graham cracker. The second is called "brittle fracture".
125 posted on
10/27/2004 1:20:22 PM PDT by
Iris7
("The past is not over. It is not even the past." - William Faulkner (Quote from memory.))
To: Iris7
Thanks for the clarification.
126 posted on
10/27/2004 2:12:48 PM PDT by
snippy_about_it
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To: Iris7; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
The second sentence of the first paragraph is totally wrong.I actually knew that . . . before I didn't know it. ;^)
Seriously, thanks for your efforts and expertise. I checked out some of hyperlinks . . . very informative.
129 posted on
10/27/2004 6:20:01 PM PDT by
w_over_w
(BREAKING! High Times Newspaper just endorsed Kerry. Wow . . . light up another one man.)
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